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<p class="H2" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;text-align:center;margin-top:12pt;">Investment Focus <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our investment objective is to maximize our portfolio’s risk-adjusted total return. Our current focus is to seek that return by investing in structured finance investments, specifically the equity and junior debt tranches of CLO vehicles, which are collateralized primarily by a diverse portfolio of Senior Loans, and which generally have very little or no exposure to real estate loans, or mortgage loans or to pools of consumer-based debt, such as credit card receivables or auto loans. As of September 30, 2023, we held debt investments in 25 different CLO structures and equity investments in approximately 225 different CLO structures. Our investment strategy also includes investing in warehouse facilities, which are financing structures intended to aggregate Senior Loans that may be used to form the basis of a CLO vehicle. We may also invest, on an opportunistic basis, in a variety of other types of corporate credits. <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The CLO investments we currently hold in our portfolio generally represent either a residual economic interest, in the case of an equity tranche, or a debt investment collateralized by a portfolio of Senior Loans and other CLO Assets. The value of our CLO investments generally depend on both the quality and nature of the underlying portfolio it references and also on the specific structural characteristics of the CLO itself. <p class="H1" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:1;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">FEES AND EXPENSES<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The following table is intended to assist you in understanding the costs and expenses that you will bear directly or indirectly. We caution you that some of the percentages indicated in the table below are estimates and may vary. Except where the context suggests otherwise, whenever this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus contains a reference to fees or expenses paid by “us” or “Oxford Lane Capital,” or that “we” will pay fees or expenses, you will indirectly bear such fees or expenses as an investor in Oxford Lane Capital Corp. <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Stockholder transaction expenses: <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Sales load (as a percentage of offering price) <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">2.00 <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">%(1) <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Offering expenses borne by us (as a percentage of offering price) <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">0.17 <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">%(2) <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Distribution reinvestment plan expenses <p class="Tbody_rule1-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">— <p class="Tbody_rule1-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">(3) <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Total stockholder transaction expenses (as a percentage of offering price) <p class="Tbody_rule2-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">2.17 <p class="Tbody_rule2-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Annual expenses (estimated as a percentage of net assets attributable to common stock): <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Base management fee <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">2.84 <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">%(4)(5) <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Incentive fees payable under our investment advisory agreement (20% of net investment income) <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">4.02 <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">%(6) <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Interest payments on borrowed funds <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">2.54 <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">%(7)(8) <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Other expenses <p class="Tbody_rule1-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">0.92 <p class="Tbody_rule1-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">%(9) <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Total annual expenses <p class="Tbody_rule2-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">10.32 %(10 <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The following table is intended to assist you in understanding the costs and expenses that you will bear directly or indirectly. We caution you that some of the percentages indicated in the table below are estimates and may vary. Except where the context suggests otherwise, whenever this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus contains a reference to fees or expenses paid by “us” or “Oxford Lane Capital,” or that “we” will pay fees or expenses, you will indirectly bear such fees or expenses as an investor in Oxford Lane Capital Corp. <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Stockholder transaction expenses: <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Sales load (as a percentage of offering price) <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">2.00 <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">%(1) <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Offering expenses borne by us (as a percentage of offering price) <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">0.17 <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">%(2) <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Distribution reinvestment plan expenses <p class="Tbody_rule1-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">— <p class="Tbody_rule1-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">(3) <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Total stockholder transaction expenses (as a percentage of offering price) <p class="Tbody_rule2-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">2.17 <p class="Tbody_rule2-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% 0.02 0.0017 as a percentage of offering price 0.0217 <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Annual expenses (estimated as a percentage of net assets attributable to common stock): <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Base management fee <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">2.84 <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">%(4)(5) <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Incentive fees payable under our investment advisory agreement (20% of net investment income) <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">4.02 <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">%(6) <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Interest payments on borrowed funds <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">2.54 <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">%(7)(8) <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Other expenses <p class="Tbody_rule1-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">0.92 <p class="Tbody_rule1-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">%(9) <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Total annual expenses <p class="Tbody_rule2-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">10.32 <p class="Tbody_rule2-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">%(10) 0.0284 0.0402 0.0254 0.0092 0.1032 <p class="H2" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Example<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The following example demonstrates the projected dollar amount of total cumulative expenses that would be incurred over various periods with respect to a hypothetical investment in our common stock. In calculating the following expense amounts, we have assumed that our annual operating expenses would remain at the levels set forth in the table above, and that we pay the transaction expenses set forth in the table above, including a sales load of 2.00% paid by you (the commission to be paid by us with respect to common stock sold by us in this offering).<table class="No-Table-Style" style="width: 100.0%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid #000; border-width: 0pt; margin: 10pt 0 3pt 0;"> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-20" style="height:12pt;"> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 51.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 10.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">1 Year </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 10.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">3 Years </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 10.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">5 Years </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 11.75%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">10 Years </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-4" style="background: #CCEEFF;height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 51.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">You would pay the following expenses on a $1,000 investment, assuming a 5% annual return </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 8.76%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">139 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 8.76%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">349 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 8.76%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">528 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 10.04%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">871 </td> </tr> </table><p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The example and the expenses in the tables above should not be considered as a representation of our future expenses, and actual expenses may be greater or less than those shown. While the example assumes, as required by the SEC, a 5.0% annual return, our performance will vary and may result in a return greater or less than 5.0%. The incentive fee under the Investment Advisory Agreement, which, assuming a 5.0% annual return, would either not be payable or would have an insignificant impact on the expense amounts shown above, is included in the example. Also, while the example assumes reinvestment of all distributions at net asset value, participants in our distribution reinvestment plan will receive a number of shares of our common stock, determined by dividing the total dollar amount of the distribution payable to a participant by the market price per share of our common stock at the close of trading on the distribution payment date, which may be at, above or below net asset value. See “Distribution Reinvestment Plan” in the accompanying prospectus for additional information regarding our distribution reinvestment plan. <table class="No-Table-Style" style="width: 100.0%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid #000; border-width: 0pt; margin: 10pt 0 3pt 0;"> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-20" style="height:12pt;"> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 51.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 10.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">1 Year </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 10.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">3 Years </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 10.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">5 Years </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 11.75%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">10 Years </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-4" style="background: #CCEEFF;height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 51.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">You would pay the following expenses on a $1,000 investment, assuming a 5% annual return </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 8.76%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">139 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 8.76%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">349 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 8.76%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">528 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 10.04%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">871 </td> </tr> </table> 139 349 528 871 <p class="H1" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:1;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">RISK FACTORS<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Investing in our securities involves a number of significant risks. In addition to the other information contained in this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement, and any subsequent filings we have made with the SEC that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, you should consider carefully the following information before making an investment in our securities. The risks set out below are not the only risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or not presently deemed material by us might also impair our operations and performance. If any of the following events occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. In such case, our net asset value and the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment. Please also read carefully the section titled “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”<p class="H2" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Risks Relating to Our Business and Structure<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our financial condition and results of operations depend on the Adviser’s ability to effectively manage and deploy capital.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our ability to achieve our investment objective depends on our ability to effectively manage and deploy capital, which depends, in turn, on the Adviser’s ability to identify, evaluate and monitor, and our ability to acquire, investments that meet our investment criteria.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Accomplishing our investment objective on a cost-effective basis is largely a function of the Adviser’s handling of the investment process, its ability to provide competent, attentive and efficient services and our access to investments offering acceptable terms, either in the primary or secondary markets. Even if we are able to grow and build upon our investment operations, any failure to manage our growth effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. The results of our operations will depend on many factors, including the availability of opportunities for investment, readily accessible short and long-term funding alternatives in the financial markets and economic conditions. Furthermore, if we cannot successfully operate our business or implement our investment policies and strategies as described herein, it could negatively impact our ability to pay distributions.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our success will depend on the ability of the Adviser and certain of its affiliates to attract and retain qualified personnel in a competitive environment.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our success also requires that Oxford Lane Management retain investment and administrative personnel in a competitive market. Its ability to attract and retain personnel with the requisite credentials, experience and skills depends on several factors including, but not limited to, its ability to offer competitive wages, benefits and professional growth opportunities. Many of the entities, including investment funds (such as private equity funds, mezzanine funds and business development companies) and traditional financial services companies, with which we compete for experienced personnel have greater resources than we have. The Adviser has the right, under the Investment Advisory Agreement, to resign at any time upon 60 days’ written notice, whether we have found a replacement or not. If the Adviser resigns, we may not be able to find a new Adviser or hire internal management with similar expertise and ability to provide the same or equivalent services on acceptable terms within 60 days, or at all. If we are unable to do so quickly, our operations are likely to experience a disruption, our financial condition, business and results of operations as well as our ability to pay distributions are likely to be adversely affected and the market price of our shares may decline. In addition, the coordination of our internal management and investment activities is likely to suffer if we are unable to identify and reach an agreement with a single institution or group of executives having the expertise possessed by the Adviser and its affiliates. Even if we are able to retain comparable management, whether internal or external, the integration of such management and their lack of familiarity with our investment objective may result in additional costs and time delays that may adversely affect our financial condition, business and results of operations.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We are dependent upon Oxford Lane Management’s key management personnel for our future success, particularly Jonathan H. Cohen and Saul B. Rosenthal.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We depend on the diligence, skill and network of business contacts of the senior management of Oxford Lane Management. The senior management, together with other investment professionals, will evaluate, negotiate, structure, close, monitor and service our investments. Our future success will depend to a significant extent on the continued <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">service and coordination of the senior management team, particularly Jonathan H. Cohen, the Chief Executive Officer of Oxford Lane Management, and Saul B. Rosenthal, the President of Oxford Lane Management. Neither Mr. Cohen nor Mr. Rosenthal will devote all of their business time to our operations, and both will have other demands on their time as a result of their other activities. Neither Mr. Cohen nor Mr. Rosenthal is subject to an employment contract. The departure of either of these individuals could have a material adverse effect on our ability to achieve our investment objective. In addition, due to Oxford Lane Management’s relatively small staff size, the departure of any of Oxford Lane Management’s personnel, including investment, accounting and compliance professionals, could have a material adverse effect on us.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Although Messrs. Cohen and Rosenthal have experience managing other investment portfolios, including those of Oxford Square Capital Corp., a publicly traded business development company that invests principally in the debt of U.S.-based companies, Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc., a non-traded registered closed-end fund that invests principally in CLO debt and equity securities, and Oxford Gate Master Fund, LLC, Oxford Gate, LLC and Oxford Gate (Bermuda), LLC (collectively, the “Oxford Gate Funds”) and Oxford Bridge II, LLC, private investment funds that invest principally in the equity of CLOs, their track record and prior achievements are not necessarily indicative of future results that will be achieved by Oxford Lane Management. We cannot assure you that we will be able to achieve the results realized by other vehicles managed by Messrs. Cohen and Rosenthal.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our incentive fee structure and the formula for calculating the fee payable to Oxford Lane Management may incentivize Oxford Lane Management to pursue speculative investments, use leverage when it may be unwise to do so, or refrain from de-levering when it would otherwise be appropriate to do so.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The incentive fee payable by us to Oxford Lane Management may create an incentive for Oxford Lane Management to pursue investments on our behalf that are riskier or more speculative than would be the case in the absence of such compensation arrangement. Such a practice could result in our investing in more speculative securities than would otherwise be the case, which could result in higher investment losses, particularly during economic downturns. The incentive fee payable to Oxford Lane Management is based on our pre-incentive net investment income, as calculated in accordance with our Investment Advisory Agreement. In addition, our base management fee is calculated on the basis of our gross assets, including assets acquired through the use of leverage. This may encourage Oxford Lane Management to use leverage to increase the aggregate amount of and the return on our investments, even when it may not be appropriate to do so, and to refrain from de-levering when it would otherwise be appropriate to do so. Under certain circumstances, the use of leverage may increase the likelihood of default, which would impair the value of our securities.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We may invest, to the extent permitted by law, in the securities and other instruments of other investment companies, including private funds, and, to the extent we so invest, will bear our ratable share of any such investment company’s expenses, including management and performance fees. We will also remain obligated to pay management and incentive fees to Oxford Lane Management with respect to the assets invested in the securities and other instruments of other investment companies. With respect to each of these investments, each of our stockholders will bear his or her share of the management and incentive fee of Oxford Lane Management as well as indirectly bearing the management and performance fees and other expenses of any investment companies in which we invest.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In the course of our investing activities, we will pay management and incentive fees to Oxford Lane Management and reimburse Oxford Lane Management for certain expenses it incurs. As a result, investors in our common stock will invest on a “gross” basis and receive distributions on a “net” basis after expenses, resulting in a lower rate of return than an investor might achieve through direct investments.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">A general increase in interest rates may have the effect of making it easier for Oxford Lane Management to receive incentive fees, without necessarily resulting in an increase in our net earnings.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Given the structure of our Investment Advisory Agreement with Oxford Lane Management, any general increase in interest rates will likely have the effect of making it easier for Oxford Lane Management to meet the quarterly hurdle rate for payment of income incentive fees under the Investment Advisory Agreement without any additional increase in relative performance on the part of Oxford Lane Management. In addition, in view of the catch-up provision applicable to income incentive fees under the Investment Advisory Agreement, Oxford Lane Management could potentially receive a significant portion of the increase in our investment income attributable to such a general increase in interest rates. If that were to occur, our increase in net earnings, if any, would likely be significantly smaller than the relative increase in Oxford Lane Management’s income incentive fee resulting from such a general increase in interest rates.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We may borrow money and/or issue preferred stock to leverage our portfolio, which would magnify the potential for gain or loss on amounts invested and will increase the risk of investing in us.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The use of leverage magnifies the potential for gain or loss on amounts invested and, therefore, increases the risks associated with investing in our securities. As of August 18, 2023, we have an aggregate of $68.1 million of preferred stock with a preferred rate of 6.75% per annum, an aggregate of $88.1 million of preferred stock with a preferred rate of 6.25% per annum, an aggregate of $67.2 million of preferred stock with a preferred rate of 6.00% per annum, an aggregate of $63.8 million of preferred stock with a preferred rate of 7.125% per annum, $100.0 million of 5.00% Unsecured Notes due 2027 and $100.0 million of 6.75% Unsecured Notes due 2031. Although we have no current intention to do so, we may borrow from and issue senior securities, including additional shares of preferred stock, to banks, insurance companies and other lenders in the future. Holders of these senior securities will have fixed dollar claims on our assets that are superior to the claims of our common stockholders, and we would expect such lenders to seek recovery against our assets in the event of a default. If the value of our assets decreases, leveraging would cause net asset value to decline more sharply than it otherwise would have had we not leveraged. Similarly, any decrease in our income would cause net income to decline more sharply than it would have had we not borrowed. Such a decline could also negatively affect our ability to make dividend payments on our common stock. Leverage is generally considered a speculative investment technique. Our ability to service any debt that we incur will depend largely on our financial performance and will be subject to prevailing economic conditions and competitive pressures. Moreover, as the management fee payable to Oxford Lane Management will be payable based on our gross assets, including those assets acquired through the use of leverage, Oxford Lane Management will have a financial incentive to incur leverage which may not be consistent with our stockholders’ interests. In addition, our common stockholders will bear the burden of any increase in our expenses as a result of leverage, including any increase in the management fee payable to Oxford Lane Management.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">As a registered closed-end management investment company, we will generally be required to meet an asset coverage ratio with respect to our outstanding senior securities representing indebtedness, defined under the 1940 Act as the ratio of our gross assets (less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities) to our outstanding senior securities representing indebtedness, of at least 300% after each issuance of senior securities representing indebtedness. In addition, we will generally be required to meet an asset coverage ratio with respect to our outstanding preferred stock, as defined under the 1940 Act as the ratio of our gross assets (less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities) to our outstanding senior securities representing indebtedness, plus the aggregate involuntary liquidation preference of our outstanding preferred stock, of at least 200% immediately after each issuance of such preferred stock. If this ratio declines, we may not be able to incur additional debt or issue additional shares of preferred stock and could be required by law to sell a portion of our investments to repay some debt or redeem some preferred stock when it is disadvantageous to do so, which could have a material adverse effect on our operations, and we may not be able to make distributions or repurchases of stock. The amount of leverage that we employ will depend on Oxford Lane Management’s and our Board of Directors’ assessment of market and other factors at the time of any proposed borrowing. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain credit at all or on terms acceptable to us.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition, any debt facility into which we may enter would likely impose financial and operating covenants that restrict our business activities, including limitations that could hinder our ability to finance additional loans and investments or to make the distributions required to maintain our status as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Illustration. The following table illustrates the effect of leverage on returns from an investment in our common stock assuming various annual returns, net of expenses. The calculations in the table below are hypothetical and actual returns may be higher or lower than those appearing below.<table class="No-Table-Style" style="width: 100.0%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid #000; border-width: 0pt; margin: 10pt 0 3pt 0;"> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-6" style="height:12pt;"> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 45.30%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH_left" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:0;widows:1;">Assumed Return on Our Portfolio(1) (net of expenses) </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.40%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">-10.0% </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.40%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">-5.0% </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.40%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">0.0% </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.40%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">5.0% </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 10.68%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">10.0% </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-7" style="background: #CCEEFF;height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 45.30%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Corresponding net return to common stockholder </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.69%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">(19.4 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">)% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.69%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">(11.5 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">)% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.69%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">(3.6 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">)% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.69%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">4.4 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 8.97%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">12.3 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> </tr> </table><p class="Tablefootnotef" style="margin-top: 0in; border: none; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: -5pt; margin-left: 24.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-indent: -24.0pt; padding: 0in; font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSStd-Regular; color: black;">____________<p class="Tablefootnote_f" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:24pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:10pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:10pt;">(1) Assumes (i) $1,354.4 million in pro forma total assets as of June 30, 2023; (ii) $854.4 million in pro forma net assets as of June 30, 2023 (adjusted to reflect the issuances described above); and (iii) an annualized average interest rate on our indebtedness and preferred equity, as of June 30, 2023 (adjusted to reflect the issuances described above), of 6.25%. Based on our assumed leverage described above, our investment portfolio would have been required to experience an annual return of at least 2.25% to cover annual interest and dividend payments on our outstanding indebtedness and preferred equity.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our investment portfolio is recorded at fair value, with our Board of Directors having final responsibility for overseeing, reviewing and approving, in good faith, its estimate of fair value and, as a result, there will be uncertainty as to the value of our portfolio investments.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Under the 1940 Act, we are required to carry our portfolio investments at market value or, if there is no readily available market value, at fair value as determined by us in accordance with our written valuation policy with our Board of Directors having final responsibility for overseeing, reviewing and approving, in good faith, its estimate of fair value. Typically, there will not be a public market for the type of investments we target. As a result, the Board will determine the fair value of these securities quarterly based on relevant information compiled by our Adviser, third-party pricing services (when available) and our Valuation Committee.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The determination of fair value and, consequently, the amount of unrealized gains and losses in our portfolio, are to a certain degree subjective and dependent on a valuation process approved by our Board of Directors. Certain factors that may be considered in determining the fair value of our investments include available indicative bids or quotations, as well as external events, such as private mergers, sales and acquisitions involving comparable companies. Because such valuations, and particularly valuations of private securities, are inherently uncertain, they may fluctuate over short periods of time and may be based on estimates. The fair value of our investments may differ materially from the values that would have been used if an active public market for these securities existed. The fair value of our investments has a material impact on our net earnings through the recording of unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments and may cause our net asset value on a given date to materially understate or overstate the value that we may ultimately realize on one or more of our investments. Investors purchasing our securities based on an overstated net asset value may pay a higher price than the value of our investments might warrant. Conversely, investors selling shares during a period in which the net asset value understates the value of our investments may receive a lower price for their shares than the value of our investments might warrant.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We operate in a highly competitive market for investment opportunities.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We may compete for investments with other investment funds (potentially including private equity funds, mezzanine funds and business development companies), as well as traditional financial services companies, which could include commercial banks, investment banks, finance companies and other sources of funding.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Many of our competitors are substantially larger and have considerably greater financial, technical and marketing resources than us. For example, some competitors may have a lower cost of capital and access to funding sources that may not be available to us. In addition, some of our competitors may have higher risk tolerances or different risk assessments than we have. These characteristics could allow our competitors to consider a wider variety of investments, establish more relationships and offer higher pricing than we are willing to offer to potential sellers. We may lose investment opportunities if our competitors are willing to pay more for the types of investments that we intend to target. If we are forced to pay more for our investments, we may not be able to achieve acceptable returns on our investments or may bear substantial risk of capital loss. An increase in the number and/or the size of our competitors in our target markets could force us to accept less attractive investments. Furthermore, many of our competitors have greater experience operating under, or are not be subject to, the regulatory restrictions that the 1940 Act imposes on us as a closed-end management investment company.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">There are significant potential conflicts of interest which could impact our investment returns.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Oxford Lane Management’s investment team presently manages the portfolios of Oxford Square Capital Corp., a publicly-traded business development company that invests principally in the debt of U.S.-based companies, and Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc., a non-traded registered closed-end fund that invests principally in CLO debt and equity securities. Additionally, Oxford Lane Management’s investment team also manages the Oxford Gate Funds and Oxford Bridge II, LLC, managed by Oxford Gate Management, LLC. Oxford Bridge II, LLC and the Oxford Gate Funds are private investment funds. In addition, our executive officers and directors, as well as the current and future members of Oxford Lane Management, may serve as officers, directors or principals of other entities that operate in the same or a related line of business as we do. Accordingly, they may have obligations to investors in those entities, the fulfillment of which obligations may not be in the best interests of us or our stockholders. Each of Oxford Square Capital Corp., Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc., Oxford Bridge II, LLC and the Oxford Gate Funds, as well as any affiliated investment vehicle formed in the future and managed by Oxford Lane Management or its affiliates may, notwithstanding different stated investment objectives, have overlapping investment objectives with our own <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">and, accordingly, may invest in asset classes similar to those targeted by us. As a result, Oxford Lane Management’s investment team may face conflicts in allocating investment opportunities between us and such other entities. Although Oxford Lane Management’s investment team will endeavor to allocate investment opportunities in a fair and equitable manner, it is possible that, in the future, we may not be given the opportunity to participate in investments made by investment funds, including Oxford Square Capital Corp., Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc., Oxford Bridge II, LLC and the Oxford Gate Funds, managed by Oxford Lane Management or an investment adviser affiliated with Oxford Lane Management. In any such case, when Oxford Lane Management’s investment team identifies an investment, it will be required to choose which investment fund should make the investment, although the Company, Oxford Square Capital Corp., Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc., Oxford Bridge II, LLC and the Oxford Gate Funds are subject to an allocation policy to ensure the equitable distribution of such investment opportunities, consistent with the requirements of the 1940 Act.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">As a registered closed-end fund, we are limited in our ability to co-invest in privately negotiated transactions with certain funds or entities managed by Oxford Lane Management or its affiliates without an exemptive order from the SEC. On June 14, 2017, the SEC issued an exemptive order, or the “Exemptive Order,” which permits us to co-invest in portfolio companies with certain funds or entities managed by Oxford Lane Management or its affiliates in certain negotiated transactions where co-investing would otherwise be prohibited under the 1940 Act, subject to the conditions of the Exemptive Order. Pursuant to the Exemptive Order, we are permitted to co-invest with our affiliates if a “required majority” (as defined in Section 57(o) of the 1940 Act) of our “independent directors” (as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) make certain conclusions in connection with a co-investment transaction, including, but not limited to, that (1) the terms of the potential co-investment transaction, including the consideration to be paid, are reasonable and fair to us and our stockholders and do not involve overreaching in respect of us or our stockholders on the part of any person concerned, and (2) the potential co-investment transaction is consistent with the interests of our stockholders and is consistent with our then-current investment objective and strategies.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We will reimburse Oxford Funds, as our administrator, our allocable portion of overhead and other expenses incurred by Oxford Funds in performing its obligations under the Administration Agreement, including rent, the fees and expenses associated with performing administrative functions, and our allocable portion of the compensation of our Chief Financial Officer and any administrative support staff, including accounting personnel. We will also reimburse Oxford Funds for the costs associated with the functions performed by our Chief Compliance Officer that Oxford Funds pays on the Company’s behalf pursuant to the terms of an agreement between us and ACA Group. These arrangements may create conflicts of interest that our Board of Directors must monitor. Oxford Lane Management will not be reimbursed for any performance-related compensation of its employees.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Regulations governing our operation as a registered closed-end management investment company, including the asset coverage ratio requirements under the 1940 Act, affect our ability to raise additional capital and the way in which we do so. The raising of debt capital may expose us to risks, including the typical risks associated with leverage.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Although we have no current intention to do so, we may in the future issue debt securities or additional shares of preferred stock and/or borrow money from banks or other financial institutions, which we refer to collectively as “senior securities,” up to the maximum amount permitted by the 1940 Act. Under the provisions of the 1940 Act, we will be permitted, as a registered closed-end management investment company, to issue senior securities representing indebtedness so long as our asset coverage ratio with respect thereto, defined under the 1940 Act as the ratio of our gross assets (less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities) to our outstanding senior securities representing indebtedness, is at least 300% after each issuance of such senior securities. In addition, we will be permitted to issue additional shares of preferred stock so long as our asset coverage ratio with respect thereto, defined under the 1940 Act as the ratio of our gross assets (less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities) to our outstanding senior securities representing indebtedness, plus the aggregate involuntary liquidation preference of our outstanding preferred stock, is at least 200% after each issuance of such preferred stock. If the value of our assets declines, we may be unable to satisfy this test. If that happens, we may be required to sell a portion of our investments and, depending on the nature of our leverage, repay a portion of our indebtedness or redeem outstanding shares of preferred stock or debt, in each case at a time when doing so may be disadvantageous. Also, any amounts that we use to service our indebtedness or preferred dividends would not be available for distributions to our common stockholders. Furthermore, as a result of issuing senior securities, we would also be exposed to typical risks associated with leverage, including an increased risk of loss. If we issue additional preferred stock, the preferred stock would continue to rank “senior” to common stock in our capital structure, preferred stockholders would continue to <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">have separate voting rights on certain matters and might have other rights, preferences, or privileges more favorable than those of our common stockholders, and the issuance of additional shares of preferred stock could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a transaction or a change of control that might involve a premium price for holders of our common stock or otherwise be in your best interest.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We are not generally able to issue and sell our common stock at a price below net asset value per share, other than in connection with a rights offering to our existing stockholders. We may, however, sell our common stock at a price below the then-current net asset value per share of our common stock if our Board of Directors determines that such sale is in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders, and our stockholders approve such sale. In any such case, the price at which our securities are to be issued and sold may not be less than a price that, in the determination of our Board of Directors, closely approximates the market value of such securities (less any distributing commission or discount). If we raise additional funds by issuing more common stock, then the percentage ownership of our stockholders at that time will decrease, and you may experience dilution.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our financial condition and results of operations depend on our ability to effectively manage and deploy capital.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our ability to achieve our investment objective depends on our ability to effectively manage and deploy capital, which depends, in turn, on Oxford Lane Management’s ability to identify, evaluate and monitor, and our ability to acquire, investments that meet our investment criteria.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Accomplishing our investment objective on a cost-effective basis is largely a function of Oxford Lane Management’s handling of the investment process, its ability to provide competent, attentive and efficient services and our access to investments offering acceptable terms, either in the primary or secondary markets. Even if we are able to grow and build upon our investment operations, any failure to manage our growth effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. The results of our operations will depend on many factors, including the availability of opportunities for investment, readily accessible short and long-term funding alternatives in the financial markets and economic conditions. Furthermore, if we cannot successfully operate our business or implement our investment policies and strategies as described herein, it could negatively impact our ability to pay distributions.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our Board of Directors is authorized to reclassify any unissued shares of common stock into one or more classes of preferred stock, which could convey special rights and privileges to its owners.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Under Maryland General Corporation Law and our charter, or “Charter,” our Board of Directors is authorized to classify and reclassify any authorized but unissued shares of stock into one or more classes of stock, including preferred stock. Prior to issuance of shares of each class or series, the Board of Directors will be required by Maryland law and our Charter to set the terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications and terms or conditions of redemption for each class or series. Thus, the Board of Directors could authorize the issuance of shares of preferred stock with terms and conditions which could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a transaction or a change in control that might involve a premium price for holders of our common stock or otherwise be in their best interest. The cost of any such reclassification would be borne by our common stockholders. Certain matters under the 1940 Act require the separate vote of the holders of any issued and outstanding preferred stock. For example, holders of preferred stock would vote separately from the holders of common stock on a proposal to cease operations as a registered closed-end management investment company. In addition, the 1940 Act provides that holders of preferred stock are entitled to vote separately from holders of common stock to elect two preferred stock directors. We have issued preferred stock and may issue additional shares of preferred stock in the future. These effects, among others, could have an adverse effect on your investment in our common stock.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our Board of Directors may change our operating policies and strategies without prior notice or stockholder approval, the effects of which may be adverse.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our Board of Directors will have the authority to modify or waive our current operating policies, investment criteria and strategies, other than those that we have deemed to be fundamental, without prior notice and without stockholder approval. We cannot predict the effect any changes to our current operating policies, investment criteria and strategies would have on our business, net asset value, operating results and value of our stock. However, the effects <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">might be adverse, which could negatively impact our ability to pay you dividends and cause you to lose all or part of your investment. See “Regulation as a Registered Closed-End Management Investment Company — Fundamental Investment Policies.”<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our business and operation could be negatively affected if we become subject to any securities litigation or shareholder activism, which could cause us to incur significant expense, hinder execution of our investment strategy and impact our stock price.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been brought against that company. While we are currently not subject to any securities litigation, due to the volatility of our stock price and for a variety of other reasons, we may in the future become the target of securities litigation and the subject of shareholder activism. If at any time our current Investment Advisory Agreement is terminated, we may not be able to find a new investment adviser or hire internal management with similar expertise and ability to provide the same or equivalent services on acceptable terms. If we are unable to do so quickly, our operations are likely to experience a disruption, our financial condition, business and results of operations as well as our ability to pay distributions are likely to be adversely affected and the market price of our shares may decline.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Securities litigation and shareholder activism, including potential proxy contests, could result in substantial costs and divert management’s and our Board of Director’s attention and resources from our business. Additionally, such securities litigation and shareholder activism could give rise to perceived uncertainties as to our future, adversely affect our relationships with service providers and make it more difficult to attract and retain qualified personnel. Also, we may be required to incur significant legal fees and other expenses related to any securities litigation and activist shareholder matters. Further, our stock price could be subject to significant fluctuation or otherwise be adversely affected by the events, risks and uncertainties of any securities litigation and shareholder activism.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We incur significant costs as a result of being a publicly traded company.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">As a publicly traded company, we incur legal, accounting and other expenses, including the costs associated with periodic reporting requirements, as well as additional corporate governance requirements and other rules implemented by the SEC.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our business is subject to increasingly complex corporate governance, public disclosure and accounting requirements that could adversely affect our business and financial results.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We are subject to changing rules and regulations of federal and state government as well as the stock exchange on which our common stock is listed. These entities, including the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the SEC and the NASDAQ Stock Market, have issued a significant number of new and increasingly complex requirements and regulations over the course of the last several years and continue to develop additional regulations and requirements in response to laws enacted by Congress. Our efforts to comply with these requirements have resulted in, and are likely to continue to result in, an increase in expenses and a diversion of management’s time from other business activities.<p class="H2" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Risks Related to U.S. Federal Income Tax<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We will be subject to corporate-level U.S. federal income tax if we are unable to maintain our RIC status under Subchapter M of the Code.