Bruce Spohler
Analyst · Mickey Schleien of Ladenburg with a follow-up
Thank you, Rich. Let me start by giving you an overview of our current portfolio. At the end of the second quarter, the fair market value of our investment portfolio was approximately $1.2 billion. The fair value weighted average yield on our income-producing investments was just under 14%. As of June 30, 43% of the fair value of our investment portfolio was in secured assets. We had investments in 41 portfolio companies operating across 22 industries. The weighted average investment risk rating of our total portfolio remained at 2, measured at fair market value at the end of the first quarter. This is based on our 1 to 4 risk rating scale, with 1 representing the least amount of risk. Let me now take you through a couple of updates on our existing portfolio companies. Early in the second quarter, we finalized the recapitalization of our investment in DS Waters. We, and our fellow noteholders, exchanged the full value of our PIK mezzanine notes into a senior preferred 15% unit with similar economics to our prior security. We also received a participating preferred unit that was structured to capture common equity upside. Our resulting attachment point remains at just over 3x leverage. And importantly, we and the other note holders, received a majority of the company's common equity, control of the Board and we'll have control over all significant corporate actions, including refinancing and monetization events. Our third party independent valuation firm, valued this asset at 86% at June 30. Publicly quoted securities in the company's capital structure, including the second lien which we're invested in, are quoted at roughly par, reflecting the market's view of DS Waters debt securities. Since our last update, the company's continue to outperform its budget. Customer growth in Q1 was better than the company have seen in several years. In addition, DS Waters closed on a sizable acquisition of a coffee business and they are currently well along to integrating those operations. As Rich mentioned, we placed Granite Global on non-accrual this quarter. The companies a leading provider of outsourced services such as claims adjusting for property, casualty and auto lines, predominantly the Canadian based insurance companies. We are currently in active dialogue with both sponsor and the company's other lenders. At June 30, our third party valuation firm valued this asset at $0.85, resulting in a fair value of just over $15 million. We believe that this valuation reflects the underlying fundamentals of the business, as well as the possibility that the investment will return to full accrual status. Shortly after quarter end, we received a partial repayment at par of $4.6 million or roughly 25% of our $16 million investment in Grakon's 12% PIK junior notes. This asset had been on non-accrual as recently as December 2010. Since that time, the company's earnings have been on a positive trajectory and the partial repayment demonstrates the benefit of taking a long-term active approach to working with our portfolio companies. During Q2, Weetabix announced that it has agreed to be acquired by China's Bright Foods. The company expects this transaction to close in the second half of this year, at which time our investment should be repaid in full. In anticipation of this event, the mark on our roughly $53 million face value of investments in Weetabix's both junior and senior notes has increased to $0.98 to reflect an appropriate yield to our expected repayment date. These positions are 2 of our lowest yielding on our portfolio and we anticipate recycling this capital into higher yielding investments during the second half of this year. On the origination front, second quarter 2012, we committed approximately $192 million par value in 5 new and 1 existing portfolio company. In addition, we received partial repayments totaling under $6 million, resulting in record net originations in excess of $185 million. Let me provide you a little color on our activity during Q2. We structured a $48 million face value investment in the private senior notes of WireCo formerly known as Wire Rope, the largest global manufacturer of high-performance wire rope and one of the leading manufacturers of industrial cable and wire products worldwide. This financing facilitated the company's acquisition of a leading synthetic wire rope manufacturer, thereby diversifying the company's operations. Financing facilitated -- the all-in yield on the notes approximated 12%. Solar had originally invested in this company in 2007, with a successful exit above par in 2010. Our knowledge of the credit and its steady performance through the 2008 downturn, as well as our close relationship with its sponsor, Fox Spain [ph], helped us secure this proprietary investment. We invested $38 million of par value in Trident health services second lien term loan. Trident is a national provider of outsourced mobile diagnostic health care services to post-acute facilities. The company's majority owned by Audax and Fraser health care. Total leverage approximates 4.5x and the all-in yield on this investment is in the mid-12s. Additionally, we committed 28 million to FIS Benefit Solutions, a leading provider of software services and card-based technologies for health care benefits, specifically flex spending accounts. We expect this sponsor to close this acquisition in mid-August. The all-in yield is in the mid-12s on this asset as well. We also invested $25 million face value in the second lien term loan of SMG or Stadia Management Group, which is the largest venue management company providing private services to public assembly facility such as stadiums and concert halls. The all-in yield on this second lien investment exceeds 11%. In sum, we are totally -- we are extremely pleased with our origination efforts this past quarter and with the overall health of our portfolio. Given the timing of the funding for our new investments, our net investment income for Q2 did not reflect the full run rate benefit of our record net origination. As the last of these new investments fund the incremental interest income will benefit NII on a recurring basis. Now I'd like to turn the call over back to Michael.