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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 management approach yield attractive risk-adjusted returns.
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Strong and Growing Distributions |
GAIN has consistently raised regular monthly distributions to shareholders, having never missed a |
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monthly distribution since its IPO in 2005. The regular, monthly distribution was increased to a |
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$0.96/share annual run-rate in October 2022. |
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Outperformance Compared to Industry Peers(1) |
GAIN has outperformed industry peers in total return and return of equity (“ROE”) over the past |
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five years. GAIN’s five-year total return is 103% vs. industry peers of (13)% and GAIN’s five-year |
average ROE is 14% vs. industry peers of 9%.
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Significant Equity Positions Drive Upside Potential and Supplemental Distributions |
GAIN is a proactive board participant and driver of value creation within the portfolio. Significant |
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equity ownership provides basis for managing downside risk and making supplemental distributions |
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from capital gains. Average buyout exit cash-on-cash equity return of 3.9x. |
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Actively Investing in New Buyout Opportunities and Strategic Investments in Existing |
Portfolio Companies |
GAIN continues to add to its portfolio with one new buyout investment in FY 2023, in addition to investing in existing portfolio companies.