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Although we have elected to be treated as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code, no assurance can be given that we will be able to continue to qualify for and maintain RIC status. If we qualify as a RIC under the Code, we generally will not be subject to corporate-level federal income taxes on our income and capital gains that are timely distributed (or deemed distributed) as dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes to our stockholders. To qualify as a RIC under the Code and to be relieved of federal taxes on income and gains distributed as dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes to our stockholders, we must, among other things, meet certain source-of-income, asset diversification and distribution requirements. The distribution requirement for a RIC is satisfied if we distribute dividends each tax year for U.S. federal income tax purposes of an amount generally at least equal to 90% of the sum of its net ordinary income and net short-term capital gains in excess of net long-term capital losses, if any, to our stockholders.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We cannot predict how tax reform legislation will affect us, our investments, or our stockholders, and any such legislation could adversely affect our business.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Changes in tax laws, regulations or administrative interpretations or any amendments thereto could adversely affect us, the entities in which we invest, or our stockholders. You are urged to consult with your tax advisor with respect to the impact of any such legislation or other regulatory or administrative developments and proposals and their potential effect on your investment in us.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">The amount of any distributions we may make on our common stock is uncertain. We may not be able to pay you distributions or be able to sustain distributions at any particular level, and our distributions per share, if any, may not grow over time, and our distributions per share may be reduced.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We cannot assure investors that we will achieve investment results that will allow us to make a specified level of cash distributions or year-to-year increases in cash distributions. All distributions will be paid at the discretion of the Board of Directors and may depend on our net investment income, financial condition, maintenance of our RIC status, compliance with applicable regulations and such other factors as the Board of Directors may deem relevant from time to time.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In the event that we encounter delays in locating suitable investment opportunities, all or a substantial portion of our distributions may constitute a return of capital to stockholders. To the extent that we pay distributions that constitute a return of capital for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it will lower an investor’s tax basis in his or her shares. A return of capital generally is a return of an investor’s investment, rather than a return of earnings or gains derived from our investment activities, and generally results in a reduction of the tax basis in the shares. As a result from such reduction in tax basis, stockholders may be subject to tax in connection with the sale of their shares, even if such shares are sold at a loss relative to the stockholder’s original investment.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We may have difficulty paying our required distributions if we recognize income before or without receiving cash representing such income.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">For U.S. federal income tax purposes, we will include in income certain amounts that we have not yet received in cash, such as original issue discount, or “OID,” which may arise if we receive warrants in connection with the making of a loan or possibly in other circumstances, or contracted payment-in-kind, or “PIK,” interest, which represents contractual interest added to the loan balance and due at the end of the loan term. In addition, we may be required to accrue for U.S. federal income tax purposes amounts attributable to our investment in CLOs that may differ from the distributions received in respect of such investments. We also may be required to include in income certain other amounts that we will not receive in cash.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Because in certain cases we may recognize income before or without receiving cash representing such income, we may have difficulty satisfying the Annual Distribution Requirement (as defined below) applicable to RICs. Accordingly, we may have to sell some of our investments at times we would not consider advantageous, raise additional debt or equity capital, reduce new investments or make taxable distributions of our stock or debt securities to meet that distribution requirement. If we are not able to obtain cash from other sources, we may fail to qualify for RIC tax treatment and thus be subject to U.S. federal income tax at corporate rates.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition, OID income for certain portfolio investments may or may not be included as a factor in the determination of the fair value of such investments.<p class="H2" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Risks Related to Our Investments<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our investments in CLO vehicles are riskier and less transparent to us and our stockholders than direct investments in the underlying Senior Loans or CLO Assets.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We have initially invested principally in equity and junior debt tranches issued by CLO vehicles. Generally, there may be less information available to us regarding the underlying debt investments held by such CLO vehicles than if we had invested directly in the debt of the underlying companies. As a result, our stockholders may not know the details of the underlying debt investments of the CLO vehicles in which we invest. Our CLO investments will also be subject to the risk of leverage associated with the debt issued by such CLOs and the repayment priority of senior debt <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">holders in such CLO vehicles. Additionally, CLOs in which we invest are often governed by a complex series of legal documents and contracts. As a result, the risk of dispute over interpretation or enforceability of the documentation may be higher relative to other types of investments.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition to the general risks associated with investing in debt securities, CLO vehicles carry additional risks, including, but not limited to: (i) the possibility that distributions from collateral securities will not be adequate to make interest or other payments; (ii) the credit quality of the CLO Assets that serve as collateral may decline or the CLO Asset may default; (iii) the CLO may experience losses associated with selling CLO Assets at a loss; (iv) our investments in CLO debt and equity will likely be subordinate to other senior classes of CLO debt; (v) the CLO vehicle itself may experience an event of default, leading to acceleration of the CLO’s debt and liquidation of CLO Assets at undesirable prices and (vi) the complex structure of the security may not be fully understood at the time of investment and may produce disputes among participants of the CLO transaction or unexpected investment results. Our net asset value may also decline over time if our principal recovery with respect to CLO equity investments is less than the price we paid for those investments.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The CLO vehicles in which we invest will issue and sell or have already issued and sold debt tranches that will rank senior to the debt and equity tranches in which we invest. By their terms, such tranches entitle the holders to receive payment of interest or principal on or before the dates on which we are entitled to receive payments with respect to the tranches in which we invest. Also, in the event of default, insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or bankruptcy of a CLO vehicle, holders of senior debt instruments would be entitled to receive payment in full before we receive any distribution. After repaying such senior creditors, such CLO vehicle may not have any remaining assets to use for repaying its obligation to us. In the case of tranches ranking equally with the tranches in which we invest, we would have to share on an equal basis any distributions with other investors holding such securities in the event of a default, insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or bankruptcy of the relevant CLO vehicle. Therefore, we may not receive back the full amount of our investment (or any of our investment) in a CLO vehicle or may not receive our anticipated yield.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The CLO equity market has experienced significant downturns from time to time. Due to the continued uncertainty in the CLO equity market, we cannot assure you that we will achieve our expected investment results and/or maintain our current level of cash distributions. Our future distributions are dependent upon the investment income we receive on our portfolio investments, including our CLO equity investments. To the extent such CLO investments are terminated prior to the specified maturity date, such proceeds derived from a termination may be less than originally contemplated at that time of such investment. This may result in proceeds which may not be of a sufficient amount to invest in future CLO investments in order to generate cash returns that will enable us to maintain the same level of distributions. This may result in a meaningful reduction in, or complete cessation of, our distributions going forward. In addition, due to the asset coverage test applicable to us as a registered closed-end management investment company, a reduction in the fair value of our investments may limit our ability to make distributions.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">CLO investments involve complex accounting and tax considerations.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The accounting and tax implications of such investments are complicated. In particular, reported earnings from the equity tranche investments of these CLO vehicles are recorded under GAAP based upon an effective yield calculation. Current taxable earnings on these investments, however, will generally not be determinable until after the end of the fiscal year of each individual CLO vehicle that ends within our fiscal year, even though the investments are generating cash flow. In general, the tax treatment of these investments may result in higher distributable earnings in the early years and a capital loss at maturity, while for reporting purposes the totality of cash flows are reflected in a constant yield to maturity.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our investments in CLO securities may be less transparent to us and our stockholders than direct investments in the collateral.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">None of the information contained in a CLO’s monthly reports, other trustee reports or any other financial information furnished to us as an investor in a CLO is audited and reported upon, nor is an opinion expressed, by an independent public accountant. We will not be required to share any trustee reports or other reports received from any CLO with our stockholders. Thus, you will have limited information on the assets held by, and the performance of, the CLOs in which we invest.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">CLO securities and their investments are often illiquid.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Some instruments issued by CLO vehicles may not be readily marketable and may be subject to restrictions on resale. Securities issued by CLO vehicles are generally not listed on any U.S. national securities exchange and no active trading market may exist for the securities of CLO vehicles in which we may invest. Although a secondary market may exist for our investments in CLO vehicles, the market for our investments in CLO vehicles may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods. As a result, these types of investments may be more difficult to value.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Failure by a CLO in which we are invested to satisfy certain tests will harm our operating results.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">CLO vehicles in which we invest may fail to satisfy certain financial covenants, specifically those with respect to adequate collateralization and/or interest coverage tests. Such failure could lead to a reduction in such CLO’s payments to us because senior debt holders generally would be entitled to additional payments that would, in turn, reduce the payments we would otherwise be entitled to receive.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our investments may be highly subordinated and subject to leveraged securities risk.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our portfolio will include equity and junior debt investments in CLOs, which involve a number of significant risks. CLOs are typically very highly levered (with CLO equity securities typically being leveraged between nine and 13 times), and therefore the junior equity and debt tranches in which we invest will be subject to a higher degree of risk of total loss. In particular, investors in CLO securities indirectly bear risks of the collateral held by such CLOs. We generally have the right to receive payments only from the CLOs, and generally do not have direct rights against the underlying borrowers or the entity that sponsored the CLO transaction. In addition, we may have the option in certain CLOs to contribute additional amounts to the CLO issuer for purposes of acquiring additional assets or curing coverage tests, thereby increasing our overall exposure and capital at risk to such CLO. Although it is difficult to predict whether the prices of assets underlying CLOs will rise or fall, these prices (and, therefore, the prices of the CLOs’ securities) are influenced by the same types of political and economic events that affect issuers of securities and capital markets generally.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Investors will bear indirectly the fees and expenses of the CLO equity securities in which we invest.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">While the CLO vehicles we target generally enable the investor to acquire interests in a pool of CLO Assets without the expenses associated with directly holding the same investments, the CLO vehicle itself will incur management fees (including incentive fees) and other expenses. CLO collateral manager fees are charged on the total assets of a CLO but are assumed to be paid from the residual cash flows after interest payments to the CLO senior debt tranches. Therefore, these CLO collateral manager fees are effectively much higher when allocated only to the CLO equity tranche. These fees incurred at the CLO level are in addition to the fees charged by the Adviser at the Company level. Additionally, CLOs could also be liable to the collateral manager, trustee and other parties for indemnity payments. We, as a CLO equity investor, will generally bear a share of the CLO vehicles’ administrative and other expenses that is proportionate with other CLO equity investors; however, CLO equity investors often negotiate fee rebates through side letters and other arrangements, and there can be no assurance that we will be able to negotiate fee rebates for any CLO in which we invest, or that any fee rebates we do negotiate will be as favorable as fee rebates other CLO equity investors may negotiate. Separately, we may incur expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon default or to negotiate new terms with a defaulting CLO vehicle or any other investment we may make. If any of these occur, it could materially and adversely affect our operating results and cash flows.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our portfolio of investments may lack diversification among CLO vehicles which may subject us to a risk of significant loss if one or more of these CLO vehicles experience a high level of defaults on its underlying Senior Loans or CLO Assets.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our portfolio may hold investments in a limited number of CLO vehicles. Beyond the asset diversification requirements associated with our qualification as a RIC under the Code, we will not have fixed guidelines for diversification, we will not have any limitations on the ability to invest in any one CLO vehicle, and our investments may be concentrated in relatively few CLO vehicles. As our portfolio is less diversified than the portfolios of some larger funds, we are more susceptible to failure if one or more of the CLO vehicles in which we are invested experiences <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">a high level of defaults on its underlying Senior Loans and other CLO Assets. Similarly, the aggregate returns we realize may be significantly adversely affected if a small number of investments perform poorly or if we need to write down the value of any one investment.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Additionally, the CLO vehicles in which we invest may have CLO Asset portfolios that are concentrated in a limited number of industries or borrowers. A downturn in any particular industry or borrower in which a CLO vehicle is heavily invested may subject that vehicle, and in turn us, to a risk of significant loss and could significantly impact the aggregate returns we realize. If an industry in which a CLO vehicle is heavily invested suffers from adverse business or economic conditions, a material portion of our investment in that CLO vehicle could be affected adversely, which, in turn, could adversely affect our financial position and results of operations.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We may also invest in multiple CLOs managed by the same CLO collateral manager, thereby increasing our risk of loss in the event the CLO collateral manager were to fail, experience the loss of key portfolio management employees or sell its business.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Failure to maintain adequate diversification of underlying obligors across the CLOs in which we invest would make us more vulnerable to defaults.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Even if we maintain adequate diversification across different CLO issuers, we may still be subject to concentration risk since CLO portfolios tend to have a certain amount of overlap across underlying obligors. This trend is generally exacerbated when demand for bank loans by CLO issuers outpaces supply. Market analysts have noted that the overlap of obligor names among CLO issuers has increased recently, and is particularly evident across CLOs of the same year of origination, as well as with CLOs managed by the same asset manager. To the extent we invest in CLOs which have a high percentage of overlap, this may increase the likelihood of defaults on our CLO investments occurring together.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We and our investments are subject to reinvestment risk.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">As part of the ordinary management of its portfolio, a CLO will typically generate cash from asset repayments and sales and reinvest those proceeds in substitute assets, subject to compliance with its investment tests and certain other conditions. The earnings with respect to such substitute assets will depend on the quality of reinvestment opportunities available at the time. If the CLO collateral manager causes the CLO to purchase substitute assets at a lower yield than those initially acquired (for example, during periods of loan compression or in response to the need to satisfy the CLO’s covenants) or sale proceeds are maintained temporarily in cash, it would reduce the excess interest-related cash flow that the CLO collateral manager is able to achieve. The investment tests may incentivize a CLO collateral manager to cause the CLO to buy riskier assets than it otherwise would, which could result in additional losses. These factors could reduce our return on investment and may have a negative effect on the fair value of our assets and the market value of our securities. In addition, the reinvestment period for a CLO may terminate early, which would cause the holders of the CLO’s securities to receive principal payments earlier than anticipated. In addition, in CLO transactions in which we own a minority of the equity tranche, the holders of a majority of the equity tranche direct a call or refinancing of a CLO, thus causing such CLO’s outstanding CLO debt securities to be repaid at par earlier than expected. There can be no assurance that we will be able to reinvest such amounts in an alternative investment that provides a comparable return relative to the credit risk assumed.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We are dependent on the collateral managers of the CLOs in which we invest, and those CLOs are generally not registered under the 1940 Act.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We rely on CLO collateral managers to administer and review the portfolios of collateral of the CLOs in which they invest. The actions of the CLO collateral managers may significantly affect the return on our investments; however, we, as an investor of the CLO, typically do not have any direct contractual relationship with the collateral managers of the CLOs in which we invest. The ability of each CLO collateral manager to identify and report on issues affecting its securitization portfolio on a timely basis could also affect the return on our investments, as we may not be provided with information on a timely basis in order to take appropriate measures to manage our risks. We will also rely on CLO collateral managers to act in the best interests of a CLO it manages; however, such CLO collateral managers are subject to fiduciary duties owed to other classes of debt besides those in which we invest; therefore, there can be no assurance that the collateral managers will always act in the best interest of the CLO securities in which we are invested. If any CLO collateral manager were to act in a manner that was not in the best interest of the CLOs, this could adversely impact the overall performance of our investments. Furthermore, since the underlying CLO issuer <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">often provides an indemnity to its CLO collateral manager, we may not be incentivized to pursue actions against the collateral manager since any such action, if successful, may ultimately be borne by the underlying CLO issuer and payable from its assets, which could create losses to us as an investor in the CLO. In addition, liabilities incurred by the CLO manger to third parties may be borne by us as an investor in the CLO to the extent such CLO is required to indemnify its collateral manager for such liabilities.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Additionally, there is no guarantee that, for any CLO we invest in, the collateral manager in place when we invest in such CLO securities will continue to manage such CLO through the life of our investment. Collateral managers are subject to removal or replacement by other holders of CLO securities without our consent, and may also voluntarily resign as collateral manager or assign their role as collateral manager to another entity. There can be no assurance that any removal, replacement, resignation or assignment of any particular CLO manager’s role will not adversely affect the returns on the CLO securities in which we invest.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our CLO investments are subject to risks related to leverage of underlying obligors.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Underlying obligors of the CLO Assets are typically highly leveraged, and there may not be significant restrictions on the amount of debt an obligor can incur. Substantial indebtedness adds additional risk with respect to an obligor and could (i) limit its ability to borrow money for its working capital, capital expenditures, debt service requirements, strategic initiatives or other purposes; (ii) require it to dedicate a substantial portion of its cash flow from operations to the repayment of its indebtedness, thereby reducing funds available to it for other purposes; (iii) make it more highly leveraged than some of its competitors, which may place it at a competitive disadvantage; and/or (iv) subject it to restrictive financial and operating covenants, which may preclude it from favorable business activities or the financing of future operations or other capital needs. In some cases, proceeds of debt incurred by an obligor could be paid as a dividend to stockholders rather than retained by the obligor for its working capital. Leveraged companies are often more sensitive to declines in revenues, increases in expenses, and adverse business, political, or financial developments or economic factors such as a significant rise in interest rates, a severe downturn in the economy or deterioration in the condition of such companies or their industries. A leveraged company’s income and net assets will tend to increase or decrease at a greater rate than if borrowed money were not used.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">If an obligor is unable to generate sufficient cash flow to meet principal and/or interest payments on its indebtedness, it may be forced to take other actions to satisfy its obligations under its indebtedness. These alternative measures may include reducing or delaying capital expenditures, selling assets, seeking additional capital, or restructuring or refinancing indebtedness. Any of these actions could significantly reduce the value of the CLO Assets and thus the CLO securities in which we invest. If such strategies are not successful and do not permit the obligor to meet its scheduled debt service obligations, the obligor may also be forced into liquidation, dissolution or insolvency, and the value of the CLO’s investment in such obligor could be significantly reduced or even eliminated.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We are subject to risks associated with the bankruptcy or insolvency of an issuer or borrower of a loan that we hold or of an underlying asset held by a CLO in which we invest.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of an issuer or borrower of a CLO Asset, a court or other governmental entity may determine that the claims of the relevant CLO are not valid or not entitled to the treatment the CLO expected when making its initial investment decision.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Various laws enacted for the protection of debtors may apply to the CLO Assets held by the CLOs in which we invest. The information in this and the following paragraph represents a brief summary of certain points only, is not intended to be an extensive summary of the relevant issues and is applicable with respect to U.S. issuers and borrowers only. The following is not intended to be a summary of all relevant risks. Similar avoidance provisions to those described below are sometimes available with respect to non-U.S. issuers or borrowers, and there is no assurance that this will be the case which may result in a much greater risk of partial or total loss of value in that underlying CLO Asset.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">If a court in a lawsuit brought by an unpaid creditor or representative of creditors of an issuer or borrower of a CLO Asset, such as a trustee in bankruptcy, were to find that such issuer or borrower did not receive fair consideration or reasonably equivalent value for incurring the indebtedness constituting such CLO Asset and, after giving effect to such indebtedness, the issuer or borrower (1) was insolvent; (2) was engaged in a business for which the remaining assets of such issuer or borrower constituted unreasonably small capital; or (3) intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, such court could decide to invalidate, in whole <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">or in part, the indebtedness constituting the CLO Assets as a fraudulent conveyance, to subordinate such indebtedness to existing or future creditors of the issuer or borrower or to recover amounts previously paid by the issuer or borrower in satisfaction of such indebtedness. In addition, in the event of the insolvency of an issuer or borrower of a CLO Asset, payments made on such CLO Asset could be subject to avoidance as a “preference” if made within a certain period of time (which may be as long as one year under U.S. Federal bankruptcy law or even longer under state laws) before insolvency.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The CLO Assets of the CLOs in which we invest may be subject to various laws for the protection of debtors in other jurisdictions, including the jurisdiction of incorporation of the issuer or borrower of such CLO Assets and, if different, the jurisdiction from which it conducts business and in which it holds assets, any of which may adversely affect such issuer’s or borrower’s ability to make, or a creditor’s ability to enforce, payment in full, on a timely basis or at all. These insolvency considerations will differ depending on the jurisdiction in which an issuer or borrower or the related CLO Assets are located and may differ depending on the legal status of the issuer or borrower.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">The application of risk retention rules to CLOs may have broader effects on the CLO and loan markets in general, potentially resulting in fewer or less desirable investment opportunities for us.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In October 2014, six federal agencies (the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the “FDIC,” the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Board, the SEC, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Finance Agency) adopted joint final rules implementing certain credit risk retention requirements contemplated in Section 941 of the Dodd-Frank Act, or the “Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules.” These rules were published in the Federal Register on December 24, 2014. With respect to the regulation of CLOs, the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules require that the “sponsor” or a “majority owned affiliate” thereof (in each case as defined in the rules), will retain an “eligible vertical interest” or an “eligible horizontal interest” (in each case as defined therein) or any combination thereof in the CLO in the manner required by the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules became fully effective on December 24, 2016, and to the extent applicable to CLOs in which we invest, the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules contain provisions that may adversely affect the return of our investments. On February 9, 2018, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, or the “DC Circuit Court,” rendered a decision in The Loan Syndications and Trading Association v. Securities and Exchange Commission and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, No. 1:16-cv-0065, in which the DC Circuit Court held that open market CLO collateral managers are not “securitizers” subject to the requirements of the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules (the “DC Circuit Ruling”). Thus, collateral managers of open market CLOs are no longer required to comply with the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules at this time. As such, it is possible that some collateral managers of open market CLOs will decide to dispose of the securities (or cause their majority owned affiliates to dispose of the securities) constituting the “eligible vertical interest” or “eligible horizontal interest” they were previously required to retain or take other actions with respect to such securities that is not otherwise prohibited by the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules. To the extent either the underlying collateral manager or its majority-owned affiliate divests itself of such securities, or to the extent none of the underlying collateral manager or its affiliates holds any CLO securities in any event, this will reduce the degree to which the relevant collateral manager’s incentives are aligned with those of the holders of the CLO debt or equity (which may include us as a CLO investor). This could influence the way in which the relevant collateral manager manages the CLO assets and/or makes other decisions under the transaction documents related to the CLO in a manner that is adverse to us.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">There can be no assurance or representation that any of the transactions, structures or arrangements currently under consideration by or currently used by CLO market participants will comply with the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules to the extent such rules are reinstated or otherwise become applicable to open market CLOs. The ultimate impact of the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules on the loan securitization market and the leveraged loan market generally remains uncertain, and any negative impact on secondary market liquidity for securities comprising a CLO may be experienced due to the effects of the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules on market expectations or uncertainty, the relative appeal of other investments not impacted by the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules and other factors.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">EU/UK Risk Retention. The securitization industry in both European Union (“EU”) and the United Kingdom (“UK”) has also undergone a number of significant changes in the past few years. Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 relating to a European framework for simple, transparent and standardized securitization (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2021/557 and as further amended from time to time, the “EU Securitization Regulation”) applies to certain specified EU investors, and Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 relating to a European framework for simple, transparent and standardised <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">securitization in the form in effect on 31 December 2020 (which forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended, the “EUWA”)) (as amended by the Securitization (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and as further amended from time to time, the “UK Securitization Regulation” and, together with the EU Securitization Regulation, the “Securitization Regulations”) applies to certain specified UK investors, in each case, who are investing in a “securitisation” (as such term is defined under each Securitization Regulation).<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The due diligence requirements of Article 5 of the EU Securitization Regulation (the “EU Due Diligence Requirements”) apply to each investor that is an “institutional investor” (as such term is defined in the EU Securitization Regulation), being an investor which is one of the following: (a) an insurance undertaking as defined in Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II) (recast) (“Solvency II”); (b) a reinsurance undertaking as defined in Solvency II; (c) subject to certain conditions and exceptions, an institution for occupational retirement provision falling within the scope of Directive (EU) 2016/2341 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) (the “IORP Directive”), or an investment manager or an authorised entity appointed by an institution for occupational retirement provision pursuant to the IORP Directive; (d) an alternative investment fund manager (“AIFM”) as defined in Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers that manages and/or markets alternative investment funds in the EU; (e) an undertaking for the collective investment in transferable securities (“UCITS”) management company, as defined in Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) (the “UCITS Directive”); (f) an internally managed UCITS, which is an investment company authorised in accordance with the UCITS Directive and which has not designated a management company authorised under the UCITS Directive for its management; or (g) a credit institution as defined in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms (the “CRR”) for the purposes of the CRR, or an investment firm as defined in the CRR, in each case, such investor an “EU Institutional Investor”.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The due diligence requirements of Article 5 of the UK Securitization Regulation (the “UK Due Diligence Requirements” and, together with the EU Due Diligence Requirements, the “Due Diligence Requirements”) apply to each investor that is an “institutional investor” (as such term is defined in the UK Securitization Regulation), being an investor which is one of the following: (a) an insurance undertaking as defined in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended, the “FSMA”); (b) a reinsurance undertaking as defined in the FSMA; (c) an occupational pension scheme as defined in the Pension Schemes Act 1993 that has its main administration in the UK, or a fund manager of such a scheme appointed under the Pensions Act 1995 that, in respect of activity undertaken pursuant to that appointment, is authorised under the FSMA; (d) an AIFM (as defined in the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013 (the “AIFM Regulations”)) which markets or manages AIFs (as defined in the AIFM Regulations) in the UK; (e) a management company as defined in the FSMA; (f) a UCITS as defined by the FSMA, which is an authorised open ended investment company as defined in the FSMA; (g) a FCA investment firm as defined by the CRR as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of EUWA (the “UK CRR”); or (h) a CRR investment firm as defined in the UK CRR, in each case, such investor a “UK Institutional Investor” and, such investors together with EU Institutional Investors, “Institutional Investors”.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Among other things, the applicable Due Diligence Requirements require that prior to holding a “securitisation position” (as defined in each Securitization Regulation) an Institutional Investor (other than the originator, sponsor or original lender) has verified that:<p class="NL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">(1) the originator, sponsor or original lender will retain on an ongoing basis a material net economic interest which, in any event, shall be not less than five per cent. in the securitization, determined in accordance with Article 6 of the applicable Securitization Regulation, and has disclosed the risk retention to such Institutional Investor;<p class="NL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">(2) (in the case of each EU Institutional Investor only) the originator, sponsor or securitization special purpose entity (“SSPE”) has, where applicable, made available the information required by Article 7 of the EU Securitization Regulation in accordance with the frequency and modalities provided for thereunder;<p class="NL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">(3) (in the case of each UK Institutional Investor only) the originator, sponsor or SSPE:<p class="NL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-left:72pt;margin-top:8pt;">(i) if established in the UK has, where applicable, made available the information required by Article 7 of the UK Securitization Regulation (the “UK Transparency Requirements”) in accordance with the frequency and modalities provided for thereunder; or<p class="NL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-left:72pt;margin-top:8pt;">(ii) if established in a country other than the UK, where applicable, made available information which is substantially the same as that which it would have made available under the UK Transparency Requirements if it had been established in the UK, and has done so with such frequency and modalities as are substantially the same as those with which it would have made information available under the UK Transparency Requirements if it had been established in the UK; and<p class="NL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">(4) in the case of each Institutional Investor, where the originator or original lender either (i) is not a credit institution or an investment firm (each as defined in the applicable Securitization Regulation) or (ii) is established in a third country (being (x) in respect of the EU Securitization Regulation, a country other than an EU member state, or (y) in respect of the UK Securitization Regulation, a country other than the UK), the originator or original lender grants all the credits giving rise to the underlying exposures on the basis of sound and well-defined criteria and clearly established processes for approving, amending, renewing and financing those credits and has effective systems in place to apply those criteria and processes in order to ensure that credit-granting is based on a thorough assessment of the obligor’s creditworthiness.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The Due Diligence Requirements further require that prior to holding a securitisation position, an Institutional Investor, other than the originator, sponsor or original lender, carry out a due diligence assessment which enables it to assess the risks involved, including but not limited to (a) the risk characteristics of the individual securitisation position and the underlying exposures; and (b) all the structural features of the securitization that can materially impact the performance of the securitisation position, including the contractual priorities of payment and priority of payment-related triggers, credit enhancements, liquidity enhancements, market value triggers, and transaction-specific definitions of default.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Any Institutional Investor that fails to comply with the applicable Due Diligence Requirements in respect of a securitization position which it holds may become subject to a range of regulatory sanctions including, in the case of a credit institution, investment firm, insurer or reinsurer, a punitive regulatory capital charge with respect to such securitization position, or, in certain other cases, a requirement to take corrective action.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">To the extent a CLO is structured in compliance with the Securitization Regulations, our ability to invest in the CLO equity of such CLOs could be limited, or we could be required to hold our investment for the life of the CLO. If a CLO has not been structured to comply with the Securitization Regulations, it will limit the ability of Institutional Investors to purchase CLO securities, which may adversely affect the price and liquidity of the securities (including the CLO equity) in the secondary market. Additionally, the Securitization Regulations and any regulatory uncertainty in relation thereto may reduce the issuance of new CLOs and reduce the liquidity provided by CLOs to the leveraged loan market generally. Reduced liquidity in the loan market could reduce investment opportunities for collateral managers, which could negatively affect the return of our investments. Any reduction in the volume and liquidity provided by CLOs to the leveraged loan market could also reduce opportunities to redeem or refinance the securities comprising a CLO in an optional redemption or refinancing and could negatively affect the ability of obligors to refinance of their collateral obligations, either of which developments could increase defaulted obligations above historic levels.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Japanese Risk Retention. The Japanese Financial Services Agency (the “JFSA”) published a risk retention rule as part of the regulatory capital regulation of certain categories of Japanese investors seeking to invest in securitization transactions (the “JRR Rule”). The JRR Rule mandates an “indirect” compliance requirement, meaning that certain categories of Japanese investors will be required to apply higher risk weighting to securitization exposures they hold unless the relevant originator commits to hold a retention interest equal to at least 5% of the exposure of the total underlying assets in the transaction (the “Japanese Retention Requirement”) or such investors determine that the underlying assets were not “inappropriately originated.” The Japanese investors to which the JRR Rule applies include banks, bank holding companies, credit unions (shinyo kinko), credit cooperatives (shinyo kumiai), labor credit unions (rodo kinko), agricultural credit cooperatives (nogyo kyodo kumiai), ultimate parent companies of large securities companies and certain other financial institutions regulated in Japan (such investors, “Japanese Affected Investors”). Such Japanese Affected Investors may be subject to punitive capital requirements and/or other regulatory penalties with respect to investments in securitizations that fail to comply with the Japanese Retention Requirement.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The JRR Rule became effective on March 31, 2019. At this time, there are a number of unresolved questions and no established line of authority, precedent or market practice that provides definitive guidance with respect to the JRR Rule, and no assurances can be made as to the content, impact or interpretation of the JRR Rule. In particular, the basis for the determination of whether an asset is “inappropriately originated” remains unclear and, therefore, unless the JFSA provides further specific clarification, it is possible that CLO securities we purchase may contain assets deemed to be “inappropriately originated” and, as a result, may not be exempt from the Japanese Retention Requirement. The JRR Rule or other similar requirements may deter Japanese Affected Investors from purchasing CLO securities, which may limit the liquidity of CLO securities and, in turn, adversely affect the price of such CLO securities in the secondary market. Whether and to what extent the JFSA may provide further clarification or interpretation as to the JRR Rule is unknown.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">CLO managers may be subject to the SEC’s Proposed Private Fund Rules.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">On February 9, 2022, the SEC proposed certain rules and amendments under the Adviser’s Act to enhance the regulations applicable to private fund advisers (the “Proposed Private Fund Rules”) that, if adopted in their current form, would affect investment advisers such as the CLO collateral managers, by, among other things, (i) requiring such managers to comply with additional reporting and compliance obligations, (ii) prohibiting certain types of preferential treatment, including, among other things, the provision of information regarding portfolio holdings of the private fund, and (iii) prohibiting or imposing requirements on certain business practices, including prohibiting certain types of indemnification (which could include indemnification provided for in the CLO’s management agreement) and requiring fairness opinions for adviser-led secondary transactions. Because most CLOs in which we invest rely on Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act, each such CLO will be considered a “private fund” within the meaning of the Proposed Private Fund Rules. The costs of complying with certain of the reporting and compliance obligations under the Proposed Private Fund Rules could be substantial, and it is unclear if the costs of preparing such reports would be borne by the CLO or the CLO’s collateral manager. If the CLOs in which we invest are responsible for such expenses, it could affect the return on our investments in CLO securities. In addition, if any CLO collateral manager were prohibited from discussing the underlying portfolio of CLO assets with investors, entirely or absent highly specific disclosure, it could result in a reduction or elimination of any CLO collateral manager’s ability to provide information to us relating to such CLO’s assets other than the reporting required by the CLO’s transaction documents. In addition, the Proposed Private Fund Rules could adversely affect a CLO’s ability to consummate a refinancing or other optional redemption. As a result, adoption of the Proposed Private Fund Rules could have a material and adverse effect on the market value and/or liquidity of the CLO securities in which we invest. The Proposed Private Fund Rules could also discourage managers from undertaking new CLO transactions, thus reducing the opportunities for us to invest in CLO securities and achieve our investment goals.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Investing in CLO vehicles, Senior Loans and other high-yield corporate credits involves a variety of risks, any of which may adversely impact our performance.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Investment Risk. An investment in our securities is subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of your entire investment. An investment in our securities represents an indirect investment in the portfolio of equity and junior tranches issued by CLO vehicles and other securities owned by us, and the value of these securities may fluctuate, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. At any point in time an investment in our securities may be worth less than the original amount invested, even after taking into account distributions paid by us and the ability of stockholders to reinvest dividends.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Market Risk. Market risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices and includes interest rate risk, foreign currency risk and “other price risks”, such as index price risk. We may use derivative instruments to hedge the investment portfolio against currency risks. Our investments in CLO vehicles and other types of corporate credits typically have no significant assets other than the collateral. Accordingly, payments on the equity and junior debt instruments we initially target are payable solely from the cash flows from the collateral, net of all management fees and other expenses. Quarterly distributions or interest payments to us as a holder of equity or junior debt instruments, respectively, will only be made after payments due on any outstanding senior debt tranches have been made in full for such quarter.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Rating Risk. Certain of the major rating agencies (including Moody’s, Standard and Poor’s and Fitch) have downgraded, and may continue to downgrade, the tranches of CLO vehicles that we are targeting and, therefore, these investments may be seen as riskier than they were previously thought to be. We cannot assure you that the rated CLO <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">securities in which it invests will not experience downgrades. To the extent our portfolio experiences such downgrades, the value of our investments, and our ability to liquidate such investments, would likely be impaired. A significant impairment of any of our investments may have a material adverse effect on our financial results and operations.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition, the ratings assigned to the CLO Assets in which the CLOs invest are subject to change at any time, including for reasons unrelated to performance, such as changes in rating agency methodology, changes in economic conditions, changes in the loan markets, changes in the creditworthiness of the underlying obligors and a variety of other factors. If downgrade actions a rating agency result in an increase in the number of CLO Assets with ratings of “Caa1” or “CCC+” or lower, then even if such CLO Asset do not suffer defaults or delinquencies or otherwise deteriorate in performance, the CLO vehicle could fail to satisfy certain tests, which could lead to the early amortization of some or all of the CLO debt. As a result, payments that would have otherwise been made to the CLO equity or CLO debt securities that we hold would instead be diverted to buy additional loans within a given CLO or paid to senior CLO debt holders as an early amortization payment.