Company: NMFCZ
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001496099-25-000010
Chunk: 200

Company: New Mountain Finance Corp
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 200
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 time to time;•investor demand for shares of our common stock;•significant volatility in the market price and trading volume of securities of registered closed-end management investment companies, BDCs or other financial services companies, which is not necessarily related to the operating performance of these companies;•the inability to raise equity capital;•our inability to borrow money or deploy or invest our capital;•fluctuations in interest rates;•any shortfall in revenue or net income or any increase in losses from levels expected by investors or securities analysts;•operating performance of companies comparable to us;•changes in regulatory policies or tax guidelines with respect to RICs or BDCs;•our loss of status as or ability to operate as a BDC;•our failure to qualify as a RIC, loss of RIC status or ability to operate as a RIC;•actual or anticipated changes in our earnings or fluctuations in our operating results;•changes in the value of our portfolio of investments;•general economic conditions, trends and other external factors;•departures of key personnel; or•loss of a major source of funding.In addition, we are required to continue to meet certain listing standards in order for our common stock and, from time to time, other securities, to remain listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market ("NASDAQ"). If we were to be delisted by NASDAQ, the liquidity of our common stock would be materially impaired.

Investing in our common stock may involve an above average degree of risk.The investments we may make may result in a higher amount of risk, volatility or loss of principal than alternative investment options. These investments in portfolio companies may be highly speculative and aggressive, and therefore, an investment in our common stock may not be suitable for investors with lower risk tolerance.

Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market may have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock could materially adversely affect the prevailing market prices for our common stock. If substantial amounts of our common stock were sold, this could impair our ability to raise additional capital through the sale of securities should we desire to do so.

Certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as well as aspects of the Delaware General Corporation Law, could deter takeover attempts and have an adverse impact on the price of our common stock.Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws as well as the Delaware General Corporation Law contain provisions that may have the effect of discouraging a third party from making an acquisition proposal