Company: OXLCZ
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: N-CSRS
Source: 0001213900-25-106331
Chunk: 81

Company: Oxford Lane Capital Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: N-CSRS
Chunk 81
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 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 -leveringwhen 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 -upprovision 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. 67

We may borrow money and/or issue preferred stock to leverage our portfolio