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Interest Rate Risk. Our investments have initially been focused on investments in equity and floating rate junior debt tranches issued by CLO vehicles, and to a lesser extent warehouse facilities and corporate credits, each of which are exposed to interest rate risk. Since a CLO’s asset portfolio is typically comprised principally of floating rate loans and the CLO’s liabilities are also generally floating rate instruments, we expect CLO equity and junior debt tranches to provide potential protection against rising interest rates when the benchmark is above the average benchmark floor on a CLO’s assets. However, our investments in CLO Assets through investments in junior equity and debt tranches of CLOs are nonetheless sensitive to interest rate levels and volatility. For example, because CLO debt securities are floating rate securities, a reduction in interest rates would generally result in a reduction in the coupon payment and cash flow we receive on the junior debt securities and CLO equity in which we invest. Furthermore, because floating or variable rates only reset periodically, changes in prevailing interest rates can be expected to cause some fluctuations in our net asset value. Similarly, a sudden and significant increase in market interest rates may cause a decline in our net asset value. In addition, many underlying corporate borrowers can elect to pay interest based on a 1-month, 3-month and/or other term base rates in respect of the loans held by CLOs in which we invest, in each case plus an applicable spread, whereas floating rate CLO securities generally pay interest based on a 3-month term plus a spread. The 3-month term rate may fluctuate in excess of other potential term rates, which may result in many underlying corporate borrowers electing to pay interest based on a shorter or lower, but in any event lower, base rate. This mismatch in the rate at which CLOs earn interest and the rate at which they pay interest on their debt tranches negatively impacts the cash flows on a CLO’s equity tranche, which may in turn adversely affect our cash flows, results of operations or net asset value, which may impact our ability to maintain required levels of asset coverage. Unless spreads are adjusted to account for such increases, these negative impacts may worsen as the amount by which the 3-month term base rate exceeds the 1-month term base rate increases.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition, CLOs may not be able to enter into hedge agreements, even if it may otherwise be in the best interests of the CLO to hedge such interest rate risk. Furthermore, in the event of a significant rising interest rate environment and/or economic downturn, underlying obligors may be unable to pay their debt liabilities or refinance, and loan defaults may increase, thus resulting in credit losses that would adversely affect our cash flow, fair value of our assets and operating results.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Benchmark Floor Risk. Because CLOs issue debt primarily on a floating rate basis, an increase in the relevant benchmark will increase the financing costs of CLOs. Many of the senior secured loans held by these CLOs have benchmark floors such that, when the relevant benchmark is below the stated benchmark floor, the stated benchmark floor (rather than the benchmark itself) is used to determine the interest payable under the loans. Therefore, if the relevant benchmark increases but stays below the average benchmark floor rate of the senior secured loans held by a CLO, there would not be a corresponding increase in the investment income of such CLOs. The combination of increased financing costs without a corresponding increase in investment income in such a scenario could result in the CLO not having adequate cash to make interest or other payments on the securities which we hold.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk that one or more investments in a portfolio will decline in price or fail to pay interest or principal when due because the issuer of the security experiences a decline in its financial condition. If a CLO in which we invest, an underlying asset of any such CLO or any other type of credit investment in our portfolio declines in price or fails to pay interest or principal when due because the issuer or debtor, as the case may be, experiences a decline in its financial status either or both our income and net asset value may be adversely impacted. Non-payment would result in a reduction of our income, a reduction in the value of the applicable CLO security or <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">other credit investment experiencing non-payment and, potentially, a decrease in our net asset value. With respect to our investments in CLO securities and credit investments that are secured, there can be no assurance that liquidation of collateral would satisfy the issuer’s obligation in the event of non-payment of scheduled dividend, interest or principal or that such collateral could be readily liquidated. In the event of bankruptcy of an issuer, we could experience delays or limitations with respect to our ability to realize the benefits of any collateral securing a CLO security or credit investment. While a senior position in the capital structure of a corporate borrower may provide some protection to the CLO vehicles or other credit investments in which we invest, losses or other reductions in collateral may still occur in the portfolios of such CLO vehicles or corporate credits because the market value of such loans is affected by the creditworthiness of borrowers and by general economic and specific industry conditions. CLOs may also invest in second lien loans, first lien last out loans and unsecured loans and bonds, all of which have a heightened level of risk in the event of a decline in the financial condition of the underlying obligor. As we invest primarily in equity and junior debt tranches of CLO vehicles, we are exposed to a greater amount of credit risk than a fund which invests in senior debt or investment grade securities. The prices of primarily non-investment grade securities are more sensitive to negative developments, such as a decline in a CLO vehicle’s collateral or cash flows or a general economic downturn, than are the prices of more senior debt securities. Our CLO Assets of below investment grade quality, which are often referred to as “junk,” are predominantly speculative with respect to the obligor’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal when due and therefore involve a greater risk of default. We will typically be in a first loss or subordinated position with respect to realized losses on the collateral of each investment we make in a CLO vehicle. The leveraged nature of the CLO vehicle, in particular, magnifies the adverse impact of collateral defaults.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Participation Risk. The CLOs in which we invest may acquire interests in loans either directly (by way of assignment, or “Assignments”) or indirectly (by way of participation, or “Participations”). The purchaser by an Assignment of a loan obligation typically succeeds to all the rights and obligations of the selling institution and becomes a lender under the loan or credit agreement with respect to the debt obligation. In contrast, when a CLO acquires a Participation, the selling institution retains title to the loan and grants the CLO rights to the cash flow and other rights related to such loan (or portion thereof). Thus, in a participation, the contractual relationship is with the lender selling the participation, but not with the borrower. In purchasing a Participation, the CLOs in which we invest generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the obligor with the terms of the loan or credit agreement or other instrument evidencing such debt obligation, nor any rights of setoff against the obligor, and the CLOs in which we invest may not directly benefit from the collateral supporting the debt obligation in which it has purchased the Participation. Furthermore, a participant assumes the credit risk of the lender selling the participation in addition to the credit risk of the borrower. In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling the participation, a participant may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not have a senior claim to the lender’s interest in the CLO Asset. Additionally, the holder of a Participation in a debt obligation may not have the right to vote on certain matters presented to the lenders under the relevant CLO Asset.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Liquidity Risk. Liquidity risk is defined as the risk that we may not be able to settle or meet our obligations on time or at a reasonable price. We may invest up to 100% of our portfolio in securities that are considered illiquid. “Illiquid securities” are securities which cannot be sold within seven days in the ordinary course of business at approximately the value used by us in determining our net asset value. We may not be able to readily dispose of such securities at prices that approximate those at which we could sell such securities if they were more widely-traded and, as a result of such illiquidity, we may have to sell other investments or engage in borrowing transactions to raise cash to meet our obligations. Some instruments issued by CLO vehicles may not be readily marketable and may be subject to restrictions on resale. Securities issued by CLO vehicles are generally not listed on any U.S. national securities exchange and no active trading market may exist for the securities in which we invest. Although a secondary market may exist for our investments, the market for our investments may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods. As a result, these types of investments may be more difficult to value. In addition, we believe that ownership of CLO equity and junior debt instruments has generally been distributed across a wide range of holders, some of whom we believe may continue to face near- to intermediate-term liquidity issues, which may result in such holders attempting to liquidate CLO securities, which can cause a decline in market value of such CLO securities. Further, we believe that larger institutional investors with sufficient resources to source, analyze and negotiate the purchase of these assets may refrain from purchases of the size that we are targeting, thereby reducing the prospective investor population, which would limit our ability to sell our position in a CLO vehicle if we choose to or need to do so. None of us or any CLO in which we invest has any limitation on the amount of assets which may be invested in assets that are not readily marketable or are subject to restrictions on resale. Further, the CLO securities in which we invest and the CLO Assets in which CLOs invest are typically not listed on any national securities exchange or automated <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">quotation system, and no active trading market exists for many CLO securities or CLO Assets. As a result, many CLO securities and CLO Assets are illiquid, meaning that we may not be able to sell CLO securities quickly at a fair price, and the CLOs in which we invest may not be able to sell underlying CLO Assets quickly at a fair price. The market for illiquid securities is more volatile than the market for liquid securities.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Investments in foreign securities may involve significant risks in addition to the risks inherent in U.S. investments.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">While we invest primarily in CLOs that hold underlying U.S. assets, these CLOs may be organized outside the United States and we may also invest in CLOs that hold collateral that are non-U.S. assets. Investing in foreign entities may expose us and the CLOs in which we invest to additional risks not typically associated with investing in U.S. issues. These risks include changes in exchange control regulations, political and social instability, expropriation, imposition of foreign taxes, less liquid markets and less available information than is generally the case in the United States, higher transaction costs, less government supervision of exchanges, brokers and issuers, less developed bankruptcy laws, difficulty in enforcing contractual obligations, lack of uniform accounting and auditing standards and greater price volatility. Further, we, and the CLO vehicles in which it invests, may have difficulty enforcing creditor’s rights in foreign jurisdictions.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition, international trade tensions may arise from time to time which could result in trade tariffs, embargoes or other restrictions or limitations on trade. The imposition of any actions on trade could trigger a significant reduction in international trade, supply chain disruptions, an oversupply of certain manufactured goods, substantial price reductions of goods and possible failure of individual companies or industries, which could have a negative impact on the value of the CLO securities that we hold.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Foreign markets also have different clearance and settlement procedures, and in certain markets there have been times when settlements have failed to keep pace with the volume of securities transactions, making it difficult to conduct such transactions. Delays in settlement could result in periods when our assets are uninvested. Our inability to make intended investments due to settlement problems or the risk of intermediary counterparty failures could cause it to miss investment opportunities. The inability to dispose of an investment due to settlement problems could result either in losses to the funds due to subsequent declines in the value of such investment or, if we have entered into a contract to sell the security, could result in possible liability to the purchaser. Transaction costs of buying and selling foreign securities also are generally higher than those involved in domestic transactions. Furthermore, foreign financial markets have, for the most part, substantially less volume than U.S. markets, and securities of many foreign companies are less liquid and their prices more volatile than securities of comparable domestic companies.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The economies of individual non-U.S. countries may also differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in such respects as growth of gross domestic product, rate of inflation, volatility of currency exchange rates, depreciation, capital reinvestment, resources self-sufficiency and balance of payments position.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Although we expect that most of our investments will be U.S. dollar-denominated and that most of the CLOs in which we invest will hold CLO Assets which are primarily U.S. dollar-denominated, any investments denominated in a foreign currency will be subject to the risk that the value of a particular currency will change in relation to one or more other currencies. Among the factors that may affect currency values are trade balances, the level of short-term interest rates, differences in relative values of similar assets in different currencies, long-term opportunities for investment and capital appreciation, and political developments. We may employ hedging techniques to minimize these risks, but we can offer no assurance that it will, in fact, hedge currency risk, or that if we do, such strategies will be effective.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Inflation may adversely affect our and our portfolio companies’ business, results of operations and financial condition.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Inflation risk is the risk that the value of certain assets or income from our investments will be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. The U.S. and other developed economies have recently begun to experience higher-than normal inflation rates. It remains uncertain whether substantial inflation in the U.S. and other developed economies will be sustained over an extended period of time or have a significant effect on the U.S. or other economies. Inflation and rapid fluctuations in inflation rates have had in the past, and may in the future have, negative effects on economies and financial markets, particularly in emerging economies. For example, if an obligor of a CLO Asset in which we invest is unable to increase its revenue in times of higher inflation, its profitability may be adversely affected. As inflation rises, an underlying obligor may earn more revenue but may incur higher expenses, as wages and prices of inputs increase during periods of inflation. Thus, heightened inflationary pressures could increase the <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">risk of default by the CLO’s underlying obligors. In addition, during any periods of rising inflation, the real value of investments and distributions to us would decline, and the dividend rates or borrowing costs associated with our use of leverage would likely increase, all of which would tend to further reduce returns to stockholders. Conversely, as inflation declines, the Company, any CLO in which we invest and any underlying obligor of the CLO Assets may not be able to reduce expenses commensurate with any resulting reduction in revenue.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In an attempt to stabilize inflation, countries may impose wage and price controls, tighten the monetary supply, or otherwise intervene in the economy. Governmental efforts to curb inflation often have negative effects on the level of economic activity. There can be no assurance that inflation will not become a serious problem in the future and have an adverse impact on our returns.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We may expose ourselves to risks if we engage in hedging transactions.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">While we do not currently intend to engage in hedging transactions, if we engage in hedging transactions, we may expose ourself to risks associated with such transactions. We may utilize instruments such as forward contracts, currency options and interest rate swaps, caps, collars and floors to seek to hedge against fluctuations in the relative values of our portfolio positions from changes in currency exchange rates and market interest rates. Hedging against a decline in the values of our portfolio positions does not eliminate the possibility of fluctuations in the values of such positions or prevent losses if the values of such positions decline. However, such hedging can establish other positions designed to gain from those same developments, thereby offsetting the decline in the value of such portfolio positions. Such hedging transactions may also limit the opportunity for gain if the values of the underlying portfolio positions increase. It may not be possible to hedge against an exchange rate or interest rate fluctuation that is so generally anticipated that we are not able to enter into a hedging transaction at an acceptable price. Moreover, for a variety of reasons, we may not seek to establish a perfect correlation between such hedging instruments and the portfolio holdings being hedged. Any such imperfect correlation may prevent us from achieving the intended hedge and expose us to risk of loss. In addition, it may not be possible to hedge fully or perfectly against currency fluctuations affecting the value of securities denominated in non-U.S. currencies because the value of those securities is likely to fluctuate as a result of factors not related to currency fluctuations.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our ability to enter into transactions involving derivatives and financial commitment transactions may be limited.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Subject to certain exceptions, we are required to trade derivatives and other transactions that create future payment or delivery obligations (except reverse repurchase agreements and similar financing transactions if we have elected to treat them as borrowings) subject to a limit on notional derivatives exposure as a limited derivatives user or subject to a value-at-risk (“VaR”) leverage limit and certain derivatives risk management program and testing requirements and requirements related to board reporting. These requirements may limit our ability to invest in derivatives, short sales and similar financing transactions, limit our ability to employ certain strategies that use these instruments and/or adversely affect our performance, efficiency in implementing our strategy, liquidity and/or ability to pursue our investment objectives and may increase the cost of our investments and cost of doing business, which could adversely affect investors.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Any unrealized losses we experience on our portfolio may be an indication of future realized losses, and could reduce our income available for distribution.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">As a registered closed-end management investment company, we are required to carry our investments at market value or, if no market value is ascertainable, at the fair value as determined in good faith by our Board of Directors. Decreases in the market values or fair values of our investments will be recorded as unrealized depreciation. Any unrealized losses in our portfolio could be an indication of an issuer’s inability to meet its repayment obligations or distribution expectations to us with respect to the affected investments. This could result in realized losses in the future and also in reductions of our income available for distribution in future periods.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Investing in senior secured loans indirectly through CLO securities involves particular risks.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We obtain exposure to underlying senior secured loans and other CLO Assets through our investments in CLOs, but may obtain such exposure directly or indirectly through other means from time to time. Such loans may become nonperforming or impaired for a variety of reasons. Nonperforming or impaired loans may require substantial workout negotiations or restructuring that may entail a substantial reduction in the interest rate and/or a substantial write-down <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">of the principal of the loan. In addition, because of the unique and customized nature of a loan agreement and the private syndication of a loan, certain loans may not be purchased or sold as easily as publicly traded securities, and, historically, the trading volume in the loan market has been small relative to other markets. Loans may encounter trading delays due to their unique and customized nature, and transfers may require the consent of an agent bank and/or borrower. Risks associated with senior secured loans include the fact that prepayments generally may occur at any time without premium or penalty.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition, the portfolios of certain CLOs in which we invest may contain middle market loans. Loans to middle market companies may carry more inherent risks than loans to larger, publicly traded entities. These companies generally have more limited access to capital and higher funding costs, may be in a weaker financial position, may need more capital to expand or compete, and may be unable to obtain financing from public capital markets or from traditional sources, such as commercial banks. Middle market companies typically have narrower product lines and smaller market shares than large companies. Therefore, they tend to be more vulnerable to competitors’ actions and market conditions, as well as general economic downturns. These companies may also experience substantial variations in operating results. The success of a middle market business may also depend on the management talents and efforts of one or two persons or a small group of persons. The death, disability or resignation of one or more of these persons could have a material adverse impact on the obligor. Accordingly, loans made to middle market companies may involve higher risks than loans made to companies that have greater financial resources or are otherwise able to access traditional credit sources. Middle market loans are less liquid and have a smaller trading market than the market for broadly syndicated loans and may have default rates or recovery rates that differ (and may be better or worse) than has been the case for broadly syndicated loans or investment grade securities. There can be no assurance as to the levels of defaults and/or recoveries that may be experienced with respect to middle market loans in any CLO in which we may invest. As a consequence of the forgoing factors, the securities issued by CLOs that primarily invest in middle market loans (or hold significant portions thereof) are generally considered to be a riskier investment than securities issued by CLOs that primarily invest in broadly syndicated loans.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Increased competition in the market or a decrease in new CLO issuances may result in increased price volatility or a shortage of investment opportunities.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In recent years there has been a marked increase in the number of, and flow of capital into, investment vehicles established to pursue investments in CLO securities whereas the size of this market is relatively limited. While we cannot determine the precise effect of such competition, such increase may result in greater competition for investment opportunities, which may result in an increase in the price of such investments relative to the risk taken on by holders of such investments. Such competition may also result under certain circumstances in increased price volatility or decreased liquidity with respect to certain positions.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition, the volume of new CLO issuances and CLO refinancings varies over time as a result of a variety of factors including new regulations, changes in interest rates, and other market forces. As a result of increased competition and uncertainty regarding the volume of new CLO issuances and CLO refinancings, we can offer no assurances that we will deploy all of our capital in a timely manner or at all. Prospective investors should understand that we may compete with other investment vehicles, as well as investment and commercial banking firms, which have substantially greater resources, in terms of financial wherewithal and research staffs, than may be available to us.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We are subject to risks associated with warehouse facilities.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We may invest capital in warehouse facilities, which are short- to medium-term facilities often provided by the bank that will serve as the placement agent or arranger on a CLO transaction and which acquire loans on an interim basis that are expected to form part of the portfolio of such future CLO. Warehouse facilities typically incur leverage between four and six times prior to a CLO’s pricing. Prior to a CLO closing and issuing CLO securities to CLO investors, in anticipation of such CLO closing, a vehicle (often the future CLO issuer or its affiliate) will purchase and “warehouse” a portion of the underlying loans that will be held by such CLO. We may be expected to provide equity capital in support of warehouse facilities during warehousing periods. The period from the date such warehouse facility is opened and asset accumulation begins to the date the CLO closes is referred to as the “warehousing period.” During this period, the price and availability of these loans (referred to as collateral obligations) may be adversely affected by a number of market factors, including price volatility, interest rate volatility and availability of investments suitable for the CLO, which could hamper the ability of the collateral manager to acquire a portfolio of collateral obligations that will satisfy specified concentration limitations and allow the CLO to reach the target initial par amount of collateral <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">prior to the effective date. An inability or delay in reaching the target initial par amount of collateral may adversely affect the timing and amount of interest or principal payments received by the holders of the CLO debt securities and distributions on the CLO equity securities and could result in early redemptions which may cause CLO debt and equity investors to receive less than face value of their investment.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Investments in warehouse facilities present risks similar to those of investments in CLOs and, accordingly, any references herein to CLOs in which we invest or CLO equity investments shall also refer to warehouse facilities and investments therein, as the context requires.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our investments in CLO vehicles may be subject to special anti-deferral provisions that could result in us incurring tax or recognizing income prior to receiving cash distributions related to such income.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The CLO vehicles in which we invest generally constitute PFICs. Because we acquire investments in PFICs (including equity tranche investments in CLO vehicles that are PFICs), we may be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a portion of any “excess distribution” or gain from the disposition of such investments even if such income is distributed as a taxable dividend by us to our stockholders. Certain elections may be available to mitigate or eliminate such tax on excess distributions, but such elections (if available) will generally require us to recognize our share of the PFIC’s income for each year regardless of whether we receive any distributions from such PFIC. We must nonetheless distribute such income to maintain our status as a RIC.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">If we hold more than 10% of the shares in a foreign corporation that is treated as a controlled foreign corporation (“CFC”) (including equity tranche investments in a CLO vehicle treated as a CFC), we may be treated as receiving a deemed distribution (taxable as ordinary income) each year from such foreign corporation in an amount equal to our pro rata share of the corporation’s income for the tax year (including both ordinary earnings and capital gains). If we are required to include such deemed distributions from a CFC in our income, we will be required to distribute such income to maintain our RIC tax treatment regardless of whether or not the CFC makes an actual distribution during such year.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">If we are required to include amounts in income prior to receiving distributions representing such income, we may have to sell some of our investments at times and/or at prices we would not consider advantageous, raise additional debt or equity capital or forgo new investment opportunities for this purpose. If we are not able to obtain cash from other sources, we may fail to qualify for RIC tax treatment and thus become subject to corporate-level U.S. federal income tax. For additional discussion regarding the tax implications of a RIC, see “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — Taxation as a Regulated Investment Company.”<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">If a CLO vehicle in which we invest fails to comply with certain U.S. tax disclosure requirements, such CLO may be subject to withholding requirements that could materially and adversely affect our operating results and cash flows.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Legislation commonly referred to as the “Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act,” or “FATCA,” imposes a withholding tax of 30% on payments of U.S. source interest and dividends, to certain non-U.S. entities, including certain non-U.S. financial institutions and investment funds, unless such non-U.S. entity complies with certain reporting requirements regarding its United States account holders and its United States owners. While existing U.S. Treasury regulations would also require withholding on payments of the gross proceeds from the sale of any property that could produce U.S. source interest or dividends, the U.S. Treasury Department has indicated in subsequent proposed regulations its intent to eliminate this requirement. Most CLO vehicles in which we invest will be treated as non-U.S. financial entities for this purpose, and therefore will be required to comply with these reporting requirements to avoid the 30% withholding. If a CLO vehicle in which we invest fails to properly comply with these reporting requirements, it could reduce the amounts available to distribute to equity and junior debt holders in such CLO vehicle, which could materially and adversely affect its operating results and cash flows.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Risks related to the transition away from LIBOR.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Following their publication on June 30, 2023, no settings of LIBOR continue to be published on a representative basis and publication of many non-U.S. dollar LIBOR settings has been entirely discontinued. On July 29, 2021, the U.S. Federal Reserve System, in conjunction with the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, a steering committee comprised of large U.S. financial institutions, formally recommended replacing U.S.-dollar LIBOR with SOFR, a new index calculated by short-term repurchase agreements, backed by Treasury securities. In April 2018, the Bank <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">of England began publishing its proposed alternative rate, the Sterling Overnight Index Average (“SONIA”). Each of SOFR and SONIA significantly differ from LIBOR, both in the actual rate and how it is calculated. Further, on March 15, 2022, the Consolidation Appropriations Act of 2022, which includes the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act (“LIBOR Act”), was signed into law in the United States. This legislation establishes a uniform benchmark replacement process for certain financial contracts that mature after June 30, 2023 that do not contain clearly defined or practicable LIBOR fallback provisions. The legislation also creates a safe harbor that shields lenders from litigation if they choose to utilize a replacement rate recommended by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. In addition, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), which regulates the publisher of LIBOR (ICE Benchmark Administration) has announced that it will require the continued publication of the one-, three- and six-month tenors of U.S.-dollar LIBOR on a non-representative synthetic basis until the end of September 2024, which may result in certain non-U.S. law-governed contracts and U.S. law-governed contracts not covered by the federal legislation remaining on synthetic U.S.-dollar LIBOR until the end of this period. Although the transition process away from LIBOR has become increasingly well-defined (e.g. the LIBOR Act now provides a uniform benchmark replacement for certain LIBOR-based instruments in the United States), the transition process is complex and it could cause a disruption in the credit markets generally and could have adverse impacts on our business financial condition and results of operations, including, among other things, increased volatility or illiquidity in markets for instruments that continue to rely on LIBOR or which have been transitioned away from LIBOR to a different rate like SOFR and, in any case, could result in a reduction in the value of certain investments held by the Company.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Risks Relating to an Investment in our Securities<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Common shares of closed-end management investment companies, including the Company, have in the past frequently traded at discounts to their net asset values, and we cannot assure you that the market price of shares of our common stock will not decline below our net asset value per share.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Common shares of closed-end management investment companies have in the past frequently traded at discounts to their net asset values and our stock may also be discounted in the market. This characteristic of closed-end management investment companies is separate and distinct from the risk that our net asset value per share may decline. We cannot predict whether shares of our common stock will trade above, at or below our net asset value. The risk of loss associated with this characteristic of closed-end management investment companies may be greater for investors expecting to sell shares of common stock purchased in the offering soon after the offering. In addition, if our common stock trades below our net asset value, we will generally not be able to sell additional shares of our common stock to the public at our market price.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our common stock price may be volatile and may decrease substantially.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The trading price of our common stock may fluctuate substantially. The price of our common stock that will prevail in the market after this offering may be higher or lower than the price you pay, depending on many factors, some of which are beyond our control and may not be directly related to our operating performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following:<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• price and volume fluctuations in the overall stock market from time to time;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• investor demand for our shares;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• significant volatility in the market price and trading volume of securities of registered closed-end management investment companies or other companies in our sector, which are not necessarily related to the operating performance of these companies;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• changes in regulatory policies or tax guidelines with respect to RICs or registered closed-end management investment companies;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• failure to continue to qualify as a RIC, or the loss of RIC status;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• any shortfall in revenue or net income or any increase in losses from levels expected by investors or securities analysts;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;list-style-type:none;margin-top:8pt;">• changes, or perceived changes, in the value of our portfolio investments;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;list-style-type:none;margin-top:8pt;">• departures of any members of Oxford Lane Management’s senior investment team;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• operating performance of companies comparable to us; or<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• general economic conditions and trends and other external factors.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been brought against that company. Due to the potential volatility of our stock price, we may become the target of securities litigation in the future. Securities litigation could result in substantial costs and divert management’s attention and resources from our business.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We may experience fluctuations in our quarterly results.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We could experience fluctuations in our quarterly operating results due to a number of factors, including our ability or inability to make investments that meet our investment criteria, the interest rate payable on the debt securities we acquire, the level of portfolio dividend and fee income, the level of our expenses, variations in and the timing of the recognition of realized and unrealized gains or losses, the degree to which we encounter competition in our markets and general economic conditions. As a result of these factors, results for any period should not be relied upon as being indicative of performance in future periods.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully deploy the proceeds of any offering conducted pursuant to this prospectus within the timeframe we have contemplated.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We currently anticipate that substantially all of the net proceeds of any offering conducted pursuant to this prospectus will be invested in accordance with our investment objective within approximately one to three months after the consummation of such offering. We cannot assure you, however, that we will be able to locate a sufficient number of suitable investment opportunities to allow us to successfully deploy substantially all of the net proceeds of any such offering in that timeframe. To the extent we are unable to invest substantially all of the net proceeds of any such offering within our contemplated timeframe after the completion of such offering, our investment income, and in turn our results of operations, will likely be materially adversely affected.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We will have broad discretion over the use of proceeds of any offering conducted pursuant to this prospectus and will use proceeds in part to satisfy operating expenses.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We will have significant flexibility in applying the proceeds of any offering conducted pursuant to this prospectus and may use the net proceeds from any such offering in ways with which you may not agree, or for purposes other than those contemplated at the time of such offering. We will also pay operating expenses, and may pay other expenses such as due diligence expenses of potential new investments, from net proceeds. Our ability to achieve our investment objective may be limited to the extent that net proceeds of any such offering, pending full investment, are used to pay operating expenses.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Your interest in us may be diluted if you do not fully exercise your subscription rights in any rights offering.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In the event we issue subscription rights to purchase shares of our common stock, stockholders who do not fully exercise their rights should expect that they will, at the completion of the offer, own a smaller proportional interest in us than would otherwise be the case if they fully exercised their rights. We cannot state precisely the amount of any such dilution in share ownership because we do not know at this time what proportion of the shares will be purchased as a result of the offer.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition, if the subscription price is less than our net asset value per share, then our stockholders would experience an immediate dilution of the aggregate net asset value of their shares as a result of the offer. The amount of any decrease in net asset value is not predictable because it is not known at this time what the subscription price and net asset value per share will be on the expiration date of the rights offering or what proportion of the shares will be purchased as a result of the offer. Such dilution could be substantial.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">If we issue additional preferred stock, the net asset value and market value of our common stock will likely become more volatile.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We cannot assure you that the issuance of additional preferred stock would result in a higher yield or return to the holders of the common stock. The issuance of additional preferred stock would likely cause the net asset value and market value of the common stock to become more volatile. If the dividend rate on the preferred stock were to approach the net rate of return on our investment portfolio, the benefit of leverage to the holders of the common stock would be reduced. If the dividend rate on the preferred stock were to exceed the net rate of return on our portfolio, the leverage would result in a lower rate of return to the holders of common stock than if we had not issued preferred stock. Any decline in the net asset value of our investments would be borne entirely by the holders of common stock. Therefore, if the market value of our portfolio were to decline, the leverage would result in a greater decrease in net asset value to the holders of common stock than if we were not leveraged through the issuance of preferred stock. This greater net asset value decrease would also tend to cause a greater decline in the market price for the common stock. We might be in danger of failing to maintain the required asset coverage of the preferred stock or of losing our ratings, if any, on the preferred stock or, in an extreme case, our current investment income might not be sufficient to meet the dividend requirements on the preferred stock. In order to counteract such an event, we might need to liquidate investments in order to fund a redemption of some or all of the preferred stock. In addition, we would pay (and the holders of common stock would bear) all costs and expenses relating to the issuance and ongoing maintenance of the preferred stock, including higher advisory fees if our total return exceeds the dividend rate on the preferred stock. Holders of preferred stock may have different interests than holders of common stock and may at times have disproportionate influence over our affairs.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Any amounts that we use to service our indebtedness or preferred dividends, or that we use to redeem our preferred stock or notes, will not be available for distributions to our common stockholders.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Although we have no current intention to do so, we may in the future issue debt securities or additional shares of preferred stock and/or borrow money from banks or other financial institutions, which we refer to collectively as “senior securities,” up to the maximum amount permitted by the 1940 Act. Under the provisions of the 1940 Act, we will be permitted, as a registered closed-end management investment company, to issue senior securities representing indebtedness so long as our asset coverage ratio with respect thereto, defined under the 1940 Act as the ratio of our gross assets (less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities) to our outstanding senior securities representing indebtedness, is at least 300% after each issuance of such senior securities. In addition, we will be permitted to issue additional shares of preferred stock so long as our asset coverage ratio with respect thereto, defined under the 1940 Act as the ratio of our gross assets (less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities) to our outstanding senior securities representing indebtedness, plus the aggregate involuntary liquidation preference of our outstanding preferred stock, is at least 200% after each issuance of such preferred stock. If the value of our assets declines, we may be unable to satisfy these tests. If that happens, we may be required to sell a portion of our investments and, depending on the nature of our leverage, repay a portion of our indebtedness or redeem outstanding shares of preferred stock or notes, in each case at a time when doing so may be disadvantageous. Any amounts that we use to service our indebtedness or preferred dividends, or that we use to redeem our preferred stock or notes, would not be available for distributions to our common stockholders.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our common stock is subject to a risk of subordination relative to holders of our debt instruments and holders of our preferred stock.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Rights of holders of our common stock are subordinated to the rights of holders of our indebtedness and to the rights of holders of our preferred stock. Therefore, dividends, distributions and other payments to holders of our common stock in liquidation or otherwise may be subject to prior payments due to the holders of our indebtedness or our preferred stock. In addition, under some circumstances the 1940 Act may provide debt holders with voting rights that are superior to the voting rights of holders of our equity securities.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Holders of our preferred stock have the right to elect two members of our Board of Directors and class voting rights on certain matters.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Except as otherwise provided in our Articles of Amendment and Restatement, as amended, or as otherwise required by law, (1) each holder of our preferred stock is entitled to one vote for each share of preferred stock held by such holder on each matter submitted to a vote of our stockholders and (2) the holders of all outstanding preferred stock and common stock will vote together as a single class; provided that holders of preferred stock, voting separately as a <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">class, will elect two of our directors and will be entitled to elect a majority of our directors if we fail to pay dividends on any outstanding shares of preferred stock in an amount equal to two full years of dividends and continuing during that period until we correct that failure. Preferred stockholders will also vote separately as a class on any matter that materially and adversely affects any preference, right or power of holders of preferred stock.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law and of our Charter and bylaws could deter takeover attempts and delay, defer or prevent a transaction or change in control that might otherwise be in the best interest of our stockholders.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The Maryland General Corporation Law and the Charter and our bylaws (the “Bylaws”) contain provisions that may discourage, delay or make more difficult a change in control of the Company or the removal of our directors. We are subject to the Maryland Business Combination Act, subject to any applicable requirements of the 1940 Act. The Board of Directors has adopted a resolution exempting from the Business Combination Act any business combination between us and any other person, subject to prior approval of such business combination by the Board of Directors, including approval by a majority of independent directors. If the resolution exempting business combinations is repealed or the Board of Directors does not approve a business combination, the Business Combination Act may discourage third parties from trying to acquire control of us and increase the difficulty of consummating such an offer. Additionally, we are subject to the Maryland Control Share Act pursuant to our Bylaws, which makes it more difficult for a third party to obtain control of us and increases the difficulty of consummating such a transaction.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We have also adopted measures that may make it difficult for a third party to obtain control of us, including provisions of our Charter classifying our Board of Directors in three classes serving staggered three-year terms, and authorizing our Board of Directors to classify or reclassify shares of our stock in one or more classes or series, to cause the issuance of additional shares of our stock, to amend our Charter without stockholder approval and to increase or decrease the number of shares of stock that we have authority to issue. These provisions, as well as other provisions of our Charter and Bylaws, may delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change in control that could give our stockholders a premium over the value of their shares or otherwise be in their best interest.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">The net asset value per share of our common stock may be diluted if we sell shares of our common stock in one or more offerings at prices below the then current net asset value per share of our common stock.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">If we were to sell shares of our common stock below our then current net asset value per share, such sales would result in an immediate dilution to the net asset value per share of our common stock. This dilution would occur as a result of the sale of shares at a price below the then current net asset value per share of our common stock and a proportionately greater decrease in the stockholders’ interest in our earnings and assets and their voting interest in us than the increase in our assets resulting from such issuance. Because the number of shares of common stock that could be so issued and the timing of any issuance is not currently known, the actual dilutive effect cannot be predicted.