Company: NMFCZ
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001496099-25-000010
Chunk: 180

Company: New Mountain Finance Corp
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 180
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 coverage ratio permits us to double our leverage, which results in increased leverage risk and increased expenses.Leverage magnifies the potential for loss on investments in our indebtedness and on invested equity capital. As we use leverage to partially finance our investments, you will experience increased risks of investing in our securities. If the value of our assets increases, then leveraging would cause the net asset value attributable to our common stock to increase more sharply than it would have had we not leveraged. Conversely, 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 our business. Similarly, any increase in our income in excess of interest payable on the borrowed funds would cause our net investment income to increase more than it would without the leverage, while any decrease in our income would cause net investment income to decline more sharply than it would have had we not borrowed. Such a decline could negatively affect our ability to pay common stock dividends, scheduled debt payments or other payments related to our securities. Leverage is generally considered a speculative investment technique. 

Additionally, in June 2018, legislation amending the 1958 Act increased the individual leverage limit available to a single SBIC from $150.0 million to $175.0 million, subject to SBA approval. SBICs are generally eligible to borrow up to the individual leverage limit as long as the licensee satisfies the required amount of regulatory capital (equal to $75.0 million for SBIC I and SBIC II), has received a capital commitment from the SBA, and has been through an examination by the SBA subsequent to licensing. SBIC I and SBIC II operate under the prior $150.0 million cap. The maximum leverage available to a "family" of affiliated SBIC funds is $350.0 million, subject to SBA approval. We may issue additional SBIC debentures above the $300.0 million of SBA-guaranteed debentures currently permitted, pending application for and receipt of any additional SBIC licenses. If we incur this additional indebtedness in the future, your risk of an investment in our securities may increase. 

We incur significant costs as a result of being a publicly traded company.As a publicly traded company, we incur legal, accounting and other expenses, which are paid by us, including costs associated with the periodic reporting requirements applicable to a company whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act, as well as additional corporate governance requirements, including requirements under the Sarbanes-O