Gladstone Investment Corporation - Business Development Company · NASDAQ:GAIN

Gladstone Investment Corporation - Business Development — Gladstone Investment — Q3 FY2021 Earnings Presentation

19 slides from Gladstone Investment Corporation - Business Development's earnings presentation, March 2021

  1. Slide 1: Gladstone Investment Quarterly Overview

    GLADSTONE INVESTMENT Quarterly Overview December 31, 2020

  2. Slide 2: Legal Disclaimer

    Legal Disclaimer This presentation may include forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any futu

  3. Slide 3: Gladstone Investment Overview

    Gladstone Investment | Overview(1) BDC differentiated through buyout investment strategy • Nasdaq symbol “GAIN” | market cap of $335 million Publicly traded business • Preferred stock listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “GAINL,” with a dividend rate of 6.375% (2) development company • 2026 Notes liste

  4. Slide 4: Investment Highlights

    Investment Highlights Leveraged buyout investor with history of increasing distributions and realizing capital gains Focus on Risk Management & Equity Value Creation 1 GAIN strives for prudent purchase multiples in companies with strong growth prospects. GAIN’s investment discipline and risk managem

  5. Slide 5: Investment Focus and Process

    Investment Focus and Process • Target stable lower middle market companies with EBITDA of $3 - 20 million • Investment size (debt & equity) up to $30 million (typically 25% equity & 75% debt) • Lead or co-lead prospective transactions Investment • Focused on cash-flow positive businesses with proven

  6. Slide 6: Risk Management and Value Creation

    Risk Management and Value Creation GAIN is typically a long-term investor with a strategy to deploy debt & equity designed to streamline post-close value creation 1 2 Certainty and Speed to Close Investment Horizon No third-party capital required to Long term investment horizon as a close transactio

  7. Slide 7: Upside Potential Driven by Focus on Equity Securities

    Upside Potential Driven by Focus on Equity Securities • GAIN’s equity ownership provides further upside to shareholders through prospective capital gains and other income from successful exits • Since inception, GAIN has generated approximately $293 million in net realized gains and dividends on the

  8. Slide 8: Successful Realizations Enhance Shareholder Value

    Successful Realizations Enhance Shareholder Value History of exits generating significant capital gains. GAIN’s target investment mix of 75% debt and 25% equity provides potential for high returns through consistent current yield and capital appreciation at exit. $ in ‘000s Investment Exit Invested

  9. Slide 9: Growing Portfolio and Investment Income

    Growing Portfolio and Investment Income From 3/31/2016 to 3/31/2020, we have: • Made investments in 14 new companies, deploying new capital of approximately $310 million(1); • Exited 14 companies, returning approximately $180 million(1) of invested capital and realizing approximately $169 million of

  10. Slide 10: Growing Portfolio and Investment Income (cont.)

    Growing Portfolio and Investment Income (cont.) As of December 31, 2020, we had total investments at fair value of approximately $611 million. During the nine months ended December 31, 2020, we: • Invested in one new company, deploying new capital of approximately $47 million;(1) • Exited one compan

  11. Slide 11: Strong and Growing Monthly and Supplemental Distributions

    Strong and Growing Monthly and Supplemental Distributions • From inception through 12/31/20, GAIN has paid 186 consecutive monthly distributions to common shareholders • GAIN’s regular annual distribution run-rate was increased to $0.84 per common share in January 2020 • In addition to regular distr

  12. Slide 12: History of Driving High Shareholder Returns

    History of Driving High Shareholder Returns Return on Equity Outperforming Industry Peers(1) Greater Total Return vs. BDC Peers(2) 25% 300% 5 Year Total Return 21% 250% 104% 200% 20% +72% 150% 100% 32% 15% 14% 50% Dec-15 Dec-16 Dec-17 Dec-18 Dec-19 Dec-20 200% 10% 9% 3 Year Total Return 8% 160% 18%

  13. Slide 13: Financial Highlights

    Financial Highlights Three Months Ended December 31, 2020 September 30, 2020 June 30, 2020 March 31, 2020 Total investment income $ 17,372 $ 11,840 $ 10,707 $ 11,982 Net investment income (loss) (NII/NIL) 6,255 4,368 4,173 14,766 Adjusted net investment income(1) 8,009 4,820 3,419 6,344 Realized gai

  14. Slide 14: Financial Highlights (Non-GAAP Measure)

    Financial Highlights (Non-GAAP Measure) Three Months Ended December 31, 2020 September 30, 2020 June 30, 2020 March 31, 2020 Amount Net investment income $ 6,255 $ 4,368 $ 4,173 $ 14,766 (+) Capital gains-based incentive fee 1,754 452 (754) (8,422) Adjusted net investment income $ 8,009 $ 4,820 $ 3,

  15. Slide 15: Portfolio is Broad and Diversified

    Portfolio is Broad and Diversified Manufacturing Business Services/Distribution Consumer Products 14

  16. Slide 16: Geographic Diversification

    Geographic Diversification 15

  17. Slide 17: Why own Gladstone Investment's Common Stock?

    Why own Gladstone Investment’s Common Stock? • Annual yield of approximately 6.9% as of March 3, 2021 Consistent Monthly • Increased regular monthly distributions annual run-rate by 12% since April 2015 to $0.84 per share as Distributions of December 31, 2020 • Supplemental distributions to be made

  18. Slide 18: Why own Gladstone Investment's Preferred Stock?

    Why own Gladstone Investment’s Preferred Stock? • Preferred annual dividends on Series E term preferred stock of 6.375%(1) are paid monthly and High Monthly Distributions generally compare favorably to current fixed yield investment alternatives • Strong coverage of the preferred dividends: Adjusted

  19. Slide 19: Corporate Data

    Corporate Data Key Executive Officers Research Coverage Websites David Gladstone Janney Montgomery Scott Gladstone Investment: Chairman & CEO Mitchel Penn www.gladstoneinvestment.com Terry Lee Brubaker Jefferies & Company Vice Chairman & COO Investment Adviser: Kyle Joseph David Dullum www.gladstone

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