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Further, if our current stockholders do not purchase any shares to maintain their percentage interest, regardless of whether such offering is above or below the then current net asset value per share, their voting power will be diluted. For example, if we sell an additional 10% of our common shares at a 10% discount from net asset value, a stockholder who does not participate in that offering for its proportionate interest will suffer net asset value dilution of up to 1.0% or $10 per $1,000 of net asset value.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">The indenture governing our debt securities contains limited protection for holders of our debt securities.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The indenture governing our debt securities, including the Notes, offers limited protection to holders of our debt securities. The terms of the indenture do not restrict our or any of our subsidiaries’ ability to engage in, or otherwise be a party to, a variety of corporate transactions, circumstances or events that could have an adverse impact on your investment in our debt securities. In particular, the terms of the indenture do not place any restrictions on our or our subsidiaries’ ability to:<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;list-style-type:none;margin-top:8pt;">• issue securities or otherwise incur additional indebtedness or other obligations, including (1) any indebtedness or other obligations that would be equal in right of payment to our debt securities, (2) any indebtedness or other obligations that would be secured and therefore rank effectively senior in right of payment to our debt securities to the extent of the values of the assets securing such debt, (3) indebtedness of ours that is guaranteed by one or more of our subsidiaries and which therefore would rank structurally senior to our debt securities and (4) securities, indebtedness or obligations issued or incurred by our <p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;list-style-position:inside;list-style-type:none;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">subsidiaries that would be senior to our equity interests in our subsidiaries and therefore rank structurally senior to our debt securities with respect to the assets of our subsidiaries, in each case other than an incurrence of indebtedness or other obligation that would cause a violation of Section 18(a)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act or any successor provisions;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• pay distributions or dividends on, or purchase or redeem or make any payments in respect of, capital stock or other securities ranking junior in right of payment to our debt securities, other than a distribution, dividend or purchase that would cause a violation of Section 18(a)(1)(B) of the 1940 Act or any successor provisions;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• sell assets (other than certain limited restrictions on our ability to consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of our assets);<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• enter into transactions with affiliates;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• create liens (including liens on the shares of our subsidiaries) or enter into sale and leaseback transactions;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• make investments; or<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• create restrictions on the payment of dividends or other amounts to us from our subsidiaries.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Furthermore, the terms of the indenture do not protect holders of our debt securities in the event that we experience changes (including significant adverse changes) in our financial condition, results of operations or credit ratings, as they do not require that we or our subsidiaries adhere to any financial tests or ratios or specified levels of net worth, revenues, income, cash flow or liquidity, except as required under the 1940 Act.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our ability to recapitalize, incur additional debt and take a number of other actions that are not limited by the terms of our debt securities may have important consequences for you as a holder of our debt securities, including making it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our debt securities or negatively affecting the trading value of our debt securities.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Other debt we issue or incur in the future could contain more protections for its holders than the indenture and our debt securities, including additional covenants and events of default. The issuance or incurrence of any such debt with incremental protections could affect the market for and trading levels and prices of our debt securities.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Any optional redemption provision may materially adversely affect the return on our debt securities.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our debt securities may be redeemable in whole or in part at any time or from time to time at our sole option as set forth in the applicable indenture or otherwise. We may choose to redeem any of our debt securities, including the Notes, at times when prevailing interest rates are lower than the interest rate paid on the applicable debt securities. In this circumstance, holders may not be able to reinvest the redemption proceeds in a comparable security at an effective interest rate as high as that of the debt securities being redeemed.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">If we default on our obligations to pay our other indebtedness, we may not be able to make payments on our debt securities.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Any default under any agreements governing the Notes, our future indebtedness or under other indebtedness to which we may be a party that is not waived by the required lenders or holders, and the remedies sought by the holders of such indebtedness could make us unable to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest on our debt securities and substantially decrease the market value of our debt securities. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow and are otherwise unable to obtain funds necessary to meet required payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness, or if we otherwise fail to comply with the various covenants, including financial and operating covenants, in the instruments governing any future indebtedness, we could be in default under the terms of the agreements governing such indebtedness. In the event of such default, the holders of such indebtedness could elect to declare all the funds borrowed thereunder to be due and payable, together with accrued and unpaid interest, the lenders of the debt we may incur in the future could elect to terminate their commitments, cease making further loans and institute foreclosure proceedings against our assets, and we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation. If our operating performance declines, we may in the future need to seek to obtain waivers from the required lenders or holders of any debt that we may incur in the future to avoid being in default. If we breach our covenants under our debt <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">and seek a waiver, we may not be able to obtain a waiver from the required lenders or holders of the debt. If this occurs, we would be in default and our lenders or debt holders could exercise their rights as described above, and we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation. If we are unable to repay debt, lenders having secured obligations could proceed against the collateral securing the debt. Because any future debt will likely have customary cross-default provisions, if the indebtedness thereunder or under any future credit facility is accelerated, we may be unable to repay or finance the amounts due. See “Description of Our Debt Securities.”<p class="H2" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">General Risks<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We are currently operating in a period of capital markets disruption and economic uncertainty.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Recent market and economic conditions have been unprecedented and challenging. Continued concerns about the systemic impact of inflation, energy costs, recent events in the regional bank sector, the pandemic, geopolitical issues, the availability and cost of credit, sovereign debt levels, the mortgage market and a declining real estate market in the U.S. have contributed to increased market volatility and diminished expectations for the U.S. economy. These conditions, combined with volatile oil prices, declining business and consumer confidence and increased unemployment have contributed to volatility of unprecedented levels. The factors described above have led to an overall reduction in liquidity in the debt capital markets, including sources of liquidity that we may wish to utilize. Such conditions could reduce the availability of leverage to us, our investments, and potential purchasers of our investments or make such leverage more expensive to obtain, thereby adversely affecting our performance.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Global economic, regulatory and market conditions may adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition, including our revenue growth and profitability.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The success of our activities will be affected by general economic and market conditions, such as interest rates, availability of credit, credit defaults, inflation rates, economic uncertainty, changes in laws (including laws relating to taxation of our investments), trade barriers, currency exchange controls, disease outbreaks, pandemics, and national and international political, environmental and socioeconomic circumstances (including wars, terrorist acts or security operations). In addition, the current U.S. political environment and the resulting uncertainties regarding actual and potential shifts in U.S. foreign investment, trade, taxation, economic, environmental and other policies under the current administration, as well as the impact of geopolitical tension, such as a deterioration in the bilateral relationship between the U.S. and China or the war between Russia and Ukraine, including any resulting sanctions, export controls or other restrictive actions that may be imposed by the U.S. and/or other countries against governmental or other entities in, for example, Russia, could lead to disruption, instability and volatility in the global markets. Unfavorable economic conditions also would be expected to increase funding costs, limit our access to the capital markets or result in a decision by lenders not to extend credit to us.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Economic sanctions may be, and have been, imposed against certain countries, organizations, companies, entities and/or individuals. Economic sanctions and other similar governmental actions or developments could, among other things, effectively restrict or eliminate our ability to purchase or sell certain foreign securities or groups of foreign securities, and thus may make our investments in such securities less liquid or more difficult to value. Such sanctions may also cause a decline in the value of securities issued by the sanctioned country or companies located in or economically tied to the sanctioned country. In addition, as a result of economic sanctions and other similar governmental actions or developments, we may be forced to sell or otherwise dispose of foreign investments at inopportune times or prices. As global systems, economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, events that once had only local impact are now more likely to have regional or even global effects. Events that occur in one country, region or financial market will, more frequently, adversely impact issuers in other countries, regions or markets. These impacts can be exacerbated by failures of governments and societies to adequately respond to an emerging event or threat. These types of events quickly and significantly impact markets in the U.S. and across the globe leading to extreme market volatility and disruption. The extent and nature of the impact on supply chains or economies and markets from these events is unknown, particularly if a health emergency or other similar event, such as the recent COVID-19 outbreak, persists for an extended period of time. The value of our investments may decrease as a result of such events, particularly if these events adversely impact the operations and effectiveness of the Adviser or key service providers or if these events disrupt systems and processes necessary or beneficial to the investment advisory or other activities on our behalf.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our investment strategy and the availability of opportunities satisfying our risk-adjusted return parameters relies in part on observable trends and conditions in the financial markets and in some cases the improvement of such conditions. Trends and historical events do not imply, forecast or predict future events and, in any event, past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. There can be no assurance that the assumptions made or the beliefs and expectations currently held by the Adviser will prove correct and actual events and circumstances may vary significantly.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Adverse economic conditions also decrease the value of collateral securing some of our loans and the value of our equity investments. Economic slowdowns or recessions could lead to financial losses in our portfolio and a decrease in revenues, net income and assets. Unfavorable economic conditions also could increase our funding costs, limit our access to the capital markets or result in a decision by lenders not to extend credit to us. These events could prevent us from increasing investments and harm our operating results. An issuer’s failure to satisfy financial or operating covenants imposed by us or other lenders could lead to defaults and, potentially, acceleration of the time when the loans are due and foreclosure on our secured assets, which could trigger cross- defaults under other agreements and jeopardize the issuer’s ability to meet our obligations under the debt that we hold. We may incur additional expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon default or to negotiate new terms with a defaulting issuer. In addition, if one of the issuers were to go bankrupt, depending on the facts and circumstances, including the extent to which we will actually provide significant managerial assistance to that issuer, a bankruptcy court might subordinate all or a portion of our claim to that of other creditors.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The prices of financial instruments in which we may invest can be highly volatile. General fluctuations in the market prices of securities may affect the value of the investments held by us. Instability in the securities markets may also increase the risks inherent in our investments.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Any public health emergency, including the COVID-19 pandemic or any outbreak of other existing or new epidemic diseases, or the threat thereof, and the resulting financial and economic market uncertainty could have a significant adverse impact on us and the fair value of our investments.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Widespread disease, including the recent outbreak of COVID-19 as well as other pandemics and epidemics, and natural or environmental disasters, such as earthquakes, droughts, fires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis and climate-related phenomena generally, have been and can be highly disruptive to economies and markets, adversely impacting individual companies, sectors, industries, markets, currencies, interest and inflation rates, credit ratings, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of our investments. Economies and financial markets throughout the world have become increasingly interconnected, which increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one region or country will adversely affect markets or issuers in other regions or countries, including the United States. Additionally, market disruptions may result in increased market volatility; regulatory trading halts; closure of domestic or foreign exchanges, markets or governments; or market participants operating pursuant to business continuity plans for indeterminate periods of time. Further, market disruptions can (i) prevent us from executing advantageous investment decisions in a timely manner, (ii) negatively impact our ability to achieve our investment objective, as well as the operations of us and the Adviser, and (iii) may exacerbate the risks discussed elsewhere in this prospectus, including political, social and economic risks.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Terrorist attacks, acts of war, global health emergencies or natural disasters may affect any market for our securities, impact the businesses in which we invest and harm our business, operating results and financial condition.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Terrorist acts, acts of war, global health emergencies or natural disasters may disrupt our operations, as well as the operations of the businesses in which we invest. Such acts have created, and continue to create, economic and political uncertainties and have contributed to global economic instability. Future terrorist activities, military or security operations, global health emergencies or natural disasters could further weaken the domestic/global economies and create additional uncertainties, which may negatively impact the businesses in which we invest directly or indirectly and, in turn, could have a material adverse impact on our business, operating results and financial condition. Losses from terrorist attacks, global health emergencies and natural disasters are generally uninsurable.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We are subject to risks related to corporate social responsibility.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our business faces increasing public scrutiny related to environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) activities. We risk damage to our brand and reputation if we fail to act responsibly in a number of areas, such as environmental stewardship, corporate governance and transparency and considering ESG factors in our investment processes. Adverse incidents with respect to ESG activities could impact the value of our brand, the cost of our operations and relationships with investors, all of which could adversely affect our business and results of operations. Additionally, new regulatory initiatives related to ESG could adversely affect our business.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Changes in laws or regulations governing our operations may adversely affect our business or cause us to alter our business strategy.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We, the CLO vehicles in which we intend to invest, and the portfolio companies whose securities are held by such CLO vehicles will be subject to applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations, including, without limitation, federal immigration laws and regulations. New legislation may be enacted or new interpretations, rulings or regulations could be adopted, including those governing the types of investments we are permitted to make, any of which could harm us and our stockholders, potentially with retroactive effect. Additionally, any changes to the laws and regulations governing our operations may cause us to alter our investment strategy in order to avail ourselves of new or different opportunities. Such changes could result in material differences to the strategies and plans set forth herein and may result in our investment focus shifting from the areas of expertise of our Adviser’s senior investment team to other types of investments in which the investment team may have less expertise or little or no experience. Thus, any such changes, if they occur, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and the value of your investment.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Cybersecurity threats, as well as other disasters, could impair our ability to conduct business effectively.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The occurrence of a disaster such as a cyber-attack against us or against a third-party that has access to our data or networks, a natural catastrophe, an industrial accident, a terrorist attack or war, disease pandemics, events unanticipated in our disaster recovery systems, or a support failure from external providers, could have an adverse effect on our ability to conduct business and on our results of operations and financial condition, particularly if those events affect our computer-based data processing, transmission, storage, and retrieval systems or destroy data.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We depend heavily upon computer systems to perform necessary business functions. Despite our implementation of a variety of security measures, our computers, networks, and data, like those of other companies, could be subject to cyber-attacks and unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction, such as from physical and electronic break-ins or unauthorized tampering. If one or more of these events occurs, it could potentially jeopardize the confidential, proprietary and other information processed, stored in, and transmitted through our computer systems and networks. Such an attack could cause interruptions or malfunctions in our operations, which could result in financial losses, litigation, regulatory penalties, client dissatisfaction or loss, reputational damage, and increased costs associated with mitigation of damages and remediation.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Third parties with which we do business may also be sources of cybersecurity or other technological risk. We outsource certain functions and these relationships allow for the storage and processing of our information, as well as client, counterparty, employee, and borrower information. While we engage in actions to reduce our exposure resulting from outsourcing, ongoing threats may result in unauthorized access, loss, exposure, destruction, or other cybersecurity incident that affects our data, resulting in increased costs and other consequences as described above.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our business is highly dependent on our and third parties’ communications and information systems. Any failure or interruption of those systems, including as a result of the termination of an agreement with any third-party service providers, could cause delays or other problems in our activities. Our financial, accounting, data processing, backup or other operating systems and facilities may fail to operate properly or become disabled or damaged as a result of a number of factors including events that are wholly or partially beyond our control and adversely affect our business. There could be:<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• sudden electrical or telecommunications outages;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;list-style-type:none;margin-top:8pt;">• natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes and hurricanes;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;list-style-type:none;margin-top:8pt;">• events arising from local or larger scale political or social matters, including terrorist acts; and<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• cyber attacks.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">These events, in turn, could have a material adverse effect on our operating results and negatively affect the market price of our common stock and our ability to pay distributions to stockholders.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We and the Adviser may maintain cash balances at financial institutions that exceed federally insured limits and may otherwise be materially affected by adverse developments affecting the financial services industry, such as actual events or concerns involving liquidity, defaults or non-performance by financial institutions or transactional counterparties.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our cash and our Adviser’s cash is held in accounts at U.S. banking institutions that we believe are of high quality. Cash held by us and our Adviser in non-interest-bearing and interest-bearing operating accounts may exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance limits. If such banking institutions were to fail, we or our Adviser could lose all or a portion of those amounts held in excess of such insurance limitations. In addition, actual events involving limited liquidity, defaults, non-performance or other adverse developments that affect financial institutions, transactional counterparties or other companies in the financial services industry or the financial services industry generally, or concerns or rumors about any events of these kinds or other similar risks, have in the past and may in the future lead to market-wide liquidity problems, which could adversely affect our and our Adviser’s business, financial condition, results of operations, or prospects.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Although we and our Adviser assess our banking relationships as we believe necessary or appropriate, our access to funding sources and other credit arrangements in amounts adequate to finance or capitalize our respective current and projected future business operations could be significantly impaired by factors that affect us or our Adviser, the financial institutions with which we or our Adviser have arrangements directly, or the financial services industry or economy in general. These factors could include, among others, events such as liquidity constraints or failures, the ability to perform obligations under various types of financial, credit or liquidity agreements or arrangements, disruptions or instability in the financial services industry or financial markets, or concerns or negative expectations about the prospects for companies in the financial services industry. These factors could involve financial institutions or financial services industry companies with which we or our Adviser have financial or business relationships, but could also include factors involving financial markets or the financial services industry generally.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition, investor concerns regarding the U.S. or international financial systems could result in less favorable commercial financing terms, including higher interest rates or costs and tighter financial and operating covenants, or systemic limitations on access to credit and liquidity sources, thereby making it more difficult for us, our Adviser, or our portfolio companies to acquire financing on acceptable terms or at all. <p class="H2" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Risks Relating to Our Business and Structure<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our financial condition and results of operations depend on the Adviser’s ability to effectively manage and deploy capital.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our ability to achieve our investment objective depends on our ability to effectively manage and deploy capital, which depends, in turn, on the Adviser’s ability to identify, evaluate and monitor, and our ability to acquire, investments that meet our investment criteria.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Accomplishing our investment objective on a cost-effective basis is largely a function of the Adviser’s handling of the investment process, its ability to provide competent, attentive and efficient services and our access to investments offering acceptable terms, either in the primary or secondary markets. Even if we are able to grow and build upon our investment operations, any failure to manage our growth effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. The results of our operations will depend on many factors, including the availability of opportunities for investment, readily accessible short and long-term funding alternatives in the financial markets and economic conditions. Furthermore, if we cannot successfully operate our business or implement our investment policies and strategies as described herein, it could negatively impact our ability to pay distributions.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our success will depend on the ability of the Adviser and certain of its affiliates to attract and retain qualified personnel in a competitive environment.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our success also requires that Oxford Lane Management retain investment and administrative personnel in a competitive market. Its ability to attract and retain personnel with the requisite credentials, experience and skills depends on several factors including, but not limited to, its ability to offer competitive wages, benefits and professional growth opportunities. Many of the entities, including investment funds (such as private equity funds, mezzanine funds and business development companies) and traditional financial services companies, with which we compete for experienced personnel have greater resources than we have. The Adviser has the right, under the Investment Advisory Agreement, to resign at any time upon 60 days’ written notice, whether we have found a replacement or not. If the Adviser resigns, we may not be able to find a new Adviser or hire internal management with similar expertise and ability to provide the same or equivalent services on acceptable terms within 60 days, or at all. If we are unable to do so quickly, our operations are likely to experience a disruption, our financial condition, business and results of operations as well as our ability to pay distributions are likely to be adversely affected and the market price of our shares may decline. In addition, the coordination of our internal management and investment activities is likely to suffer if we are unable to identify and reach an agreement with a single institution or group of executives having the expertise possessed by the Adviser and its affiliates. Even if we are able to retain comparable management, whether internal or external, the integration of such management and their lack of familiarity with our investment objective may result in additional costs and time delays that may adversely affect our financial condition, business and results of operations.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We are dependent upon Oxford Lane Management’s key management personnel for our future success, particularly Jonathan H. Cohen and Saul B. Rosenthal.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We depend on the diligence, skill and network of business contacts of the senior management of Oxford Lane Management. The senior management, together with other investment professionals, will evaluate, negotiate, structure, close, monitor and service our investments. Our future success will depend to a significant extent on the continued <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">service and coordination of the senior management team, particularly Jonathan H. Cohen, the Chief Executive Officer of Oxford Lane Management, and Saul B. Rosenthal, the President of Oxford Lane Management. Neither Mr. Cohen nor Mr. Rosenthal will devote all of their business time to our operations, and both will have other demands on their time as a result of their other activities. Neither Mr. Cohen nor Mr. Rosenthal is subject to an employment contract. The departure of either of these individuals could have a material adverse effect on our ability to achieve our investment objective. In addition, due to Oxford Lane Management’s relatively small staff size, the departure of any of Oxford Lane Management’s personnel, including investment, accounting and compliance professionals, could have a material adverse effect on us.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Although Messrs. Cohen and Rosenthal have experience managing other investment portfolios, including those of Oxford Square Capital Corp., a publicly traded business development company that invests principally in the debt of U.S.-based companies, Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc., a non-traded registered closed-end fund that invests principally in CLO debt and equity securities, and Oxford Gate Master Fund, LLC, Oxford Gate, LLC and Oxford Gate (Bermuda), LLC (collectively, the “Oxford Gate Funds”) and Oxford Bridge II, LLC, private investment funds that invest principally in the equity of CLOs, their track record and prior achievements are not necessarily indicative of future results that will be achieved by Oxford Lane Management. We cannot assure you that we will be able to achieve the results realized by other vehicles managed by Messrs. Cohen and Rosenthal.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our incentive fee structure and the formula for calculating the fee payable to Oxford Lane Management may incentivize Oxford Lane Management to pursue speculative investments, use leverage when it may be unwise to do so, or refrain from de-levering when it would otherwise be appropriate to do so.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The incentive fee payable by us to Oxford Lane Management may create an incentive for Oxford Lane Management to pursue investments on our behalf that are riskier or more speculative than would be the case in the absence of such compensation arrangement. Such a practice could result in our investing in more speculative securities than would otherwise be the case, which could result in higher investment losses, particularly during economic downturns. The incentive fee payable to Oxford Lane Management is based on our pre-incentive net investment income, as calculated in accordance with our Investment Advisory Agreement. In addition, our base management fee is calculated on the basis of our gross assets, including assets acquired through the use of leverage. This may encourage Oxford Lane Management to use leverage to increase the aggregate amount of and the return on our investments, even when it may not be appropriate to do so, and to refrain from de-levering when it would otherwise be appropriate to do so. Under certain circumstances, the use of leverage may increase the likelihood of default, which would impair the value of our securities.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We may invest, to the extent permitted by law, in the securities and other instruments of other investment companies, including private funds, and, to the extent we so invest, will bear our ratable share of any such investment company’s expenses, including management and performance fees. We will also remain obligated to pay management and incentive fees to Oxford Lane Management with respect to the assets invested in the securities and other instruments of other investment companies. With respect to each of these investments, each of our stockholders will bear his or her share of the management and incentive fee of Oxford Lane Management as well as indirectly bearing the management and performance fees and other expenses of any investment companies in which we invest.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In the course of our investing activities, we will pay management and incentive fees to Oxford Lane Management and reimburse Oxford Lane Management for certain expenses it incurs. As a result, investors in our common stock will invest on a “gross” basis and receive distributions on a “net” basis after expenses, resulting in a lower rate of return than an investor might achieve through direct investments.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">A general increase in interest rates may have the effect of making it easier for Oxford Lane Management to receive incentive fees, without necessarily resulting in an increase in our net earnings.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Given the structure of our Investment Advisory Agreement with Oxford Lane Management, any general increase in interest rates will likely have the effect of making it easier for Oxford Lane Management to meet the quarterly hurdle rate for payment of income incentive fees under the Investment Advisory Agreement without any additional increase in relative performance on the part of Oxford Lane Management. In addition, in view of the catch-up provision applicable to income incentive fees under the Investment Advisory Agreement, Oxford Lane Management could potentially receive a significant portion of the increase in our investment income attributable to such a general increase in interest rates. If that were to occur, our increase in net earnings, if any, would likely be significantly smaller than the relative increase in Oxford Lane Management’s income incentive fee resulting from such a general increase in interest rates.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We may borrow money and/or issue preferred stock to leverage our portfolio, which would magnify the potential for gain or loss on amounts invested and will increase the risk of investing in us.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The use of leverage magnifies the potential for gain or loss on amounts invested and, therefore, increases the risks associated with investing in our securities. As of August 18, 2023, we have an aggregate of $68.1 million of preferred stock with a preferred rate of 6.75% per annum, an aggregate of $88.1 million of preferred stock with a preferred rate of 6.25% per annum, an aggregate of $67.2 million of preferred stock with a preferred rate of 6.00% per annum, an aggregate of $63.8 million of preferred stock with a preferred rate of 7.125% per annum, $100.0 million of 5.00% Unsecured Notes due 2027 and $100.0 million of 6.75% Unsecured Notes due 2031. Although we have no current intention to do so, we may borrow from and issue senior securities, including additional shares of preferred stock, to banks, insurance companies and other lenders in the future. Holders of these senior securities will have fixed dollar claims on our assets that are superior to the claims of our common stockholders, and we would expect such lenders to seek recovery against our assets in the event of a default. If the value of our assets decreases, leveraging would cause net asset value to decline more sharply than it otherwise would have had we not leveraged. Similarly, any decrease in our income would cause net income to decline more sharply than it would have had we not borrowed. Such a decline could also negatively affect our ability to make dividend payments on our common stock. Leverage is generally considered a speculative investment technique. Our ability to service any debt that we incur will depend largely on our financial performance and will be subject to prevailing economic conditions and competitive pressures. Moreover, as the management fee payable to Oxford Lane Management will be payable based on our gross assets, including those assets acquired through the use of leverage, Oxford Lane Management will have a financial incentive to incur leverage which may not be consistent with our stockholders’ interests. In addition, our common stockholders will bear the burden of any increase in our expenses as a result of leverage, including any increase in the management fee payable to Oxford Lane Management.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">As a registered closed-end management investment company, we will generally be required to meet an asset coverage ratio with respect to our outstanding senior securities representing indebtedness, defined under the 1940 Act as the ratio of our gross assets (less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities) to our outstanding senior securities representing indebtedness, of at least 300% after each issuance of senior securities representing indebtedness. In addition, we will generally be required to meet an asset coverage ratio with respect to our outstanding preferred stock, as defined under the 1940 Act as the ratio of our gross assets (less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities) to our outstanding senior securities representing indebtedness, plus the aggregate involuntary liquidation preference of our outstanding preferred stock, of at least 200% immediately after each issuance of such preferred stock. If this ratio declines, we may not be able to incur additional debt or issue additional shares of preferred stock and could be required by law to sell a portion of our investments to repay some debt or redeem some preferred stock when it is disadvantageous to do so, which could have a material adverse effect on our operations, and we may not be able to make distributions or repurchases of stock. The amount of leverage that we employ will depend on Oxford Lane Management’s and our Board of Directors’ assessment of market and other factors at the time of any proposed borrowing. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain credit at all or on terms acceptable to us.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition, any debt facility into which we may enter would likely impose financial and operating covenants that restrict our business activities, including limitations that could hinder our ability to finance additional loans and investments or to make the distributions required to maintain our status as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Illustration. The following table illustrates the effect of leverage on returns from an investment in our common stock assuming various annual returns, net of expenses. The calculations in the table below are hypothetical and actual returns may be higher or lower than those appearing below.<table class="No-Table-Style" style="width: 100.0%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid #000; border-width: 0pt; margin: 10pt 0 3pt 0;"> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-6" style="height:12pt;"> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 45.30%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH_left" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:0;widows:1;">Assumed Return on Our Portfolio(1) (net of expenses) </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.40%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">-10.0% </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.40%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">-5.0% </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.40%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">0.0% </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.40%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">5.0% </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 10.68%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">10.0% </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-7" style="background: #CCEEFF;height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 45.30%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Corresponding net return to common stockholder </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.69%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">(19.4 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">)% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.69%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">(11.5 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">)% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.69%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">(3.6 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">)% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.69%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">4.4 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 8.97%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">12.3 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> </tr> </table><p class="Tablefootnotef" style="margin-top: 0in; border: none; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: -5pt; margin-left: 24.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-indent: -24.0pt; padding: 0in; font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSStd-Regular; color: black;">____________<p class="Tablefootnote_f" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:24pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:10pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:10pt;">(1) Assumes (i) $1,354.4 million in pro forma total assets as of June 30, 2023; (ii) $854.4 million in pro forma net assets as of June 30, 2023 (adjusted to reflect the issuances described above); and (iii) an annualized average interest rate on our indebtedness and preferred equity, as of June 30, 2023 (adjusted to reflect the issuances described above), of 6.25%. Based on our assumed leverage described above, our investment portfolio would have been required to experience an annual return of at least 2.25% to cover annual interest and dividend payments on our outstanding indebtedness and preferred equity.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our investment portfolio is recorded at fair value, with our Board of Directors having final responsibility for overseeing, reviewing and approving, in good faith, its estimate of fair value and, as a result, there will be uncertainty as to the value of our portfolio investments.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Under the 1940 Act, we are required to carry our portfolio investments at market value or, if there is no readily available market value, at fair value as determined by us in accordance with our written valuation policy with our Board of Directors having final responsibility for overseeing, reviewing and approving, in good faith, its estimate of fair value. Typically, there will not be a public market for the type of investments we target. As a result, the Board will determine the fair value of these securities quarterly based on relevant information compiled by our Adviser, third-party pricing services (when available) and our Valuation Committee.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The determination of fair value and, consequently, the amount of unrealized gains and losses in our portfolio, are to a certain degree subjective and dependent on a valuation process approved by our Board of Directors. Certain factors that may be considered in determining the fair value of our investments include available indicative bids or quotations, as well as external events, such as private mergers, sales and acquisitions involving comparable companies. Because such valuations, and particularly valuations of private securities, are inherently uncertain, they may fluctuate over short periods of time and may be based on estimates. The fair value of our investments may differ materially from the values that would have been used if an active public market for these securities existed. The fair value of our investments has a material impact on our net earnings through the recording of unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments and may cause our net asset value on a given date to materially understate or overstate the value that we may ultimately realize on one or more of our investments. Investors purchasing our securities based on an overstated net asset value may pay a higher price than the value of our investments might warrant. Conversely, investors selling shares during a period in which the net asset value understates the value of our investments may receive a lower price for their shares than the value of our investments might warrant.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We operate in a highly competitive market for investment opportunities.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We may compete for investments with other investment funds (potentially including private equity funds, mezzanine funds and business development companies), as well as traditional financial services companies, which could include commercial banks, investment banks, finance companies and other sources of funding.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Many of our competitors are substantially larger and have considerably greater financial, technical and marketing resources than us. For example, some competitors may have a lower cost of capital and access to funding sources that may not be available to us. In addition, some of our competitors may have higher risk tolerances or different risk assessments than we have. These characteristics could allow our competitors to consider a wider variety of investments, establish more relationships and offer higher pricing than we are willing to offer to potential sellers. We may lose investment opportunities if our competitors are willing to pay more for the types of investments that we intend to target. If we are forced to pay more for our investments, we may not be able to achieve acceptable returns on our investments or may bear substantial risk of capital loss. An increase in the number and/or the size of our competitors in our target markets could force us to accept less attractive investments. Furthermore, many of our competitors have greater experience operating under, or are not be subject to, the regulatory restrictions that the 1940 Act imposes on us as a closed-end management investment company.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">There are significant potential conflicts of interest which could impact our investment returns.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Oxford Lane Management’s investment team presently manages the portfolios of Oxford Square Capital Corp., a publicly-traded business development company that invests principally in the debt of U.S.-based companies, and Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc., a non-traded registered closed-end fund that invests principally in CLO debt and equity securities. Additionally, Oxford Lane Management’s investment team also manages the Oxford Gate Funds and Oxford Bridge II, LLC, managed by Oxford Gate Management, LLC. Oxford Bridge II, LLC and the Oxford Gate Funds are private investment funds. In addition, our executive officers and directors, as well as the current and future members of Oxford Lane Management, may serve as officers, directors or principals of other entities that operate in the same or a related line of business as we do. Accordingly, they may have obligations to investors in those entities, the fulfillment of which obligations may not be in the best interests of us or our stockholders. Each of Oxford Square Capital Corp., Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc., Oxford Bridge II, LLC and the Oxford Gate Funds, as well as any affiliated investment vehicle formed in the future and managed by Oxford Lane Management or its affiliates may, notwithstanding different stated investment objectives, have overlapping investment objectives with our own <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">and, accordingly, may invest in asset classes similar to those targeted by us. As a result, Oxford Lane Management’s investment team may face conflicts in allocating investment opportunities between us and such other entities. Although Oxford Lane Management’s investment team will endeavor to allocate investment opportunities in a fair and equitable manner, it is possible that, in the future, we may not be given the opportunity to participate in investments made by investment funds, including Oxford Square Capital Corp., Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc., Oxford Bridge II, LLC and the Oxford Gate Funds, managed by Oxford Lane Management or an investment adviser affiliated with Oxford Lane Management. In any such case, when Oxford Lane Management’s investment team identifies an investment, it will be required to choose which investment fund should make the investment, although the Company, Oxford Square Capital Corp., Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc., Oxford Bridge II, LLC and the Oxford Gate Funds are subject to an allocation policy to ensure the equitable distribution of such investment opportunities, consistent with the requirements of the 1940 Act.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">As a registered closed-end fund, we are limited in our ability to co-invest in privately negotiated transactions with certain funds or entities managed by Oxford Lane Management or its affiliates without an exemptive order from the SEC. On June 14, 2017, the SEC issued an exemptive order, or the “Exemptive Order,” which permits us to co-invest in portfolio companies with certain funds or entities managed by Oxford Lane Management or its affiliates in certain negotiated transactions where co-investing would otherwise be prohibited under the 1940 Act, subject to the conditions of the Exemptive Order. Pursuant to the Exemptive Order, we are permitted to co-invest with our affiliates if a “required majority” (as defined in Section 57(o) of the 1940 Act) of our “independent directors” (as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) make certain conclusions in connection with a co-investment transaction, including, but not limited to, that (1) the terms of the potential co-investment transaction, including the consideration to be paid, are reasonable and fair to us and our stockholders and do not involve overreaching in respect of us or our stockholders on the part of any person concerned, and (2) the potential co-investment transaction is consistent with the interests of our stockholders and is consistent with our then-current investment objective and strategies.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We will reimburse Oxford Funds, as our administrator, our allocable portion of overhead and other expenses incurred by Oxford Funds in performing its obligations under the Administration Agreement, including rent, the fees and expenses associated with performing administrative functions, and our allocable portion of the compensation of our Chief Financial Officer and any administrative support staff, including accounting personnel. We will also reimburse Oxford Funds for the costs associated with the functions performed by our Chief Compliance Officer that Oxford Funds pays on the Company’s behalf pursuant to the terms of an agreement between us and ACA Group. These arrangements may create conflicts of interest that our Board of Directors must monitor. Oxford Lane Management will not be reimbursed for any performance-related compensation of its employees.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Regulations governing our operation as a registered closed-end management investment company, including the asset coverage ratio requirements under the 1940 Act, affect our ability to raise additional capital and the way in which we do so. The raising of debt capital may expose us to risks, including the typical risks associated with leverage.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Although we have no current intention to do so, we may in the future issue debt securities or additional shares of preferred stock and/or borrow money from banks or other financial institutions, which we refer to collectively as “senior securities,” up to the maximum amount permitted by the 1940 Act. Under the provisions of the 1940 Act, we will be permitted, as a registered closed-end management investment company, to issue senior securities representing indebtedness so long as our asset coverage ratio with respect thereto, defined under the 1940 Act as the ratio of our gross assets (less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities) to our outstanding senior securities representing indebtedness, is at least 300% after each issuance of such senior securities. In addition, we will be permitted to issue additional shares of preferred stock so long as our asset coverage ratio with respect thereto, defined under the 1940 Act as the ratio of our gross assets (less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities) to our outstanding senior securities representing indebtedness, plus the aggregate involuntary liquidation preference of our outstanding preferred stock, is at least 200% after each issuance of such preferred stock. If the value of our assets declines, we may be unable to satisfy this test. If that happens, we may be required to sell a portion of our investments and, depending on the nature of our leverage, repay a portion of our indebtedness or redeem outstanding shares of preferred stock or debt, in each case at a time when doing so may be disadvantageous. Also, any amounts that we use to service our indebtedness or preferred dividends would not be available for distributions to our common stockholders. Furthermore, as a result of issuing senior securities, we would also be exposed to typical risks associated with leverage, including an increased risk of loss. If we issue additional preferred stock, the preferred stock would continue to rank “senior” to common stock in our capital structure, preferred stockholders would continue to <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">have separate voting rights on certain matters and might have other rights, preferences, or privileges more favorable than those of our common stockholders, and the issuance of additional shares of preferred stock could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a transaction or a change of control that might involve a premium price for holders of our common stock or otherwise be in your best interest.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We are not generally able to issue and sell our common stock at a price below net asset value per share, other than in connection with a rights offering to our existing stockholders. We may, however, sell our common stock at a price below the then-current net asset value per share of our common stock if our Board of Directors determines that such sale is in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders, and our stockholders approve such sale. In any such case, the price at which our securities are to be issued and sold may not be less than a price that, in the determination of our Board of Directors, closely approximates the market value of such securities (less any distributing commission or discount). If we raise additional funds by issuing more common stock, then the percentage ownership of our stockholders at that time will decrease, and you may experience dilution.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our financial condition and results of operations depend on our ability to effectively manage and deploy capital.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our ability to achieve our investment objective depends on our ability to effectively manage and deploy capital, which depends, in turn, on Oxford Lane Management’s ability to identify, evaluate and monitor, and our ability to acquire, investments that meet our investment criteria.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Accomplishing our investment objective on a cost-effective basis is largely a function of Oxford Lane Management’s handling of the investment process, its ability to provide competent, attentive and efficient services and our access to investments offering acceptable terms, either in the primary or secondary markets. Even if we are able to grow and build upon our investment operations, any failure to manage our growth effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. The results of our operations will depend on many factors, including the availability of opportunities for investment, readily accessible short and long-term funding alternatives in the financial markets and economic conditions. Furthermore, if we cannot successfully operate our business or implement our investment policies and strategies as described herein, it could negatively impact our ability to pay distributions.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our Board of Directors is authorized to reclassify any unissued shares of common stock into one or more classes of preferred stock, which could convey special rights and privileges to its owners.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Under Maryland General Corporation Law and our charter, or “Charter,” our Board of Directors is authorized to classify and reclassify any authorized but unissued shares of stock into one or more classes of stock, including preferred stock. Prior to issuance of shares of each class or series, the Board of Directors will be required by Maryland law and our Charter to set the terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications and terms or conditions of redemption for each class or series. Thus, the Board of Directors could authorize the issuance of shares of preferred stock with terms and conditions which could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a transaction or a change in control that might involve a premium price for holders of our common stock or otherwise be in their best interest. The cost of any such reclassification would be borne by our common stockholders. Certain matters under the 1940 Act require the separate vote of the holders of any issued and outstanding preferred stock. For example, holders of preferred stock would vote separately from the holders of common stock on a proposal to cease operations as a registered closed-end management investment company. In addition, the 1940 Act provides that holders of preferred stock are entitled to vote separately from holders of common stock to elect two preferred stock directors. We have issued preferred stock and may issue additional shares of preferred stock in the future. These effects, among others, could have an adverse effect on your investment in our common stock.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our Board of Directors may change our operating policies and strategies without prior notice or stockholder approval, the effects of which may be adverse.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our Board of Directors will have the authority to modify or waive our current operating policies, investment criteria and strategies, other than those that we have deemed to be fundamental, without prior notice and without stockholder approval. We cannot predict the effect any changes to our current operating policies, investment criteria and strategies would have on our business, net asset value, operating results and value of our stock. However, the effects <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">might be adverse, which could negatively impact our ability to pay you dividends and cause you to lose all or part of your investment. See “Regulation as a Registered Closed-End Management Investment Company — Fundamental Investment Policies.”<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our business and operation could be negatively affected if we become subject to any securities litigation or shareholder activism, which could cause us to incur significant expense, hinder execution of our investment strategy and impact our stock price.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been brought against that company. While we are currently not subject to any securities litigation, due to the volatility of our stock price and for a variety of other reasons, we may in the future become the target of securities litigation and the subject of shareholder activism. If at any time our current Investment Advisory Agreement is terminated, we may not be able to find a new investment adviser or hire internal management with similar expertise and ability to provide the same or equivalent services on acceptable terms. If we are unable to do so quickly, our operations are likely to experience a disruption, our financial condition, business and results of operations as well as our ability to pay distributions are likely to be adversely affected and the market price of our shares may decline.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Securities litigation and shareholder activism, including potential proxy contests, could result in substantial costs and divert management’s and our Board of Director’s attention and resources from our business. Additionally, such securities litigation and shareholder activism could give rise to perceived uncertainties as to our future, adversely affect our relationships with service providers and make it more difficult to attract and retain qualified personnel. Also, we may be required to incur significant legal fees and other expenses related to any securities litigation and activist shareholder matters. Further, our stock price could be subject to significant fluctuation or otherwise be adversely affected by the events, risks and uncertainties of any securities litigation and shareholder activism.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We incur significant costs as a result of being a publicly traded company.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">As a publicly traded company, we incur legal, accounting and other expenses, including the costs associated with periodic reporting requirements, as well as additional corporate governance requirements and other rules implemented by the SEC.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our business is subject to increasingly complex corporate governance, public disclosure and accounting requirements that could adversely affect our business and financial results.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We are subject to changing rules and regulations of federal and state government as well as the stock exchange on which our common stock is listed. These entities, including the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the SEC and the NASDAQ Stock Market, have issued a significant number of new and increasingly complex requirements and regulations over the course of the last several years and continue to develop additional regulations and requirements in response to laws enacted by Congress. Our efforts to comply with these requirements have resulted in, and are likely to continue to result in, an increase in expenses and a diversion of management’s time from other business activities. <p class="H2" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Risks Related to U.S. Federal Income Tax<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We will be subject to corporate-level U.S. federal income tax if we are unable to maintain our RIC status under Subchapter M of the Code.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Although we have elected to be treated as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code, no assurance can be given that we will be able to continue to qualify for and maintain RIC status. If we qualify as a RIC under the Code, we generally will not be subject to corporate-level federal income taxes on our income and capital gains that are timely distributed (or deemed distributed) as dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes to our stockholders. To qualify as a RIC under the Code and to be relieved of federal taxes on income and gains distributed as dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes to our stockholders, we must, among other things, meet certain source-of-income, asset diversification and distribution requirements. The distribution requirement for a RIC is satisfied if we distribute dividends each tax year for U.S. federal income tax purposes of an amount generally at least equal to 90% of the sum of its net ordinary income and net short-term capital gains in excess of net long-term capital losses, if any, to our stockholders.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We cannot predict how tax reform legislation will affect us, our investments, or our stockholders, and any such legislation could adversely affect our business.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Changes in tax laws, regulations or administrative interpretations or any amendments thereto could adversely affect us, the entities in which we invest, or our stockholders. You are urged to consult with your tax advisor with respect to the impact of any such legislation or other regulatory or administrative developments and proposals and their potential effect on your investment in us.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">The amount of any distributions we may make on our common stock is uncertain. We may not be able to pay you distributions or be able to sustain distributions at any particular level, and our distributions per share, if any, may not grow over time, and our distributions per share may be reduced.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We cannot assure investors that we will achieve investment results that will allow us to make a specified level of cash distributions or year-to-year increases in cash distributions. All distributions will be paid at the discretion of the Board of Directors and may depend on our net investment income, financial condition, maintenance of our RIC status, compliance with applicable regulations and such other factors as the Board of Directors may deem relevant from time to time.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In the event that we encounter delays in locating suitable investment opportunities, all or a substantial portion of our distributions may constitute a return of capital to stockholders. To the extent that we pay distributions that constitute a return of capital for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it will lower an investor’s tax basis in his or her shares. A return of capital generally is a return of an investor’s investment, rather than a return of earnings or gains derived from our investment activities, and generally results in a reduction of the tax basis in the shares. As a result from such reduction in tax basis, stockholders may be subject to tax in connection with the sale of their shares, even if such shares are sold at a loss relative to the stockholder’s original investment.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We may have difficulty paying our required distributions if we recognize income before or without receiving cash representing such income.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">For U.S. federal income tax purposes, we will include in income certain amounts that we have not yet received in cash, such as original issue discount, or “OID,” which may arise if we receive warrants in connection with the making of a loan or possibly in other circumstances, or contracted payment-in-kind, or “PIK,” interest, which represents contractual interest added to the loan balance and due at the end of the loan term. In addition, we may be required to accrue for U.S. federal income tax purposes amounts attributable to our investment in CLOs that may differ from the distributions received in respect of such investments. We also may be required to include in income certain other amounts that we will not receive in cash.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Because in certain cases we may recognize income before or without receiving cash representing such income, we may have difficulty satisfying the Annual Distribution Requirement (as defined below) applicable to RICs. Accordingly, we may have to sell some of our investments at times we would not consider advantageous, raise additional debt or equity capital, reduce new investments or make taxable distributions of our stock or debt securities to meet that distribution requirement. If we are not able to obtain cash from other sources, we may fail to qualify for RIC tax treatment and thus be subject to U.S. federal income tax at corporate rates.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition, OID income for certain portfolio investments may or may not be included as a factor in the determination of the fair value of such investments. <p class="H2" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Risks Related to Our Investments<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our investments in CLO vehicles are riskier and less transparent to us and our stockholders than direct investments in the underlying Senior Loans or CLO Assets.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We have initially invested principally in equity and junior debt tranches issued by CLO vehicles. Generally, there may be less information available to us regarding the underlying debt investments held by such CLO vehicles than if we had invested directly in the debt of the underlying companies. As a result, our stockholders may not know the details of the underlying debt investments of the CLO vehicles in which we invest. Our CLO investments will also be subject to the risk of leverage associated with the debt issued by such CLOs and the repayment priority of senior debt <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">holders in such CLO vehicles. Additionally, CLOs in which we invest are often governed by a complex series of legal documents and contracts. As a result, the risk of dispute over interpretation or enforceability of the documentation may be higher relative to other types of investments.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition to the general risks associated with investing in debt securities, CLO vehicles carry additional risks, including, but not limited to: (i) the possibility that distributions from collateral securities will not be adequate to make interest or other payments; (ii) the credit quality of the CLO Assets that serve as collateral may decline or the CLO Asset may default; (iii) the CLO may experience losses associated with selling CLO Assets at a loss; (iv) our investments in CLO debt and equity will likely be subordinate to other senior classes of CLO debt; (v) the CLO vehicle itself may experience an event of default, leading to acceleration of the CLO’s debt and liquidation of CLO Assets at undesirable prices and (vi) the complex structure of the security may not be fully understood at the time of investment and may produce disputes among participants of the CLO transaction or unexpected investment results. Our net asset value may also decline over time if our principal recovery with respect to CLO equity investments is less than the price we paid for those investments.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The CLO vehicles in which we invest will issue and sell or have already issued and sold debt tranches that will rank senior to the debt and equity tranches in which we invest. By their terms, such tranches entitle the holders to receive payment of interest or principal on or before the dates on which we are entitled to receive payments with respect to the tranches in which we invest. Also, in the event of default, insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or bankruptcy of a CLO vehicle, holders of senior debt instruments would be entitled to receive payment in full before we receive any distribution. After repaying such senior creditors, such CLO vehicle may not have any remaining assets to use for repaying its obligation to us. In the case of tranches ranking equally with the tranches in which we invest, we would have to share on an equal basis any distributions with other investors holding such securities in the event of a default, insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or bankruptcy of the relevant CLO vehicle. Therefore, we may not receive back the full amount of our investment (or any of our investment) in a CLO vehicle or may not receive our anticipated yield.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The CLO equity market has experienced significant downturns from time to time. Due to the continued uncertainty in the CLO equity market, we cannot assure you that we will achieve our expected investment results and/or maintain our current level of cash distributions. Our future distributions are dependent upon the investment income we receive on our portfolio investments, including our CLO equity investments. To the extent such CLO investments are terminated prior to the specified maturity date, such proceeds derived from a termination may be less than originally contemplated at that time of such investment. This may result in proceeds which may not be of a sufficient amount to invest in future CLO investments in order to generate cash returns that will enable us to maintain the same level of distributions. This may result in a meaningful reduction in, or complete cessation of, our distributions going forward. In addition, due to the asset coverage test applicable to us as a registered closed-end management investment company, a reduction in the fair value of our investments may limit our ability to make distributions.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">CLO investments involve complex accounting and tax considerations.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The accounting and tax implications of such investments are complicated. In particular, reported earnings from the equity tranche investments of these CLO vehicles are recorded under GAAP based upon an effective yield calculation. Current taxable earnings on these investments, however, will generally not be determinable until after the end of the fiscal year of each individual CLO vehicle that ends within our fiscal year, even though the investments are generating cash flow. In general, the tax treatment of these investments may result in higher distributable earnings in the early years and a capital loss at maturity, while for reporting purposes the totality of cash flows are reflected in a constant yield to maturity.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our investments in CLO securities may be less transparent to us and our stockholders than direct investments in the collateral.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">None of the information contained in a CLO’s monthly reports, other trustee reports or any other financial information furnished to us as an investor in a CLO is audited and reported upon, nor is an opinion expressed, by an independent public accountant. We will not be required to share any trustee reports or other reports received from any CLO with our stockholders. Thus, you will have limited information on the assets held by, and the performance of, the CLOs in which we invest.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">CLO securities and their investments are often illiquid.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Some instruments issued by CLO vehicles may not be readily marketable and may be subject to restrictions on resale. Securities issued by CLO vehicles are generally not listed on any U.S. national securities exchange and no active trading market may exist for the securities of CLO vehicles in which we may invest. Although a secondary market may exist for our investments in CLO vehicles, the market for our investments in CLO vehicles may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods. As a result, these types of investments may be more difficult to value.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Failure by a CLO in which we are invested to satisfy certain tests will harm our operating results.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">CLO vehicles in which we invest may fail to satisfy certain financial covenants, specifically those with respect to adequate collateralization and/or interest coverage tests. Such failure could lead to a reduction in such CLO’s payments to us because senior debt holders generally would be entitled to additional payments that would, in turn, reduce the payments we would otherwise be entitled to receive.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our investments may be highly subordinated and subject to leveraged securities risk.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our portfolio will include equity and junior debt investments in CLOs, which involve a number of significant risks. CLOs are typically very highly levered (with CLO equity securities typically being leveraged between nine and 13 times), and therefore the junior equity and debt tranches in which we invest will be subject to a higher degree of risk of total loss. In particular, investors in CLO securities indirectly bear risks of the collateral held by such CLOs. We generally have the right to receive payments only from the CLOs, and generally do not have direct rights against the underlying borrowers or the entity that sponsored the CLO transaction. In addition, we may have the option in certain CLOs to contribute additional amounts to the CLO issuer for purposes of acquiring additional assets or curing coverage tests, thereby increasing our overall exposure and capital at risk to such CLO. Although it is difficult to predict whether the prices of assets underlying CLOs will rise or fall, these prices (and, therefore, the prices of the CLOs’ securities) are influenced by the same types of political and economic events that affect issuers of securities and capital markets generally.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Investors will bear indirectly the fees and expenses of the CLO equity securities in which we invest.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">While the CLO vehicles we target generally enable the investor to acquire interests in a pool of CLO Assets without the expenses associated with directly holding the same investments, the CLO vehicle itself will incur management fees (including incentive fees) and other expenses. CLO collateral manager fees are charged on the total assets of a CLO but are assumed to be paid from the residual cash flows after interest payments to the CLO senior debt tranches. Therefore, these CLO collateral manager fees are effectively much higher when allocated only to the CLO equity tranche. These fees incurred at the CLO level are in addition to the fees charged by the Adviser at the Company level. Additionally, CLOs could also be liable to the collateral manager, trustee and other parties for indemnity payments. We, as a CLO equity investor, will generally bear a share of the CLO vehicles’ administrative and other expenses that is proportionate with other CLO equity investors; however, CLO equity investors often negotiate fee rebates through side letters and other arrangements, and there can be no assurance that we will be able to negotiate fee rebates for any CLO in which we invest, or that any fee rebates we do negotiate will be as favorable as fee rebates other CLO equity investors may negotiate. Separately, we may incur expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon default or to negotiate new terms with a defaulting CLO vehicle or any other investment we may make. If any of these occur, it could materially and adversely affect our operating results and cash flows.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our portfolio of investments may lack diversification among CLO vehicles which may subject us to a risk of significant loss if one or more of these CLO vehicles experience a high level of defaults on its underlying Senior Loans or CLO Assets.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our portfolio may hold investments in a limited number of CLO vehicles. Beyond the asset diversification requirements associated with our qualification as a RIC under the Code, we will not have fixed guidelines for diversification, we will not have any limitations on the ability to invest in any one CLO vehicle, and our investments may be concentrated in relatively few CLO vehicles. As our portfolio is less diversified than the portfolios of some larger funds, we are more susceptible to failure if one or more of the CLO vehicles in which we are invested experiences <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">a high level of defaults on its underlying Senior Loans and other CLO Assets. Similarly, the aggregate returns we realize may be significantly adversely affected if a small number of investments perform poorly or if we need to write down the value of any one investment.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Additionally, the CLO vehicles in which we invest may have CLO Asset portfolios that are concentrated in a limited number of industries or borrowers. A downturn in any particular industry or borrower in which a CLO vehicle is heavily invested may subject that vehicle, and in turn us, to a risk of significant loss and could significantly impact the aggregate returns we realize. If an industry in which a CLO vehicle is heavily invested suffers from adverse business or economic conditions, a material portion of our investment in that CLO vehicle could be affected adversely, which, in turn, could adversely affect our financial position and results of operations.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We may also invest in multiple CLOs managed by the same CLO collateral manager, thereby increasing our risk of loss in the event the CLO collateral manager were to fail, experience the loss of key portfolio management employees or sell its business.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Failure to maintain adequate diversification of underlying obligors across the CLOs in which we invest would make us more vulnerable to defaults.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Even if we maintain adequate diversification across different CLO issuers, we may still be subject to concentration risk since CLO portfolios tend to have a certain amount of overlap across underlying obligors. This trend is generally exacerbated when demand for bank loans by CLO issuers outpaces supply. Market analysts have noted that the overlap of obligor names among CLO issuers has increased recently, and is particularly evident across CLOs of the same year of origination, as well as with CLOs managed by the same asset manager. To the extent we invest in CLOs which have a high percentage of overlap, this may increase the likelihood of defaults on our CLO investments occurring together.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We and our investments are subject to reinvestment risk.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">As part of the ordinary management of its portfolio, a CLO will typically generate cash from asset repayments and sales and reinvest those proceeds in substitute assets, subject to compliance with its investment tests and certain other conditions. The earnings with respect to such substitute assets will depend on the quality of reinvestment opportunities available at the time. If the CLO collateral manager causes the CLO to purchase substitute assets at a lower yield than those initially acquired (for example, during periods of loan compression or in response to the need to satisfy the CLO’s covenants) or sale proceeds are maintained temporarily in cash, it would reduce the excess interest-related cash flow that the CLO collateral manager is able to achieve. The investment tests may incentivize a CLO collateral manager to cause the CLO to buy riskier assets than it otherwise would, which could result in additional losses. These factors could reduce our return on investment and may have a negative effect on the fair value of our assets and the market value of our securities. In addition, the reinvestment period for a CLO may terminate early, which would cause the holders of the CLO’s securities to receive principal payments earlier than anticipated. In addition, in CLO transactions in which we own a minority of the equity tranche, the holders of a majority of the equity tranche direct a call or refinancing of a CLO, thus causing such CLO’s outstanding CLO debt securities to be repaid at par earlier than expected. There can be no assurance that we will be able to reinvest such amounts in an alternative investment that provides a comparable return relative to the credit risk assumed.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We are dependent on the collateral managers of the CLOs in which we invest, and those CLOs are generally not registered under the 1940 Act.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We rely on CLO collateral managers to administer and review the portfolios of collateral of the CLOs in which they invest. The actions of the CLO collateral managers may significantly affect the return on our investments; however, we, as an investor of the CLO, typically do not have any direct contractual relationship with the collateral managers of the CLOs in which we invest. The ability of each CLO collateral manager to identify and report on issues affecting its securitization portfolio on a timely basis could also affect the return on our investments, as we may not be provided with information on a timely basis in order to take appropriate measures to manage our risks. We will also rely on CLO collateral managers to act in the best interests of a CLO it manages; however, such CLO collateral managers are subject to fiduciary duties owed to other classes of debt besides those in which we invest; therefore, there can be no assurance that the collateral managers will always act in the best interest of the CLO securities in which we are invested. If any CLO collateral manager were to act in a manner that was not in the best interest of the CLOs, this could adversely impact the overall performance of our investments. Furthermore, since the underlying CLO issuer <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">often provides an indemnity to its CLO collateral manager, we may not be incentivized to pursue actions against the collateral manager since any such action, if successful, may ultimately be borne by the underlying CLO issuer and payable from its assets, which could create losses to us as an investor in the CLO. In addition, liabilities incurred by the CLO manger to third parties may be borne by us as an investor in the CLO to the extent such CLO is required to indemnify its collateral manager for such liabilities.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Additionally, there is no guarantee that, for any CLO we invest in, the collateral manager in place when we invest in such CLO securities will continue to manage such CLO through the life of our investment. Collateral managers are subject to removal or replacement by other holders of CLO securities without our consent, and may also voluntarily resign as collateral manager or assign their role as collateral manager to another entity. There can be no assurance that any removal, replacement, resignation or assignment of any particular CLO manager’s role will not adversely affect the returns on the CLO securities in which we invest.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our CLO investments are subject to risks related to leverage of underlying obligors.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Underlying obligors of the CLO Assets are typically highly leveraged, and there may not be significant restrictions on the amount of debt an obligor can incur. Substantial indebtedness adds additional risk with respect to an obligor and could (i) limit its ability to borrow money for its working capital, capital expenditures, debt service requirements, strategic initiatives or other purposes; (ii) require it to dedicate a substantial portion of its cash flow from operations to the repayment of its indebtedness, thereby reducing funds available to it for other purposes; (iii) make it more highly leveraged than some of its competitors, which may place it at a competitive disadvantage; and/or (iv) subject it to restrictive financial and operating covenants, which may preclude it from favorable business activities or the financing of future operations or other capital needs. In some cases, proceeds of debt incurred by an obligor could be paid as a dividend to stockholders rather than retained by the obligor for its working capital. Leveraged companies are often more sensitive to declines in revenues, increases in expenses, and adverse business, political, or financial developments or economic factors such as a significant rise in interest rates, a severe downturn in the economy or deterioration in the condition of such companies or their industries. A leveraged company’s income and net assets will tend to increase or decrease at a greater rate than if borrowed money were not used.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">If an obligor is unable to generate sufficient cash flow to meet principal and/or interest payments on its indebtedness, it may be forced to take other actions to satisfy its obligations under its indebtedness. These alternative measures may include reducing or delaying capital expenditures, selling assets, seeking additional capital, or restructuring or refinancing indebtedness. Any of these actions could significantly reduce the value of the CLO Assets and thus the CLO securities in which we invest. If such strategies are not successful and do not permit the obligor to meet its scheduled debt service obligations, the obligor may also be forced into liquidation, dissolution or insolvency, and the value of the CLO’s investment in such obligor could be significantly reduced or even eliminated.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We are subject to risks associated with the bankruptcy or insolvency of an issuer or borrower of a loan that we hold or of an underlying asset held by a CLO in which we invest.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of an issuer or borrower of a CLO Asset, a court or other governmental entity may determine that the claims of the relevant CLO are not valid or not entitled to the treatment the CLO expected when making its initial investment decision.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Various laws enacted for the protection of debtors may apply to the CLO Assets held by the CLOs in which we invest. The information in this and the following paragraph represents a brief summary of certain points only, is not intended to be an extensive summary of the relevant issues and is applicable with respect to U.S. issuers and borrowers only. The following is not intended to be a summary of all relevant risks. Similar avoidance provisions to those described below are sometimes available with respect to non-U.S. issuers or borrowers, and there is no assurance that this will be the case which may result in a much greater risk of partial or total loss of value in that underlying CLO Asset.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">If a court in a lawsuit brought by an unpaid creditor or representative of creditors of an issuer or borrower of a CLO Asset, such as a trustee in bankruptcy, were to find that such issuer or borrower did not receive fair consideration or reasonably equivalent value for incurring the indebtedness constituting such CLO Asset and, after giving effect to such indebtedness, the issuer or borrower (1) was insolvent; (2) was engaged in a business for which the remaining assets of such issuer or borrower constituted unreasonably small capital; or (3) intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, such court could decide to invalidate, in whole <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">or in part, the indebtedness constituting the CLO Assets as a fraudulent conveyance, to subordinate such indebtedness to existing or future creditors of the issuer or borrower or to recover amounts previously paid by the issuer or borrower in satisfaction of such indebtedness. In addition, in the event of the insolvency of an issuer or borrower of a CLO Asset, payments made on such CLO Asset could be subject to avoidance as a “preference” if made within a certain period of time (which may be as long as one year under U.S. Federal bankruptcy law or even longer under state laws) before insolvency.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The CLO Assets of the CLOs in which we invest may be subject to various laws for the protection of debtors in other jurisdictions, including the jurisdiction of incorporation of the issuer or borrower of such CLO Assets and, if different, the jurisdiction from which it conducts business and in which it holds assets, any of which may adversely affect such issuer’s or borrower’s ability to make, or a creditor’s ability to enforce, payment in full, on a timely basis or at all. These insolvency considerations will differ depending on the jurisdiction in which an issuer or borrower or the related CLO Assets are located and may differ depending on the legal status of the issuer or borrower.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">The application of risk retention rules to CLOs may have broader effects on the CLO and loan markets in general, potentially resulting in fewer or less desirable investment opportunities for us.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In October 2014, six federal agencies (the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the “FDIC,” the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Board, the SEC, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Finance Agency) adopted joint final rules implementing certain credit risk retention requirements contemplated in Section 941 of the Dodd-Frank Act, or the “Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules.” These rules were published in the Federal Register on December 24, 2014. With respect to the regulation of CLOs, the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules require that the “sponsor” or a “majority owned affiliate” thereof (in each case as defined in the rules), will retain an “eligible vertical interest” or an “eligible horizontal interest” (in each case as defined therein) or any combination thereof in the CLO in the manner required by the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules became fully effective on December 24, 2016, and to the extent applicable to CLOs in which we invest, the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules contain provisions that may adversely affect the return of our investments. On February 9, 2018, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, or the “DC Circuit Court,” rendered a decision in The Loan Syndications and Trading Association v. Securities and Exchange Commission and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, No. 1:16-cv-0065, in which the DC Circuit Court held that open market CLO collateral managers are not “securitizers” subject to the requirements of the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules (the “DC Circuit Ruling”). Thus, collateral managers of open market CLOs are no longer required to comply with the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules at this time. As such, it is possible that some collateral managers of open market CLOs will decide to dispose of the securities (or cause their majority owned affiliates to dispose of the securities) constituting the “eligible vertical interest” or “eligible horizontal interest” they were previously required to retain or take other actions with respect to such securities that is not otherwise prohibited by the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules. To the extent either the underlying collateral manager or its majority-owned affiliate divests itself of such securities, or to the extent none of the underlying collateral manager or its affiliates holds any CLO securities in any event, this will reduce the degree to which the relevant collateral manager’s incentives are aligned with those of the holders of the CLO debt or equity (which may include us as a CLO investor). This could influence the way in which the relevant collateral manager manages the CLO assets and/or makes other decisions under the transaction documents related to the CLO in a manner that is adverse to us.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">There can be no assurance or representation that any of the transactions, structures or arrangements currently under consideration by or currently used by CLO market participants will comply with the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules to the extent such rules are reinstated or otherwise become applicable to open market CLOs. The ultimate impact of the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules on the loan securitization market and the leveraged loan market generally remains uncertain, and any negative impact on secondary market liquidity for securities comprising a CLO may be experienced due to the effects of the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules on market expectations or uncertainty, the relative appeal of other investments not impacted by the Final U.S. Risk Retention Rules and other factors.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">EU/UK Risk Retention. The securitization industry in both European Union (“EU”) and the United Kingdom (“UK”) has also undergone a number of significant changes in the past few years. Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 relating to a European framework for simple, transparent and standardized securitization (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2021/557 and as further amended from time to time, the “EU Securitization Regulation”) applies to certain specified EU investors, and Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 relating to a European framework for simple, transparent and standardised <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">securitization in the form in effect on 31 December 2020 (which forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended, the “EUWA”)) (as amended by the Securitization (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and as further amended from time to time, the “UK Securitization Regulation” and, together with the EU Securitization Regulation, the “Securitization Regulations”) applies to certain specified UK investors, in each case, who are investing in a “securitisation” (as such term is defined under each Securitization Regulation).<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The due diligence requirements of Article 5 of the EU Securitization Regulation (the “EU Due Diligence Requirements”) apply to each investor that is an “institutional investor” (as such term is defined in the EU Securitization Regulation), being an investor which is one of the following: (a) an insurance undertaking as defined in Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II) (recast) (“Solvency II”); (b) a reinsurance undertaking as defined in Solvency II; (c) subject to certain conditions and exceptions, an institution for occupational retirement provision falling within the scope of Directive (EU) 2016/2341 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) (the “IORP Directive”), or an investment manager or an authorised entity appointed by an institution for occupational retirement provision pursuant to the IORP Directive; (d) an alternative investment fund manager (“AIFM”) as defined in Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers that manages and/or markets alternative investment funds in the EU; (e) an undertaking for the collective investment in transferable securities (“UCITS”) management company, as defined in Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) (the “UCITS Directive”); (f) an internally managed UCITS, which is an investment company authorised in accordance with the UCITS Directive and which has not designated a management company authorised under the UCITS Directive for its management; or (g) a credit institution as defined in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms (the “CRR”) for the purposes of the CRR, or an investment firm as defined in the CRR, in each case, such investor an “EU Institutional Investor”.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The due diligence requirements of Article 5 of the UK Securitization Regulation (the “UK Due Diligence Requirements” and, together with the EU Due Diligence Requirements, the “Due Diligence Requirements”) apply to each investor that is an “institutional investor” (as such term is defined in the UK Securitization Regulation), being an investor which is one of the following: (a) an insurance undertaking as defined in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended, the “FSMA”); (b) a reinsurance undertaking as defined in the FSMA; (c) an occupational pension scheme as defined in the Pension Schemes Act 1993 that has its main administration in the UK, or a fund manager of such a scheme appointed under the Pensions Act 1995 that, in respect of activity undertaken pursuant to that appointment, is authorised under the FSMA; (d) an AIFM (as defined in the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013 (the “AIFM Regulations”)) which markets or manages AIFs (as defined in the AIFM Regulations) in the UK; (e) a management company as defined in the FSMA; (f) a UCITS as defined by the FSMA, which is an authorised open ended investment company as defined in the FSMA; (g) a FCA investment firm as defined by the CRR as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of EUWA (the “UK CRR”); or (h) a CRR investment firm as defined in the UK CRR, in each case, such investor a “UK Institutional Investor” and, such investors together with EU Institutional Investors, “Institutional Investors”.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Among other things, the applicable Due Diligence Requirements require that prior to holding a “securitisation position” (as defined in each Securitization Regulation) an Institutional Investor (other than the originator, sponsor or original lender) has verified that:<p class="NL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">(1) the originator, sponsor or original lender will retain on an ongoing basis a material net economic interest which, in any event, shall be not less than five per cent. in the securitization, determined in accordance with Article 6 of the applicable Securitization Regulation, and has disclosed the risk retention to such Institutional Investor;<p class="NL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">(2) (in the case of each EU Institutional Investor only) the originator, sponsor or securitization special purpose entity (“SSPE”) has, where applicable, made available the information required by Article 7 of the EU Securitization Regulation in accordance with the frequency and modalities provided for thereunder;<p class="NL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">(3) (in the case of each UK Institutional Investor only) the originator, sponsor or SSPE:<p class="NL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-left:72pt;margin-top:8pt;">(i) if established in the UK has, where applicable, made available the information required by Article 7 of the UK Securitization Regulation (the “UK Transparency Requirements”) in accordance with the frequency and modalities provided for thereunder; or<p class="NL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-left:72pt;margin-top:8pt;">(ii) if established in a country other than the UK, where applicable, made available information which is substantially the same as that which it would have made available under the UK Transparency Requirements if it had been established in the UK, and has done so with such frequency and modalities as are substantially the same as those with which it would have made information available under the UK Transparency Requirements if it had been established in the UK; and<p class="NL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">(4) in the case of each Institutional Investor, where the originator or original lender either (i) is not a credit institution or an investment firm (each as defined in the applicable Securitization Regulation) or (ii) is established in a third country (being (x) in respect of the EU Securitization Regulation, a country other than an EU member state, or (y) in respect of the UK Securitization Regulation, a country other than the UK), the originator or original lender grants all the credits giving rise to the underlying exposures on the basis of sound and well-defined criteria and clearly established processes for approving, amending, renewing and financing those credits and has effective systems in place to apply those criteria and processes in order to ensure that credit-granting is based on a thorough assessment of the obligor’s creditworthiness.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The Due Diligence Requirements further require that prior to holding a securitisation position, an Institutional Investor, other than the originator, sponsor or original lender, carry out a due diligence assessment which enables it to assess the risks involved, including but not limited to (a) the risk characteristics of the individual securitisation position and the underlying exposures; and (b) all the structural features of the securitization that can materially impact the performance of the securitisation position, including the contractual priorities of payment and priority of payment-related triggers, credit enhancements, liquidity enhancements, market value triggers, and transaction-specific definitions of default.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Any Institutional Investor that fails to comply with the applicable Due Diligence Requirements in respect of a securitization position which it holds may become subject to a range of regulatory sanctions including, in the case of a credit institution, investment firm, insurer or reinsurer, a punitive regulatory capital charge with respect to such securitization position, or, in certain other cases, a requirement to take corrective action.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">To the extent a CLO is structured in compliance with the Securitization Regulations, our ability to invest in the CLO equity of such CLOs could be limited, or we could be required to hold our investment for the life of the CLO. If a CLO has not been structured to comply with the Securitization Regulations, it will limit the ability of Institutional Investors to purchase CLO securities, which may adversely affect the price and liquidity of the securities (including the CLO equity) in the secondary market. Additionally, the Securitization Regulations and any regulatory uncertainty in relation thereto may reduce the issuance of new CLOs and reduce the liquidity provided by CLOs to the leveraged loan market generally. Reduced liquidity in the loan market could reduce investment opportunities for collateral managers, which could negatively affect the return of our investments. Any reduction in the volume and liquidity provided by CLOs to the leveraged loan market could also reduce opportunities to redeem or refinance the securities comprising a CLO in an optional redemption or refinancing and could negatively affect the ability of obligors to refinance of their collateral obligations, either of which developments could increase defaulted obligations above historic levels.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Japanese Risk Retention. The Japanese Financial Services Agency (the “JFSA”) published a risk retention rule as part of the regulatory capital regulation of certain categories of Japanese investors seeking to invest in securitization transactions (the “JRR Rule”). The JRR Rule mandates an “indirect” compliance requirement, meaning that certain categories of Japanese investors will be required to apply higher risk weighting to securitization exposures they hold unless the relevant originator commits to hold a retention interest equal to at least 5% of the exposure of the total underlying assets in the transaction (the “Japanese Retention Requirement”) or such investors determine that the underlying assets were not “inappropriately originated.” The Japanese investors to which the JRR Rule applies include banks, bank holding companies, credit unions (shinyo kinko), credit cooperatives (shinyo kumiai), labor credit unions (rodo kinko), agricultural credit cooperatives (nogyo kyodo kumiai), ultimate parent companies of large securities companies and certain other financial institutions regulated in Japan (such investors, “Japanese Affected Investors”). Such Japanese Affected Investors may be subject to punitive capital requirements and/or other regulatory penalties with respect to investments in securitizations that fail to comply with the Japanese Retention Requirement.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The JRR Rule became effective on March 31, 2019. At this time, there are a number of unresolved questions and no established line of authority, precedent or market practice that provides definitive guidance with respect to the JRR Rule, and no assurances can be made as to the content, impact or interpretation of the JRR Rule. In particular, the basis for the determination of whether an asset is “inappropriately originated” remains unclear and, therefore, unless the JFSA provides further specific clarification, it is possible that CLO securities we purchase may contain assets deemed to be “inappropriately originated” and, as a result, may not be exempt from the Japanese Retention Requirement. The JRR Rule or other similar requirements may deter Japanese Affected Investors from purchasing CLO securities, which may limit the liquidity of CLO securities and, in turn, adversely affect the price of such CLO securities in the secondary market. Whether and to what extent the JFSA may provide further clarification or interpretation as to the JRR Rule is unknown.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">CLO managers may be subject to the SEC’s Proposed Private Fund Rules.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">On February 9, 2022, the SEC proposed certain rules and amendments under the Adviser’s Act to enhance the regulations applicable to private fund advisers (the “Proposed Private Fund Rules”) that, if adopted in their current form, would affect investment advisers such as the CLO collateral managers, by, among other things, (i) requiring such managers to comply with additional reporting and compliance obligations, (ii) prohibiting certain types of preferential treatment, including, among other things, the provision of information regarding portfolio holdings of the private fund, and (iii) prohibiting or imposing requirements on certain business practices, including prohibiting certain types of indemnification (which could include indemnification provided for in the CLO’s management agreement) and requiring fairness opinions for adviser-led secondary transactions. Because most CLOs in which we invest rely on Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act, each such CLO will be considered a “private fund” within the meaning of the Proposed Private Fund Rules. The costs of complying with certain of the reporting and compliance obligations under the Proposed Private Fund Rules could be substantial, and it is unclear if the costs of preparing such reports would be borne by the CLO or the CLO’s collateral manager. If the CLOs in which we invest are responsible for such expenses, it could affect the return on our investments in CLO securities. In addition, if any CLO collateral manager were prohibited from discussing the underlying portfolio of CLO assets with investors, entirely or absent highly specific disclosure, it could result in a reduction or elimination of any CLO collateral manager’s ability to provide information to us relating to such CLO’s assets other than the reporting required by the CLO’s transaction documents. In addition, the Proposed Private Fund Rules could adversely affect a CLO’s ability to consummate a refinancing or other optional redemption. As a result, adoption of the Proposed Private Fund Rules could have a material and adverse effect on the market value and/or liquidity of the CLO securities in which we invest. The Proposed Private Fund Rules could also discourage managers from undertaking new CLO transactions, thus reducing the opportunities for us to invest in CLO securities and achieve our investment goals.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Investing in CLO vehicles, Senior Loans and other high-yield corporate credits involves a variety of risks, any of which may adversely impact our performance.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Investment Risk. An investment in our securities is subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of your entire investment. An investment in our securities represents an indirect investment in the portfolio of equity and junior tranches issued by CLO vehicles and other securities owned by us, and the value of these securities may fluctuate, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. At any point in time an investment in our securities may be worth less than the original amount invested, even after taking into account distributions paid by us and the ability of stockholders to reinvest dividends.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Market Risk. Market risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices and includes interest rate risk, foreign currency risk and “other price risks”, such as index price risk. We may use derivative instruments to hedge the investment portfolio against currency risks. Our investments in CLO vehicles and other types of corporate credits typically have no significant assets other than the collateral. Accordingly, payments on the equity and junior debt instruments we initially target are payable solely from the cash flows from the collateral, net of all management fees and other expenses. Quarterly distributions or interest payments to us as a holder of equity or junior debt instruments, respectively, will only be made after payments due on any outstanding senior debt tranches have been made in full for such quarter.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Rating Risk. Certain of the major rating agencies (including Moody’s, Standard and Poor’s and Fitch) have downgraded, and may continue to downgrade, the tranches of CLO vehicles that we are targeting and, therefore, these investments may be seen as riskier than they were previously thought to be. We cannot assure you that the rated CLO <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">securities in which it invests will not experience downgrades. To the extent our portfolio experiences such downgrades, the value of our investments, and our ability to liquidate such investments, would likely be impaired. A significant impairment of any of our investments may have a material adverse effect on our financial results and operations.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition, the ratings assigned to the CLO Assets in which the CLOs invest are subject to change at any time, including for reasons unrelated to performance, such as changes in rating agency methodology, changes in economic conditions, changes in the loan markets, changes in the creditworthiness of the underlying obligors and a variety of other factors. If downgrade actions a rating agency result in an increase in the number of CLO Assets with ratings of “Caa1” or “CCC+” or lower, then even if such CLO Asset do not suffer defaults or delinquencies or otherwise deteriorate in performance, the CLO vehicle could fail to satisfy certain tests, which could lead to the early amortization of some or all of the CLO debt. As a result, payments that would have otherwise been made to the CLO equity or CLO debt securities that we hold would instead be diverted to buy additional loans within a given CLO or paid to senior CLO debt holders as an early amortization payment.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Interest Rate Risk. Our investments have initially been focused on investments in equity and floating rate junior debt tranches issued by CLO vehicles, and to a lesser extent warehouse facilities and corporate credits, each of which are exposed to interest rate risk. Since a CLO’s asset portfolio is typically comprised principally of floating rate loans and the CLO’s liabilities are also generally floating rate instruments, we expect CLO equity and junior debt tranches to provide potential protection against rising interest rates when the benchmark is above the average benchmark floor on a CLO’s assets. However, our investments in CLO Assets through investments in junior equity and debt tranches of CLOs are nonetheless sensitive to interest rate levels and volatility. For example, because CLO debt securities are floating rate securities, a reduction in interest rates would generally result in a reduction in the coupon payment and cash flow we receive on the junior debt securities and CLO equity in which we invest. Furthermore, because floating or variable rates only reset periodically, changes in prevailing interest rates can be expected to cause some fluctuations in our net asset value. Similarly, a sudden and significant increase in market interest rates may cause a decline in our net asset value. In addition, many underlying corporate borrowers can elect to pay interest based on a 1-month, 3-month and/or other term base rates in respect of the loans held by CLOs in which we invest, in each case plus an applicable spread, whereas floating rate CLO securities generally pay interest based on a 3-month term plus a spread. The 3-month term rate may fluctuate in excess of other potential term rates, which may result in many underlying corporate borrowers electing to pay interest based on a shorter or lower, but in any event lower, base rate. This mismatch in the rate at which CLOs earn interest and the rate at which they pay interest on their debt tranches negatively impacts the cash flows on a CLO’s equity tranche, which may in turn adversely affect our cash flows, results of operations or net asset value, which may impact our ability to maintain required levels of asset coverage. Unless spreads are adjusted to account for such increases, these negative impacts may worsen as the amount by which the 3-month term base rate exceeds the 1-month term base rate increases.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition, CLOs may not be able to enter into hedge agreements, even if it may otherwise be in the best interests of the CLO to hedge such interest rate risk. Furthermore, in the event of a significant rising interest rate environment and/or economic downturn, underlying obligors may be unable to pay their debt liabilities or refinance, and loan defaults may increase, thus resulting in credit losses that would adversely affect our cash flow, fair value of our assets and operating results.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Benchmark Floor Risk. Because CLOs issue debt primarily on a floating rate basis, an increase in the relevant benchmark will increase the financing costs of CLOs. Many of the senior secured loans held by these CLOs have benchmark floors such that, when the relevant benchmark is below the stated benchmark floor, the stated benchmark floor (rather than the benchmark itself) is used to determine the interest payable under the loans. Therefore, if the relevant benchmark increases but stays below the average benchmark floor rate of the senior secured loans held by a CLO, there would not be a corresponding increase in the investment income of such CLOs. The combination of increased financing costs without a corresponding increase in investment income in such a scenario could result in the CLO not having adequate cash to make interest or other payments on the securities which we hold.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk that one or more investments in a portfolio will decline in price or fail to pay interest or principal when due because the issuer of the security experiences a decline in its financial condition. If a CLO in which we invest, an underlying asset of any such CLO or any other type of credit investment in our portfolio declines in price or fails to pay interest or principal when due because the issuer or debtor, as the case may be, experiences a decline in its financial status either or both our income and net asset value may be adversely impacted. Non-payment would result in a reduction of our income, a reduction in the value of the applicable CLO security or <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">other credit investment experiencing non-payment and, potentially, a decrease in our net asset value. With respect to our investments in CLO securities and credit investments that are secured, there can be no assurance that liquidation of collateral would satisfy the issuer’s obligation in the event of non-payment of scheduled dividend, interest or principal or that such collateral could be readily liquidated. In the event of bankruptcy of an issuer, we could experience delays or limitations with respect to our ability to realize the benefits of any collateral securing a CLO security or credit investment. While a senior position in the capital structure of a corporate borrower may provide some protection to the CLO vehicles or other credit investments in which we invest, losses or other reductions in collateral may still occur in the portfolios of such CLO vehicles or corporate credits because the market value of such loans is affected by the creditworthiness of borrowers and by general economic and specific industry conditions. CLOs may also invest in second lien loans, first lien last out loans and unsecured loans and bonds, all of which have a heightened level of risk in the event of a decline in the financial condition of the underlying obligor. As we invest primarily in equity and junior debt tranches of CLO vehicles, we are exposed to a greater amount of credit risk than a fund which invests in senior debt or investment grade securities. The prices of primarily non-investment grade securities are more sensitive to negative developments, such as a decline in a CLO vehicle’s collateral or cash flows or a general economic downturn, than are the prices of more senior debt securities. Our CLO Assets of below investment grade quality, which are often referred to as “junk,” are predominantly speculative with respect to the obligor’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal when due and therefore involve a greater risk of default. We will typically be in a first loss or subordinated position with respect to realized losses on the collateral of each investment we make in a CLO vehicle. The leveraged nature of the CLO vehicle, in particular, magnifies the adverse impact of collateral defaults.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Participation Risk. The CLOs in which we invest may acquire interests in loans either directly (by way of assignment, or “Assignments”) or indirectly (by way of participation, or “Participations”). The purchaser by an Assignment of a loan obligation typically succeeds to all the rights and obligations of the selling institution and becomes a lender under the loan or credit agreement with respect to the debt obligation. In contrast, when a CLO acquires a Participation, the selling institution retains title to the loan and grants the CLO rights to the cash flow and other rights related to such loan (or portion thereof). Thus, in a participation, the contractual relationship is with the lender selling the participation, but not with the borrower. In purchasing a Participation, the CLOs in which we invest generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the obligor with the terms of the loan or credit agreement or other instrument evidencing such debt obligation, nor any rights of setoff against the obligor, and the CLOs in which we invest may not directly benefit from the collateral supporting the debt obligation in which it has purchased the Participation. Furthermore, a participant assumes the credit risk of the lender selling the participation in addition to the credit risk of the borrower. In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling the participation, a participant may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not have a senior claim to the lender’s interest in the CLO Asset. Additionally, the holder of a Participation in a debt obligation may not have the right to vote on certain matters presented to the lenders under the relevant CLO Asset.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Liquidity Risk. Liquidity risk is defined as the risk that we may not be able to settle or meet our obligations on time or at a reasonable price. We may invest up to 100% of our portfolio in securities that are considered illiquid. “Illiquid securities” are securities which cannot be sold within seven days in the ordinary course of business at approximately the value used by us in determining our net asset value. We may not be able to readily dispose of such securities at prices that approximate those at which we could sell such securities if they were more widely-traded and, as a result of such illiquidity, we may have to sell other investments or engage in borrowing transactions to raise cash to meet our obligations. Some instruments issued by CLO vehicles may not be readily marketable and may be subject to restrictions on resale. Securities issued by CLO vehicles are generally not listed on any U.S. national securities exchange and no active trading market may exist for the securities in which we invest. Although a secondary market may exist for our investments, the market for our investments may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods. As a result, these types of investments may be more difficult to value. In addition, we believe that ownership of CLO equity and junior debt instruments has generally been distributed across a wide range of holders, some of whom we believe may continue to face near- to intermediate-term liquidity issues, which may result in such holders attempting to liquidate CLO securities, which can cause a decline in market value of such CLO securities. Further, we believe that larger institutional investors with sufficient resources to source, analyze and negotiate the purchase of these assets may refrain from purchases of the size that we are targeting, thereby reducing the prospective investor population, which would limit our ability to sell our position in a CLO vehicle if we choose to or need to do so. None of us or any CLO in which we invest has any limitation on the amount of assets which may be invested in assets that are not readily marketable or are subject to restrictions on resale. Further, the CLO securities in which we invest and the CLO Assets in which CLOs invest are typically not listed on any national securities exchange or automated <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">quotation system, and no active trading market exists for many CLO securities or CLO Assets. As a result, many CLO securities and CLO Assets are illiquid, meaning that we may not be able to sell CLO securities quickly at a fair price, and the CLOs in which we invest may not be able to sell underlying CLO Assets quickly at a fair price. The market for illiquid securities is more volatile than the market for liquid securities.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Investments in foreign securities may involve significant risks in addition to the risks inherent in U.S. investments.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">While we invest primarily in CLOs that hold underlying U.S. assets, these CLOs may be organized outside the United States and we may also invest in CLOs that hold collateral that are non-U.S. assets. Investing in foreign entities may expose us and the CLOs in which we invest to additional risks not typically associated with investing in U.S. issues. These risks include changes in exchange control regulations, political and social instability, expropriation, imposition of foreign taxes, less liquid markets and less available information than is generally the case in the United States, higher transaction costs, less government supervision of exchanges, brokers and issuers, less developed bankruptcy laws, difficulty in enforcing contractual obligations, lack of uniform accounting and auditing standards and greater price volatility. Further, we, and the CLO vehicles in which it invests, may have difficulty enforcing creditor’s rights in foreign jurisdictions.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition, international trade tensions may arise from time to time which could result in trade tariffs, embargoes or other restrictions or limitations on trade. The imposition of any actions on trade could trigger a significant reduction in international trade, supply chain disruptions, an oversupply of certain manufactured goods, substantial price reductions of goods and possible failure of individual companies or industries, which could have a negative impact on the value of the CLO securities that we hold.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Foreign markets also have different clearance and settlement procedures, and in certain markets there have been times when settlements have failed to keep pace with the volume of securities transactions, making it difficult to conduct such transactions. Delays in settlement could result in periods when our assets are uninvested. Our inability to make intended investments due to settlement problems or the risk of intermediary counterparty failures could cause it to miss investment opportunities. The inability to dispose of an investment due to settlement problems could result either in losses to the funds due to subsequent declines in the value of such investment or, if we have entered into a contract to sell the security, could result in possible liability to the purchaser. Transaction costs of buying and selling foreign securities also are generally higher than those involved in domestic transactions. Furthermore, foreign financial markets have, for the most part, substantially less volume than U.S. markets, and securities of many foreign companies are less liquid and their prices more volatile than securities of comparable domestic companies.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The economies of individual non-U.S. countries may also differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in such respects as growth of gross domestic product, rate of inflation, volatility of currency exchange rates, depreciation, capital reinvestment, resources self-sufficiency and balance of payments position.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Although we expect that most of our investments will be U.S. dollar-denominated and that most of the CLOs in which we invest will hold CLO Assets which are primarily U.S. dollar-denominated, any investments denominated in a foreign currency will be subject to the risk that the value of a particular currency will change in relation to one or more other currencies. Among the factors that may affect currency values are trade balances, the level of short-term interest rates, differences in relative values of similar assets in different currencies, long-term opportunities for investment and capital appreciation, and political developments. We may employ hedging techniques to minimize these risks, but we can offer no assurance that it will, in fact, hedge currency risk, or that if we do, such strategies will be effective.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Inflation may adversely affect our and our portfolio companies’ business, results of operations and financial condition.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Inflation risk is the risk that the value of certain assets or income from our investments will be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. The U.S. and other developed economies have recently begun to experience higher-than normal inflation rates. It remains uncertain whether substantial inflation in the U.S. and other developed economies will be sustained over an extended period of time or have a significant effect on the U.S. or other economies. Inflation and rapid fluctuations in inflation rates have had in the past, and may in the future have, negative effects on economies and financial markets, particularly in emerging economies. For example, if an obligor of a CLO Asset in which we invest is unable to increase its revenue in times of higher inflation, its profitability may be adversely affected. As inflation rises, an underlying obligor may earn more revenue but may incur higher expenses, as wages and prices of inputs increase during periods of inflation. Thus, heightened inflationary pressures could increase the <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">risk of default by the CLO’s underlying obligors. In addition, during any periods of rising inflation, the real value of investments and distributions to us would decline, and the dividend rates or borrowing costs associated with our use of leverage would likely increase, all of which would tend to further reduce returns to stockholders. Conversely, as inflation declines, the Company, any CLO in which we invest and any underlying obligor of the CLO Assets may not be able to reduce expenses commensurate with any resulting reduction in revenue.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In an attempt to stabilize inflation, countries may impose wage and price controls, tighten the monetary supply, or otherwise intervene in the economy. Governmental efforts to curb inflation often have negative effects on the level of economic activity. There can be no assurance that inflation will not become a serious problem in the future and have an adverse impact on our returns.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We may expose ourselves to risks if we engage in hedging transactions.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">While we do not currently intend to engage in hedging transactions, if we engage in hedging transactions, we may expose ourself to risks associated with such transactions. We may utilize instruments such as forward contracts, currency options and interest rate swaps, caps, collars and floors to seek to hedge against fluctuations in the relative values of our portfolio positions from changes in currency exchange rates and market interest rates. Hedging against a decline in the values of our portfolio positions does not eliminate the possibility of fluctuations in the values of such positions or prevent losses if the values of such positions decline. However, such hedging can establish other positions designed to gain from those same developments, thereby offsetting the decline in the value of such portfolio positions. Such hedging transactions may also limit the opportunity for gain if the values of the underlying portfolio positions increase. It may not be possible to hedge against an exchange rate or interest rate fluctuation that is so generally anticipated that we are not able to enter into a hedging transaction at an acceptable price. Moreover, for a variety of reasons, we may not seek to establish a perfect correlation between such hedging instruments and the portfolio holdings being hedged. Any such imperfect correlation may prevent us from achieving the intended hedge and expose us to risk of loss. In addition, it may not be possible to hedge fully or perfectly against currency fluctuations affecting the value of securities denominated in non-U.S. currencies because the value of those securities is likely to fluctuate as a result of factors not related to currency fluctuations.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our ability to enter into transactions involving derivatives and financial commitment transactions may be limited.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Subject to certain exceptions, we are required to trade derivatives and other transactions that create future payment or delivery obligations (except reverse repurchase agreements and similar financing transactions if we have elected to treat them as borrowings) subject to a limit on notional derivatives exposure as a limited derivatives user or subject to a value-at-risk (“VaR”) leverage limit and certain derivatives risk management program and testing requirements and requirements related to board reporting. These requirements may limit our ability to invest in derivatives, short sales and similar financing transactions, limit our ability to employ certain strategies that use these instruments and/or adversely affect our performance, efficiency in implementing our strategy, liquidity and/or ability to pursue our investment objectives and may increase the cost of our investments and cost of doing business, which could adversely affect investors.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Any unrealized losses we experience on our portfolio may be an indication of future realized losses, and could reduce our income available for distribution.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">As a registered closed-end management investment company, we are required to carry our investments at market value or, if no market value is ascertainable, at the fair value as determined in good faith by our Board of Directors. Decreases in the market values or fair values of our investments will be recorded as unrealized depreciation. Any unrealized losses in our portfolio could be an indication of an issuer’s inability to meet its repayment obligations or distribution expectations to us with respect to the affected investments. This could result in realized losses in the future and also in reductions of our income available for distribution in future periods.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Investing in senior secured loans indirectly through CLO securities involves particular risks.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We obtain exposure to underlying senior secured loans and other CLO Assets through our investments in CLOs, but may obtain such exposure directly or indirectly through other means from time to time. Such loans may become nonperforming or impaired for a variety of reasons. Nonperforming or impaired loans may require substantial workout negotiations or restructuring that may entail a substantial reduction in the interest rate and/or a substantial write-down <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">of the principal of the loan. In addition, because of the unique and customized nature of a loan agreement and the private syndication of a loan, certain loans may not be purchased or sold as easily as publicly traded securities, and, historically, the trading volume in the loan market has been small relative to other markets. Loans may encounter trading delays due to their unique and customized nature, and transfers may require the consent of an agent bank and/or borrower. Risks associated with senior secured loans include the fact that prepayments generally may occur at any time without premium or penalty.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition, the portfolios of certain CLOs in which we invest may contain middle market loans. Loans to middle market companies may carry more inherent risks than loans to larger, publicly traded entities. These companies generally have more limited access to capital and higher funding costs, may be in a weaker financial position, may need more capital to expand or compete, and may be unable to obtain financing from public capital markets or from traditional sources, such as commercial banks. Middle market companies typically have narrower product lines and smaller market shares than large companies. Therefore, they tend to be more vulnerable to competitors’ actions and market conditions, as well as general economic downturns. These companies may also experience substantial variations in operating results. The success of a middle market business may also depend on the management talents and efforts of one or two persons or a small group of persons. The death, disability or resignation of one or more of these persons could have a material adverse impact on the obligor. Accordingly, loans made to middle market companies may involve higher risks than loans made to companies that have greater financial resources or are otherwise able to access traditional credit sources. Middle market loans are less liquid and have a smaller trading market than the market for broadly syndicated loans and may have default rates or recovery rates that differ (and may be better or worse) than has been the case for broadly syndicated loans or investment grade securities. There can be no assurance as to the levels of defaults and/or recoveries that may be experienced with respect to middle market loans in any CLO in which we may invest. As a consequence of the forgoing factors, the securities issued by CLOs that primarily invest in middle market loans (or hold significant portions thereof) are generally considered to be a riskier investment than securities issued by CLOs that primarily invest in broadly syndicated loans.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Increased competition in the market or a decrease in new CLO issuances may result in increased price volatility or a shortage of investment opportunities.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In recent years there has been a marked increase in the number of, and flow of capital into, investment vehicles established to pursue investments in CLO securities whereas the size of this market is relatively limited. While we cannot determine the precise effect of such competition, such increase may result in greater competition for investment opportunities, which may result in an increase in the price of such investments relative to the risk taken on by holders of such investments. Such competition may also result under certain circumstances in increased price volatility or decreased liquidity with respect to certain positions.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition, the volume of new CLO issuances and CLO refinancings varies over time as a result of a variety of factors including new regulations, changes in interest rates, and other market forces. As a result of increased competition and uncertainty regarding the volume of new CLO issuances and CLO refinancings, we can offer no assurances that we will deploy all of our capital in a timely manner or at all. Prospective investors should understand that we may compete with other investment vehicles, as well as investment and commercial banking firms, which have substantially greater resources, in terms of financial wherewithal and research staffs, than may be available to us.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We are subject to risks associated with warehouse facilities.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We may invest capital in warehouse facilities, which are short- to medium-term facilities often provided by the bank that will serve as the placement agent or arranger on a CLO transaction and which acquire loans on an interim basis that are expected to form part of the portfolio of such future CLO. Warehouse facilities typically incur leverage between four and six times prior to a CLO’s pricing. Prior to a CLO closing and issuing CLO securities to CLO investors, in anticipation of such CLO closing, a vehicle (often the future CLO issuer or its affiliate) will purchase and “warehouse” a portion of the underlying loans that will be held by such CLO. We may be expected to provide equity capital in support of warehouse facilities during warehousing periods. The period from the date such warehouse facility is opened and asset accumulation begins to the date the CLO closes is referred to as the “warehousing period.” During this period, the price and availability of these loans (referred to as collateral obligations) may be adversely affected by a number of market factors, including price volatility, interest rate volatility and availability of investments suitable for the CLO, which could hamper the ability of the collateral manager to acquire a portfolio of collateral obligations that will satisfy specified concentration limitations and allow the CLO to reach the target initial par amount of collateral <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">prior to the effective date. An inability or delay in reaching the target initial par amount of collateral may adversely affect the timing and amount of interest or principal payments received by the holders of the CLO debt securities and distributions on the CLO equity securities and could result in early redemptions which may cause CLO debt and equity investors to receive less than face value of their investment.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Investments in warehouse facilities present risks similar to those of investments in CLOs and, accordingly, any references herein to CLOs in which we invest or CLO equity investments shall also refer to warehouse facilities and investments therein, as the context requires.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our investments in CLO vehicles may be subject to special anti-deferral provisions that could result in us incurring tax or recognizing income prior to receiving cash distributions related to such income.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The CLO vehicles in which we invest generally constitute PFICs. Because we acquire investments in PFICs (including equity tranche investments in CLO vehicles that are PFICs), we may be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a portion of any “excess distribution” or gain from the disposition of such investments even if such income is distributed as a taxable dividend by us to our stockholders. Certain elections may be available to mitigate or eliminate such tax on excess distributions, but such elections (if available) will generally require us to recognize our share of the PFIC’s income for each year regardless of whether we receive any distributions from such PFIC. We must nonetheless distribute such income to maintain our status as a RIC.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">If we hold more than 10% of the shares in a foreign corporation that is treated as a controlled foreign corporation (“CFC”) (including equity tranche investments in a CLO vehicle treated as a CFC), we may be treated as receiving a deemed distribution (taxable as ordinary income) each year from such foreign corporation in an amount equal to our pro rata share of the corporation’s income for the tax year (including both ordinary earnings and capital gains). If we are required to include such deemed distributions from a CFC in our income, we will be required to distribute such income to maintain our RIC tax treatment regardless of whether or not the CFC makes an actual distribution during such year.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">If we are required to include amounts in income prior to receiving distributions representing such income, we may have to sell some of our investments at times and/or at prices we would not consider advantageous, raise additional debt or equity capital or forgo new investment opportunities for this purpose. If we are not able to obtain cash from other sources, we may fail to qualify for RIC tax treatment and thus become subject to corporate-level U.S. federal income tax. For additional discussion regarding the tax implications of a RIC, see “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — Taxation as a Regulated Investment Company.”<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">If a CLO vehicle in which we invest fails to comply with certain U.S. tax disclosure requirements, such CLO may be subject to withholding requirements that could materially and adversely affect our operating results and cash flows.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Legislation commonly referred to as the “Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act,” or “FATCA,” imposes a withholding tax of 30% on payments of U.S. source interest and dividends, to certain non-U.S. entities, including certain non-U.S. financial institutions and investment funds, unless such non-U.S. entity complies with certain reporting requirements regarding its United States account holders and its United States owners. While existing U.S. Treasury regulations would also require withholding on payments of the gross proceeds from the sale of any property that could produce U.S. source interest or dividends, the U.S. Treasury Department has indicated in subsequent proposed regulations its intent to eliminate this requirement. Most CLO vehicles in which we invest will be treated as non-U.S. financial entities for this purpose, and therefore will be required to comply with these reporting requirements to avoid the 30% withholding. If a CLO vehicle in which we invest fails to properly comply with these reporting requirements, it could reduce the amounts available to distribute to equity and junior debt holders in such CLO vehicle, which could materially and adversely affect its operating results and cash flows.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Risks related to the transition away from LIBOR.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Following their publication on June 30, 2023, no settings of LIBOR continue to be published on a representative basis and publication of many non-U.S. dollar LIBOR settings has been entirely discontinued. On July 29, 2021, the U.S. Federal Reserve System, in conjunction with the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, a steering committee comprised of large U.S. financial institutions, formally recommended replacing U.S.-dollar LIBOR with SOFR, a new index calculated by short-term repurchase agreements, backed by Treasury securities. In April 2018, the Bank <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">of England began publishing its proposed alternative rate, the Sterling Overnight Index Average (“SONIA”). Each of SOFR and SONIA significantly differ from LIBOR, both in the actual rate and how it is calculated. Further, on March 15, 2022, the Consolidation Appropriations Act of 2022, which includes the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act (“LIBOR Act”), was signed into law in the United States. This legislation establishes a uniform benchmark replacement process for certain financial contracts that mature after June 30, 2023 that do not contain clearly defined or practicable LIBOR fallback provisions. The legislation also creates a safe harbor that shields lenders from litigation if they choose to utilize a replacement rate recommended by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. In addition, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), which regulates the publisher of LIBOR (ICE Benchmark Administration) has announced that it will require the continued publication of the one-, three- and six-month tenors of U.S.-dollar LIBOR on a non-representative synthetic basis until the end of September 2024, which may result in certain non-U.S. law-governed contracts and U.S. law-governed contracts not covered by the federal legislation remaining on synthetic U.S.-dollar LIBOR until the end of this period. Although the transition process away from LIBOR has become increasingly well-defined (e.g. the LIBOR Act now provides a uniform benchmark replacement for certain LIBOR-based instruments in the United States), the transition process is complex and it could cause a disruption in the credit markets generally and could have adverse impacts on our business financial condition and results of operations, including, among other things, increased volatility or illiquidity in markets for instruments that continue to rely on LIBOR or which have been transitioned away from LIBOR to a different rate like SOFR and, in any case, could result in a reduction in the value of certain investments held by the Company. <p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Risks Relating to an Investment in our Securities<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Common shares of closed-end management investment companies, including the Company, have in the past frequently traded at discounts to their net asset values, and we cannot assure you that the market price of shares of our common stock will not decline below our net asset value per share.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Common shares of closed-end management investment companies have in the past frequently traded at discounts to their net asset values and our stock may also be discounted in the market. This characteristic of closed-end management investment companies is separate and distinct from the risk that our net asset value per share may decline. We cannot predict whether shares of our common stock will trade above, at or below our net asset value. The risk of loss associated with this characteristic of closed-end management investment companies may be greater for investors expecting to sell shares of common stock purchased in the offering soon after the offering. In addition, if our common stock trades below our net asset value, we will generally not be able to sell additional shares of our common stock to the public at our market price.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our common stock price may be volatile and may decrease substantially.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The trading price of our common stock may fluctuate substantially. The price of our common stock that will prevail in the market after this offering may be higher or lower than the price you pay, depending on many factors, some of which are beyond our control and may not be directly related to our operating performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following:<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• price and volume fluctuations in the overall stock market from time to time;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• investor demand for our shares;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• significant volatility in the market price and trading volume of securities of registered closed-end management investment companies or other companies in our sector, which are not necessarily related to the operating performance of these companies;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• changes in regulatory policies or tax guidelines with respect to RICs or registered closed-end management investment companies;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• failure to continue to qualify as a RIC, or the loss of RIC status;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• any shortfall in revenue or net income or any increase in losses from levels expected by investors or securities analysts;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;list-style-type:none;margin-top:8pt;">• changes, or perceived changes, in the value of our portfolio investments;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;list-style-type:none;margin-top:8pt;">• departures of any members of Oxford Lane Management’s senior investment team;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• operating performance of companies comparable to us; or<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• general economic conditions and trends and other external factors.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been brought against that company. Due to the potential volatility of our stock price, we may become the target of securities litigation in the future. Securities litigation could result in substantial costs and divert management’s attention and resources from our business.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We may experience fluctuations in our quarterly results.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We could experience fluctuations in our quarterly operating results due to a number of factors, including our ability or inability to make investments that meet our investment criteria, the interest rate payable on the debt securities we acquire, the level of portfolio dividend and fee income, the level of our expenses, variations in and the timing of the recognition of realized and unrealized gains or losses, the degree to which we encounter competition in our markets and general economic conditions. As a result of these factors, results for any period should not be relied upon as being indicative of performance in future periods.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully deploy the proceeds of any offering conducted pursuant to this prospectus within the timeframe we have contemplated.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We currently anticipate that substantially all of the net proceeds of any offering conducted pursuant to this prospectus will be invested in accordance with our investment objective within approximately one to three months after the consummation of such offering. We cannot assure you, however, that we will be able to locate a sufficient number of suitable investment opportunities to allow us to successfully deploy substantially all of the net proceeds of any such offering in that timeframe. To the extent we are unable to invest substantially all of the net proceeds of any such offering within our contemplated timeframe after the completion of such offering, our investment income, and in turn our results of operations, will likely be materially adversely affected.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We will have broad discretion over the use of proceeds of any offering conducted pursuant to this prospectus and will use proceeds in part to satisfy operating expenses.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We will have significant flexibility in applying the proceeds of any offering conducted pursuant to this prospectus and may use the net proceeds from any such offering in ways with which you may not agree, or for purposes other than those contemplated at the time of such offering. We will also pay operating expenses, and may pay other expenses such as due diligence expenses of potential new investments, from net proceeds. Our ability to achieve our investment objective may be limited to the extent that net proceeds of any such offering, pending full investment, are used to pay operating expenses.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Your interest in us may be diluted if you do not fully exercise your subscription rights in any rights offering.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In the event we issue subscription rights to purchase shares of our common stock, stockholders who do not fully exercise their rights should expect that they will, at the completion of the offer, own a smaller proportional interest in us than would otherwise be the case if they fully exercised their rights. We cannot state precisely the amount of any such dilution in share ownership because we do not know at this time what proportion of the shares will be purchased as a result of the offer.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition, if the subscription price is less than our net asset value per share, then our stockholders would experience an immediate dilution of the aggregate net asset value of their shares as a result of the offer. The amount of any decrease in net asset value is not predictable because it is not known at this time what the subscription price and net asset value per share will be on the expiration date of the rights offering or what proportion of the shares will be purchased as a result of the offer. Such dilution could be substantial.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">If we issue additional preferred stock, the net asset value and market value of our common stock will likely become more volatile.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We cannot assure you that the issuance of additional preferred stock would result in a higher yield or return to the holders of the common stock. The issuance of additional preferred stock would likely cause the net asset value and market value of the common stock to become more volatile. If the dividend rate on the preferred stock were to approach the net rate of return on our investment portfolio, the benefit of leverage to the holders of the common stock would be reduced. If the dividend rate on the preferred stock were to exceed the net rate of return on our portfolio, the leverage would result in a lower rate of return to the holders of common stock than if we had not issued preferred stock. Any decline in the net asset value of our investments would be borne entirely by the holders of common stock. Therefore, if the market value of our portfolio were to decline, the leverage would result in a greater decrease in net asset value to the holders of common stock than if we were not leveraged through the issuance of preferred stock. This greater net asset value decrease would also tend to cause a greater decline in the market price for the common stock. We might be in danger of failing to maintain the required asset coverage of the preferred stock or of losing our ratings, if any, on the preferred stock or, in an extreme case, our current investment income might not be sufficient to meet the dividend requirements on the preferred stock. In order to counteract such an event, we might need to liquidate investments in order to fund a redemption of some or all of the preferred stock. In addition, we would pay (and the holders of common stock would bear) all costs and expenses relating to the issuance and ongoing maintenance of the preferred stock, including higher advisory fees if our total return exceeds the dividend rate on the preferred stock. Holders of preferred stock may have different interests than holders of common stock and may at times have disproportionate influence over our affairs.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Any amounts that we use to service our indebtedness or preferred dividends, or that we use to redeem our preferred stock or notes, will not be available for distributions to our common stockholders.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Although we have no current intention to do so, we may in the future issue debt securities or additional shares of preferred stock and/or borrow money from banks or other financial institutions, which we refer to collectively as “senior securities,” up to the maximum amount permitted by the 1940 Act. Under the provisions of the 1940 Act, we will be permitted, as a registered closed-end management investment company, to issue senior securities representing indebtedness so long as our asset coverage ratio with respect thereto, defined under the 1940 Act as the ratio of our gross assets (less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities) to our outstanding senior securities representing indebtedness, is at least 300% after each issuance of such senior securities. In addition, we will be permitted to issue additional shares of preferred stock so long as our asset coverage ratio with respect thereto, defined under the 1940 Act as the ratio of our gross assets (less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities) to our outstanding senior securities representing indebtedness, plus the aggregate involuntary liquidation preference of our outstanding preferred stock, is at least 200% after each issuance of such preferred stock. If the value of our assets declines, we may be unable to satisfy these tests. If that happens, we may be required to sell a portion of our investments and, depending on the nature of our leverage, repay a portion of our indebtedness or redeem outstanding shares of preferred stock or notes, in each case at a time when doing so may be disadvantageous. Any amounts that we use to service our indebtedness or preferred dividends, or that we use to redeem our preferred stock or notes, would not be available for distributions to our common stockholders.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Our common stock is subject to a risk of subordination relative to holders of our debt instruments and holders of our preferred stock.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Rights of holders of our common stock are subordinated to the rights of holders of our indebtedness and to the rights of holders of our preferred stock. Therefore, dividends, distributions and other payments to holders of our common stock in liquidation or otherwise may be subject to prior payments due to the holders of our indebtedness or our preferred stock. In addition, under some circumstances the 1940 Act may provide debt holders with voting rights that are superior to the voting rights of holders of our equity securities.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Holders of our preferred stock have the right to elect two members of our Board of Directors and class voting rights on certain matters.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Except as otherwise provided in our Articles of Amendment and Restatement, as amended, or as otherwise required by law, (1) each holder of our preferred stock is entitled to one vote for each share of preferred stock held by such holder on each matter submitted to a vote of our stockholders and (2) the holders of all outstanding preferred stock and common stock will vote together as a single class; provided that holders of preferred stock, voting separately as a <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">class, will elect two of our directors and will be entitled to elect a majority of our directors if we fail to pay dividends on any outstanding shares of preferred stock in an amount equal to two full years of dividends and continuing during that period until we correct that failure. Preferred stockholders will also vote separately as a class on any matter that materially and adversely affects any preference, right or power of holders of preferred stock.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law and of our Charter and bylaws could deter takeover attempts and delay, defer or prevent a transaction or change in control that might otherwise be in the best interest of our stockholders.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The Maryland General Corporation Law and the Charter and our bylaws (the “Bylaws”) contain provisions that may discourage, delay or make more difficult a change in control of the Company or the removal of our directors. We are subject to the Maryland Business Combination Act, subject to any applicable requirements of the 1940 Act. The Board of Directors has adopted a resolution exempting from the Business Combination Act any business combination between us and any other person, subject to prior approval of such business combination by the Board of Directors, including approval by a majority of independent directors. If the resolution exempting business combinations is repealed or the Board of Directors does not approve a business combination, the Business Combination Act may discourage third parties from trying to acquire control of us and increase the difficulty of consummating such an offer. Additionally, we are subject to the Maryland Control Share Act pursuant to our Bylaws, which makes it more difficult for a third party to obtain control of us and increases the difficulty of consummating such a transaction.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We have also adopted measures that may make it difficult for a third party to obtain control of us, including provisions of our Charter classifying our Board of Directors in three classes serving staggered three-year terms, and authorizing our Board of Directors to classify or reclassify shares of our stock in one or more classes or series, to cause the issuance of additional shares of our stock, to amend our Charter without stockholder approval and to increase or decrease the number of shares of stock that we have authority to issue. These provisions, as well as other provisions of our Charter and Bylaws, may delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change in control that could give our stockholders a premium over the value of their shares or otherwise be in their best interest.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">The net asset value per share of our common stock may be diluted if we sell shares of our common stock in one or more offerings at prices below the then current net asset value per share of our common stock.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">If we were to sell shares of our common stock below our then current net asset value per share, such sales would result in an immediate dilution to the net asset value per share of our common stock. This dilution would occur as a result of the sale of shares at a price below the then current net asset value per share of our common stock and a proportionately greater decrease in the stockholders’ interest in our earnings and assets and their voting interest in us than the increase in our assets resulting from such issuance. Because the number of shares of common stock that could be so issued and the timing of any issuance is not currently known, the actual dilutive effect cannot be predicted.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Further, if our current stockholders do not purchase any shares to maintain their percentage interest, regardless of whether such offering is above or below the then current net asset value per share, their voting power will be diluted. For example, if we sell an additional 10% of our common shares at a 10% discount from net asset value, a stockholder who does not participate in that offering for its proportionate interest will suffer net asset value dilution of up to 1.0% or $10 per $1,000 of net asset value.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">The indenture governing our debt securities contains limited protection for holders of our debt securities.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The indenture governing our debt securities, including the Notes, offers limited protection to holders of our debt securities. The terms of the indenture do not restrict our or any of our subsidiaries’ ability to engage in, or otherwise be a party to, a variety of corporate transactions, circumstances or events that could have an adverse impact on your investment in our debt securities. In particular, the terms of the indenture do not place any restrictions on our or our subsidiaries’ ability to:<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;list-style-type:none;margin-top:8pt;">• issue securities or otherwise incur additional indebtedness or other obligations, including (1) any indebtedness or other obligations that would be equal in right of payment to our debt securities, (2) any indebtedness or other obligations that would be secured and therefore rank effectively senior in right of payment to our debt securities to the extent of the values of the assets securing such debt, (3) indebtedness of ours that is guaranteed by one or more of our subsidiaries and which therefore would rank structurally senior to our debt securities and (4) securities, indebtedness or obligations issued or incurred by our <p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;list-style-position:inside;list-style-type:none;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">subsidiaries that would be senior to our equity interests in our subsidiaries and therefore rank structurally senior to our debt securities with respect to the assets of our subsidiaries, in each case other than an incurrence of indebtedness or other obligation that would cause a violation of Section 18(a)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act or any successor provisions;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• pay distributions or dividends on, or purchase or redeem or make any payments in respect of, capital stock or other securities ranking junior in right of payment to our debt securities, other than a distribution, dividend or purchase that would cause a violation of Section 18(a)(1)(B) of the 1940 Act or any successor provisions;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• sell assets (other than certain limited restrictions on our ability to consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of our assets);<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• enter into transactions with affiliates;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• create liens (including liens on the shares of our subsidiaries) or enter into sale and leaseback transactions;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• make investments; or<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• create restrictions on the payment of dividends or other amounts to us from our subsidiaries.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Furthermore, the terms of the indenture do not protect holders of our debt securities in the event that we experience changes (including significant adverse changes) in our financial condition, results of operations or credit ratings, as they do not require that we or our subsidiaries adhere to any financial tests or ratios or specified levels of net worth, revenues, income, cash flow or liquidity, except as required under the 1940 Act.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our ability to recapitalize, incur additional debt and take a number of other actions that are not limited by the terms of our debt securities may have important consequences for you as a holder of our debt securities, including making it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our debt securities or negatively affecting the trading value of our debt securities.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Other debt we issue or incur in the future could contain more protections for its holders than the indenture and our debt securities, including additional covenants and events of default. The issuance or incurrence of any such debt with incremental protections could affect the market for and trading levels and prices of our debt securities.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Any optional redemption provision may materially adversely affect the return on our debt securities.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our debt securities may be redeemable in whole or in part at any time or from time to time at our sole option as set forth in the applicable indenture or otherwise. We may choose to redeem any of our debt securities, including the Notes, at times when prevailing interest rates are lower than the interest rate paid on the applicable debt securities. In this circumstance, holders may not be able to reinvest the redemption proceeds in a comparable security at an effective interest rate as high as that of the debt securities being redeemed.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">If we default on our obligations to pay our other indebtedness, we may not be able to make payments on our debt securities.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Any default under any agreements governing the Notes, our future indebtedness or under other indebtedness to which we may be a party that is not waived by the required lenders or holders, and the remedies sought by the holders of such indebtedness could make us unable to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest on our debt securities and substantially decrease the market value of our debt securities. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow and are otherwise unable to obtain funds necessary to meet required payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness, or if we otherwise fail to comply with the various covenants, including financial and operating covenants, in the instruments governing any future indebtedness, we could be in default under the terms of the agreements governing such indebtedness. In the event of such default, the holders of such indebtedness could elect to declare all the funds borrowed thereunder to be due and payable, together with accrued and unpaid interest, the lenders of the debt we may incur in the future could elect to terminate their commitments, cease making further loans and institute foreclosure proceedings against our assets, and we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation. If our operating performance declines, we may in the future need to seek to obtain waivers from the required lenders or holders of any debt that we may incur in the future to avoid being in default. If we breach our covenants under our debt <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">and seek a waiver, we may not be able to obtain a waiver from the required lenders or holders of the debt. If this occurs, we would be in default and our lenders or debt holders could exercise their rights as described above, and we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation. If we are unable to repay debt, lenders having secured obligations could proceed against the collateral securing the debt. Because any future debt will likely have customary cross-default provisions, if the indebtedness thereunder or under any future credit facility is accelerated, we may be unable to repay or finance the amounts due. See “Description of Our Debt Securities.” <p class="H2" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">General Risks<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We are currently operating in a period of capital markets disruption and economic uncertainty.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Recent market and economic conditions have been unprecedented and challenging. Continued concerns about the systemic impact of inflation, energy costs, recent events in the regional bank sector, the pandemic, geopolitical issues, the availability and cost of credit, sovereign debt levels, the mortgage market and a declining real estate market in the U.S. have contributed to increased market volatility and diminished expectations for the U.S. economy. These conditions, combined with volatile oil prices, declining business and consumer confidence and increased unemployment have contributed to volatility of unprecedented levels. The factors described above have led to an overall reduction in liquidity in the debt capital markets, including sources of liquidity that we may wish to utilize. Such conditions could reduce the availability of leverage to us, our investments, and potential purchasers of our investments or make such leverage more expensive to obtain, thereby adversely affecting our performance.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Global economic, regulatory and market conditions may adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition, including our revenue growth and profitability.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The success of our activities will be affected by general economic and market conditions, such as interest rates, availability of credit, credit defaults, inflation rates, economic uncertainty, changes in laws (including laws relating to taxation of our investments), trade barriers, currency exchange controls, disease outbreaks, pandemics, and national and international political, environmental and socioeconomic circumstances (including wars, terrorist acts or security operations). In addition, the current U.S. political environment and the resulting uncertainties regarding actual and potential shifts in U.S. foreign investment, trade, taxation, economic, environmental and other policies under the current administration, as well as the impact of geopolitical tension, such as a deterioration in the bilateral relationship between the U.S. and China or the war between Russia and Ukraine, including any resulting sanctions, export controls or other restrictive actions that may be imposed by the U.S. and/or other countries against governmental or other entities in, for example, Russia, could lead to disruption, instability and volatility in the global markets. Unfavorable economic conditions also would be expected to increase funding costs, limit our access to the capital markets or result in a decision by lenders not to extend credit to us.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Economic sanctions may be, and have been, imposed against certain countries, organizations, companies, entities and/or individuals. Economic sanctions and other similar governmental actions or developments could, among other things, effectively restrict or eliminate our ability to purchase or sell certain foreign securities or groups of foreign securities, and thus may make our investments in such securities less liquid or more difficult to value. Such sanctions may also cause a decline in the value of securities issued by the sanctioned country or companies located in or economically tied to the sanctioned country. In addition, as a result of economic sanctions and other similar governmental actions or developments, we may be forced to sell or otherwise dispose of foreign investments at inopportune times or prices. As global systems, economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, events that once had only local impact are now more likely to have regional or even global effects. Events that occur in one country, region or financial market will, more frequently, adversely impact issuers in other countries, regions or markets. These impacts can be exacerbated by failures of governments and societies to adequately respond to an emerging event or threat. These types of events quickly and significantly impact markets in the U.S. and across the globe leading to extreme market volatility and disruption. The extent and nature of the impact on supply chains or economies and markets from these events is unknown, particularly if a health emergency or other similar event, such as the recent COVID-19 outbreak, persists for an extended period of time. The value of our investments may decrease as a result of such events, particularly if these events adversely impact the operations and effectiveness of the Adviser or key service providers or if these events disrupt systems and processes necessary or beneficial to the investment advisory or other activities on our behalf.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our investment strategy and the availability of opportunities satisfying our risk-adjusted return parameters relies in part on observable trends and conditions in the financial markets and in some cases the improvement of such conditions. Trends and historical events do not imply, forecast or predict future events and, in any event, past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. There can be no assurance that the assumptions made or the beliefs and expectations currently held by the Adviser will prove correct and actual events and circumstances may vary significantly.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Adverse economic conditions also decrease the value of collateral securing some of our loans and the value of our equity investments. Economic slowdowns or recessions could lead to financial losses in our portfolio and a decrease in revenues, net income and assets. Unfavorable economic conditions also could increase our funding costs, limit our access to the capital markets or result in a decision by lenders not to extend credit to us. These events could prevent us from increasing investments and harm our operating results. An issuer’s failure to satisfy financial or operating covenants imposed by us or other lenders could lead to defaults and, potentially, acceleration of the time when the loans are due and foreclosure on our secured assets, which could trigger cross- defaults under other agreements and jeopardize the issuer’s ability to meet our obligations under the debt that we hold. We may incur additional expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon default or to negotiate new terms with a defaulting issuer. In addition, if one of the issuers were to go bankrupt, depending on the facts and circumstances, including the extent to which we will actually provide significant managerial assistance to that issuer, a bankruptcy court might subordinate all or a portion of our claim to that of other creditors.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The prices of financial instruments in which we may invest can be highly volatile. General fluctuations in the market prices of securities may affect the value of the investments held by us. Instability in the securities markets may also increase the risks inherent in our investments.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Any public health emergency, including the COVID-19 pandemic or any outbreak of other existing or new epidemic diseases, or the threat thereof, and the resulting financial and economic market uncertainty could have a significant adverse impact on us and the fair value of our investments.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Widespread disease, including the recent outbreak of COVID-19 as well as other pandemics and epidemics, and natural or environmental disasters, such as earthquakes, droughts, fires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis and climate-related phenomena generally, have been and can be highly disruptive to economies and markets, adversely impacting individual companies, sectors, industries, markets, currencies, interest and inflation rates, credit ratings, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of our investments. Economies and financial markets throughout the world have become increasingly interconnected, which increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one region or country will adversely affect markets or issuers in other regions or countries, including the United States. Additionally, market disruptions may result in increased market volatility; regulatory trading halts; closure of domestic or foreign exchanges, markets or governments; or market participants operating pursuant to business continuity plans for indeterminate periods of time. Further, market disruptions can (i) prevent us from executing advantageous investment decisions in a timely manner, (ii) negatively impact our ability to achieve our investment objective, as well as the operations of us and the Adviser, and (iii) may exacerbate the risks discussed elsewhere in this prospectus, including political, social and economic risks.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Terrorist attacks, acts of war, global health emergencies or natural disasters may affect any market for our securities, impact the businesses in which we invest and harm our business, operating results and financial condition.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Terrorist acts, acts of war, global health emergencies or natural disasters may disrupt our operations, as well as the operations of the businesses in which we invest. Such acts have created, and continue to create, economic and political uncertainties and have contributed to global economic instability. Future terrorist activities, military or security operations, global health emergencies or natural disasters could further weaken the domestic/global economies and create additional uncertainties, which may negatively impact the businesses in which we invest directly or indirectly and, in turn, could have a material adverse impact on our business, operating results and financial condition. Losses from terrorist attacks, global health emergencies and natural disasters are generally uninsurable.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We are subject to risks related to corporate social responsibility.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our business faces increasing public scrutiny related to environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) activities. We risk damage to our brand and reputation if we fail to act responsibly in a number of areas, such as environmental stewardship, corporate governance and transparency and considering ESG factors in our investment processes. Adverse incidents with respect to ESG activities could impact the value of our brand, the cost of our operations and relationships with investors, all of which could adversely affect our business and results of operations. Additionally, new regulatory initiatives related to ESG could adversely affect our business.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Changes in laws or regulations governing our operations may adversely affect our business or cause us to alter our business strategy.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We, the CLO vehicles in which we intend to invest, and the portfolio companies whose securities are held by such CLO vehicles will be subject to applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations, including, without limitation, federal immigration laws and regulations. New legislation may be enacted or new interpretations, rulings or regulations could be adopted, including those governing the types of investments we are permitted to make, any of which could harm us and our stockholders, potentially with retroactive effect. Additionally, any changes to the laws and regulations governing our operations may cause us to alter our investment strategy in order to avail ourselves of new or different opportunities. Such changes could result in material differences to the strategies and plans set forth herein and may result in our investment focus shifting from the areas of expertise of our Adviser’s senior investment team to other types of investments in which the investment team may have less expertise or little or no experience. Thus, any such changes, if they occur, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and the value of your investment.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Cybersecurity threats, as well as other disasters, could impair our ability to conduct business effectively.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The occurrence of a disaster such as a cyber-attack against us or against a third-party that has access to our data or networks, a natural catastrophe, an industrial accident, a terrorist attack or war, disease pandemics, events unanticipated in our disaster recovery systems, or a support failure from external providers, could have an adverse effect on our ability to conduct business and on our results of operations and financial condition, particularly if those events affect our computer-based data processing, transmission, storage, and retrieval systems or destroy data.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">We depend heavily upon computer systems to perform necessary business functions. Despite our implementation of a variety of security measures, our computers, networks, and data, like those of other companies, could be subject to cyber-attacks and unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction, such as from physical and electronic break-ins or unauthorized tampering. If one or more of these events occurs, it could potentially jeopardize the confidential, proprietary and other information processed, stored in, and transmitted through our computer systems and networks. Such an attack could cause interruptions or malfunctions in our operations, which could result in financial losses, litigation, regulatory penalties, client dissatisfaction or loss, reputational damage, and increased costs associated with mitigation of damages and remediation.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Third parties with which we do business may also be sources of cybersecurity or other technological risk. We outsource certain functions and these relationships allow for the storage and processing of our information, as well as client, counterparty, employee, and borrower information. While we engage in actions to reduce our exposure resulting from outsourcing, ongoing threats may result in unauthorized access, loss, exposure, destruction, or other cybersecurity incident that affects our data, resulting in increased costs and other consequences as described above.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our business is highly dependent on our and third parties’ communications and information systems. Any failure or interruption of those systems, including as a result of the termination of an agreement with any third-party service providers, could cause delays or other problems in our activities. Our financial, accounting, data processing, backup or other operating systems and facilities may fail to operate properly or become disabled or damaged as a result of a number of factors including events that are wholly or partially beyond our control and adversely affect our business. There could be:<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• sudden electrical or telecommunications outages;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;list-style-type:none;margin-top:8pt;">• natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes and hurricanes;<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;list-style-type:none;margin-top:8pt;">• events arising from local or larger scale political or social matters, including terrorist acts; and<p class="BL_m" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:48pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">• cyber attacks.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">These events, in turn, could have a material adverse effect on our operating results and negatively affect the market price of our common stock and our ability to pay distributions to stockholders.<p class="H3" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">We and the Adviser may maintain cash balances at financial institutions that exceed federally insured limits and may otherwise be materially affected by adverse developments affecting the financial services industry, such as actual events or concerns involving liquidity, defaults or non-performance by financial institutions or transactional counterparties.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our cash and our Adviser’s cash is held in accounts at U.S. banking institutions that we believe are of high quality. Cash held by us and our Adviser in non-interest-bearing and interest-bearing operating accounts may exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance limits. If such banking institutions were to fail, we or our Adviser could lose all or a portion of those amounts held in excess of such insurance limitations. In addition, actual events involving limited liquidity, defaults, non-performance or other adverse developments that affect financial institutions, transactional counterparties or other companies in the financial services industry or the financial services industry generally, or concerns or rumors about any events of these kinds or other similar risks, have in the past and may in the future lead to market-wide liquidity problems, which could adversely affect our and our Adviser’s business, financial condition, results of operations, or prospects.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Although we and our Adviser assess our banking relationships as we believe necessary or appropriate, our access to funding sources and other credit arrangements in amounts adequate to finance or capitalize our respective current and projected future business operations could be significantly impaired by factors that affect us or our Adviser, the financial institutions with which we or our Adviser have arrangements directly, or the financial services industry or economy in general. These factors could include, among others, events such as liquidity constraints or failures, the ability to perform obligations under various types of financial, credit or liquidity agreements or arrangements, disruptions or instability in the financial services industry or financial markets, or concerns or negative expectations about the prospects for companies in the financial services industry. These factors could involve financial institutions or financial services industry companies with which we or our Adviser have financial or business relationships, but could also include factors involving financial markets or the financial services industry generally.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">In addition, investor concerns regarding the U.S. or international financial systems could result in less favorable commercial financing terms, including higher interest rates or costs and tighter financial and operating covenants, or systemic limitations on access to credit and liquidity sources, thereby making it more difficult for us, our Adviser, or our portfolio companies to acquire financing on acceptable terms or at all. <p class="H1" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:1;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The following information is qualified by reference to, and should be read in conjunction with, the information in our most recent Annual Report on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495222/000121390023040919/ea153615_ncsr.htm">Form N-CSR</a> for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on May 17, 2023, regarding the price range of our common stock, distributions and stockholders of record, which is incorporated by reference herein.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “OXLC.” The following table sets forth, for each fiscal quarter during the last two fiscal years and the current fiscal year to date, the net asset value, or “NAV,” per share of our common stock, the high and low intraday sales prices for our common stock, such sales prices as a percentage of NAV per share and quarterly distributions per share.<table class="No-Table-Style" style="width: 100.0%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid #000; border-width: 0pt; margin: 10pt 0 3pt 0;"> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-8" style="height:12pt;"> <td class="TCH" rowspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 27.44%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" rowspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.18%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">NAV(1) </td> <td class="TCH" rowspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="5" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 19.65%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;"> Price Range </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 11.37%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">Premium/ (Discount) of High Sales Price to NAV(2) </td> <td class="TCH" rowspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 10.73%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">Premium/ (Discount) of Low Sales Price to NAV(2) </td> <td class="TCH" rowspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 15.22%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">Distributions Per Share(3) </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-9" style="height:12pt;"> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 9.18%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">High </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 9.18%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">Low </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-10" style="background: #CCEEFF;height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 27.44%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Fiscal 2024 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.66%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.02%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.51%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-11" style="height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 27.44%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Second Quarter (through August 18, 2023) </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">* </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">5.70 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_bracket" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_bracket" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;">4.78 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.66%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">* </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.02%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">* </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.51%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">0.240 </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-10" style="background: #CCEEFF;height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 27.44%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">First Quarter </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">4.34 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">5.39 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">4.76 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.66%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">24.2 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.02%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">9.7 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.51%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">0.240 </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-12" style="height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 27.44%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 9.66%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 9.02%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 13.51%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-10" style="background: #CCEEFF;height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 27.44%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Fiscal 2023 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.66%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.02%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.51%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-10" style="height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 27.44%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Fourth Quarter </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">4.61 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">6.27 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">5.02 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.66%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">36.0 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.02%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">8.9 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.51%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">0.225 </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-10" style="background: #CCEEFF;height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 27.44%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Third Quarter </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">4.63 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">5.72 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">4.85 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.66%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">23.5 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.02%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">4.8 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.51%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">0.225 </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-10" style="height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 27.44%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Second Quarter </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">4.93 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">6.79 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">4.83 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.66%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">37.7 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.02%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">(2.0 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">)% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.51%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">0.225 </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-10" style="background: #CCEEFF;height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 27.44%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">First Quarter </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">5.07 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">7.32 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">5.49 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.66%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">44.4 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.02%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">8.3 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.51%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">0.225 </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-12" style="height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 27.44%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 9.66%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 9.02%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width: 13.51%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-10" style="background: #CCEEFF;height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 27.44%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Fiscal 2022 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.66%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.02%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.51%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-10" style="height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 27.44%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Fourth Quarter </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">6.56 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">8.42 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">6.96 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.66%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">28.4 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.02%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">6.1 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.51%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">0.225 </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-10" style="background: #CCEEFF;height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 27.44%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Third Quarter </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">6.93 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">8.53 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">7.21 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.66%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">23.1 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.02%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">4.0 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.51%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">0.203 </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-10" style="height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 27.44%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Second Quarter </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">6.97 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">7.65 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">6.86 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.66%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">9.8 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.02%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">(1.6 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">)% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.51%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">0.203 </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-10" style="background: #CCEEFF;height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 27.44%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">First Quarter </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">6.56 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">7.88 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 7.47%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">6.22 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.66%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">20.1 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 9.02%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">(5.2 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;border-bottom: none; border-bottom-style: none;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign-bracket-" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">)% </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.71%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;text-align:left;">$ </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.51%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">0.203 </td> </tr> </table> 5.7 4.78

0.24

4.34

5.39 4.76 0.242 0.097

0.24

4.61

6.27 5.02 0.36 0.089

0.225

4.63

5.72 4.85 0.235 0.048

0.225

4.93

6.79 4.83 0.377 -0.02

0.225

5.07

7.32 5.49 0.444 0.083

0.225

6.56

8.42 6.96 0.284 0.061

0.225

6.93

8.53 7.21 0.231 0.04

0.203

6.97

7.65 6.86 0.098 -0.016

0.203

6.56

7.88 6.22 0.201 -0.052

0.203

<p class="H1" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:1;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">SENIOR SECURITIES<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The information about our senior securities (including preferred stock, debt securities and other indebtedness) for each of the years ended March 31, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, and 2013 may be found in “Financial Highlights” of our most recent Annual Report on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495222/000121390023040919/ea153615_ncsr.htm">Form N-CSR</a> for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on May 17, 2023, which is incorporated by reference herein. The reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, on the Senior Securities table as of March 31, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, and 2013, has been incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. <p class="H1" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:1;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">This prospectus contains a summary of the common stock, preferred stock, subscription rights to purchase shares of common stock and debt securities. These summaries are not meant to be a complete description of each security. However, this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement will contain the material terms and conditions for each security. <p class="H1" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:1;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The following description is based on relevant portions of the Maryland General Corporation Law and on our Charter and Bylaws. This summary is not necessarily complete, and we refer you to the Maryland General Corporation Law and our Charter and Bylaws for a more detailed description of the provisions summarized below.<p class="H2" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:99;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Stock<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The authorized stock of Oxford Lane Capital consists of 500,000,000 shares of stock, par value $0.01 per share, 450,000,000 of which are currently designated as common stock and 50,000,000 of which are currently designated as preferred stock. Our common stock, Series 2024 Term Preferred Shares, Series 2027 Term Preferred Shares, 6.00% Series 2029 Term Preferred Shares and 7.125% Series 2029 Term Preferred Shares are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbols “OXLC,” “OXLCM,” “OXLCP,” “OXLCO” and “OXLCN” respectively. There are no outstanding options or warrants to purchase our stock. No stock has been authorized for issuance under any equity compensation plans. Under Maryland law, our stockholders generally are not personally liable for our debts or obligations.<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">The following are our outstanding classes of securities as of August 18, 2023:<table class="No-Table-Style" style="width: 100.0%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid #000; border-width: 0pt; margin: 10pt 0 10pt 0;"> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-6" style="height:12pt;"> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 52.72%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH_left" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:0;widows:1;">(1) Title of Class </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.94%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">(2) Amount Authorized </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.62%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">(3) Amount Held by Us or for Our Account </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TCH" style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:4pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:2pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 15.87%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;border-bottom: windowtext 1pt none; border-bottom-style: solid;" valign="bottom"> <p class="TCH" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:center;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">(4) Amount Outstanding Exclusive of Amounts Shown Under (3) </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-7" style="background: #CCEEFF;height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 52.72%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Common Stock </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.94%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">450,000,000 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.62%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">— </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;border-top-width:0pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 15.87%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">195,017,669 </td> </tr> <tr class="No-Table-Style _idGenTableRowColumn-7" style="height:12pt;"> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;width: 52.72%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:10pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:left;text-indent:-10pt;widows:1;">Preferred Stock </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.94%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">50,000,000 </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 13.62%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">— </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 1.28%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;white-space: nowrap;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td class="TB" style="border-bottom-width:0pt;border-left-width:0pt;border-right-width:0pt;border-top-width:0pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;padding-top:3pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width: 15.87%; padding: 0in 0in 3px 0in;border-width: 0pt;" valign="bottom"> <p class="Tbody_rightalign" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:3pt;margin-top:0;orphans:1;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:right;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-right:0pt;">11,486,721 </td> </tr> </table><p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Under our Charter our Board of Directors is authorized to classify and reclassify any unissued shares of stock into other classes or series of stock without obtaining stockholder approval. As permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law, our Charter provides that the Board of Directors, without any action by our stockholders, may amend the charter from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of stock or the number of shares of stock of any class or series that we have authority to issue.<p class="H3_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:24pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:1;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Common Stock<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">All shares of our common stock have equal rights as to earnings, assets, voting, and dividends and, when they are issued, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Distributions may be paid to the holders of our common stock if, as and when authorized by our Board of Directors and declared by us out of assets legally available therefor. Shares of our common stock have no preemptive, conversion or redemption rights and are freely transferable, except where their transfer is restricted by federal and state securities laws or by contract. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, each share of our common stock would be entitled to share ratably in all of our assets that are legally available for distribution after we pay all debts and other liabilities and subject to any preferential rights of holders of our preferred stock, if any preferred stock is outstanding at such time. Each share of our common stock is entitled to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, including the election of directors. Except as provided with respect to any other class or series of stock, the holders of our common stock will possess exclusive voting power. There is no cumulative voting in the election of directors, which means that holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock can elect all of our directors, and holders of less than a majority of such shares will be unable to elect any director.<p class="H3_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:24pt;margin-right:0;margin-top:12pt;orphans:1;page-break-after:avoid;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0;widows:1;margin-top:12pt;">Preferred Stock<p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;margin-top:8pt;">Our Charter authorizes our Board of Directors to classify and reclassify any unissued shares of stock into other classes or series of stock, including preferred stock. The cost of any such reclassification would be borne by our existing common stockholders. Prior to issuance of shares of each class or series, the Board of Directors is required by Maryland law and by our Charter to set the terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications and terms or conditions of redemption for each class or series. Thus, the Board of Directors could authorize the issuance of shares of preferred stock with terms and conditions which could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a transaction or a change in control that might involve <p class="Text_ind" style="margin:0;padding:0;border-width:0;font-family:Times New Roman PS Std, serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:8pt;orphans:2;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:24pt;widows:3;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:8pt;">a premium price for holders of our common stock or otherwise be in their best interest. You should note, however, that any issuance of preferred stock must comply with the requirements of the 1940 Act. The 1940 Act requires, among other things, that (1) immediately after issuance and before any dividend or other distribution is made with respect to our common stock and before any purchase of common stock is made, such preferred stock together with all other senior securities must not exceed an amount equal to 50% of our gross assets after deducting the amount of such dividend, distribution or purchase price, as the case may be, and (2) the holders of shares of preferred stock, if any are issued, must be entitled as a class to elect two directors at all times and to elect a majority of the directors if dividends on such preferred stock are in arrears by two full years or more. Certain matters under the 1940 Act require the separate vote of the holders of any issued and outstanding preferred stock. We believe that the availability for issuance of preferred stock will provide us with increased flexibility in structuring future financings and acquisitions. 424B2 false 0001495222 Represents the cash distributions, including dividends, dividends reinvested and returns of capital, if any, per share that we have declared on our common stock in the specified quarter. Net asset value per share is determined as of the last day in the relevant quarter and therefore may not reflect the net asset value per share on the date of the high and low sales prices. The net asset values shown are based on outstanding shares at the end of each period. Calculated as the respective high or low intraday sales price divided by NAV and subtracting 1. Represents the commission with respect to the shares of our common stock being sold in this offering, which we will pay to Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. in connection with sales of shares of our common stock effected by Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. under the Equity Distribution Agreement. There is no guaranty that there will be any sales of our common stock pursuant to this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. The offering expenses of this offering are estimated to be approximately $337,500. The expenses of the distribution reinvestment plan are included in “other expenses.” The plan administrator’s fees will be paid by us. We will not charge any brokerage charges or other charges to stockholders who participate in the plan. However, your own broker may impose brokerage charges in connection with your participation in the plan. Assumes gross assets of $1,700.3 million and $487.2 million of leverage (which reflects $68.1 million of Series 2024 Term Preferred Shares, $88.1 million aggregate amount of Series 2027 Term Preferred Shares, $67.2 million aggregate amount of 6.00% Series 2029 Term Preferred Shares, $63.8 million aggregate amount of 7.125% Series 2029 Term Preferred Shares, $100.0 million of the 2031 Notes and $100.0 million of the 2027 Notes issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2023 and assumes net assets of $1,198.4 million (which has been adjusted to reflect the issuance of an additional $200.0 million of common stock)). The above calculation presents our base management fee as a percentage of our net assets. Our base management fee under the Investment Advisory Agreement, however, is based on our gross assets, which is defined as all the assets of Oxford Lane Capital, including those acquired using borrowings for investment purposes. As a result, to the extent we use additional leverage, it would have the effect of increasing our base management fee as a percentage of our net assets. See “Investment Advisory Agreement” in the accompanying prospectus for additional information. Based on our current business plan, we anticipate that the net proceeds from the sale of shares pursuant to this offering will be invested within three months after the completion of any sale pursuant to this offering depending on the availability of investment opportunities that are consistent with our investment objective and other market conditions. “Interest payments on borrowed funds” represents our annualized interest expense and includes interest payable on the $100 million 2031 Notes and $100 million 2027 Notes, each as outstanding on September 30, 2023. We may issue additional debt securities. In the event that we were to issue additional debt securities, our borrowing costs, and correspondingly our total annual expenses would increase. “Total annual expenses” is presented as a percentage of net assets attributable to common stockholders, because the holders of shares of our common stock (and not the holders of our preferred stock or debt securities, if any) bear all of our fees and expenses, all of which are included in this fee table presentation. The indirect expenses associated with the Company’s CLO equity investments are not included in the fee table presentation, but if such expenses were included in the fee table presentation then the Company’s total annual expenses would have been 33.55%. Amount reflects the estimated annual incentive fees payable to Oxford Lane Management during the fiscal year following this offering. The estimate assumes that the incentive fee earned will be proportional to the fee earned during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 and adjusted to include the estimated incentive fee based on the issuance of an additional $200.0 million of common stock.The incentive fee, which is payable quarterly in arrears, equals 20.0% of the excess, if any, of our “Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income” that exceeds a 1.75% quarterly (7.0% annualized) hurdle rate, which we refer to as the Hurdle, subject to a “catch-up” provision measured at the end of each calendar quarter. The incentive fee is computed and paid on income that may include interest that is accrued but not yet received in cash. The operation of the incentive fee for each quarter is as follows:• no incentive fee is payable to Oxford Lane Management in any calendar quarter in which our Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income does not exceed the Hurdle of 1.75%;• 100% of our Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income with respect to that portion of such Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income, if any, that exceeds the Hurdle but is less than 2.1875% in any calendar quarter (8.75% annualized) is payable to Oxford Lane Management. We refer to this portion of our Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income (which exceeds the Hurdle but is less than 2.1875%) as the “catch-up.” The “catch-up” is meant to provide Oxford Lane Management with 20.0% of our Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income, as if a Hurdle did not apply when our Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income exceeds 2.1875% in any calendar quarter; and• 20.0% of the amount of our Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income, if any, that exceeds 2.1875% in any calendar quarter (8.75% annualized) is payable to Oxford Lane Management (once the Hurdle is reached and the catch-up is achieved, 20.0% of all Pre-Incentive Fee Investment Income thereafter is allocated to Oxford Lane Management).No incentive fee is payable to Oxford Lane Management on realized capital gains. For a more detailed discussion of the calculation of this fee, see “Investment Advisory Agreement” in the accompanying prospectus. Assumes that we have an aggregate of (a) $68.1 million of preferred stock with a preferred rate of 6.75% per annum, (b) $88.1 million of preferred stock with a preferred rate of 6.25% per annum, (c) $67.2 million of preferred stock with a preferred rate of 6.00% per annum and (d) $63.8 million of preferred stock with a preferred rate of 7.125% per annum which were the amounts outstanding as of September 30, 2023. We may issue additional shares of preferred stock. In the event that we were to issue additional shares of preferred stock or debt securities, our borrowing costs, and correspondingly our total annual expenses, including, in the case of such preferred stock and debt securities, the base management fee as a percentage of our net assets attributable to common stock, would increase. Other expenses” ($11.0 million) are estimated for the current fiscal year-ended March 31, 2024 which have been proportionally calculated based on the actual expenses for the six months ended September 30, 2023.