{"id":447566,"date":"2021-03-01T16:23:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T21:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=447566"},"modified":"2021-03-01T16:23:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T21:23:23","slug":"stonecastle-financial-corp-reports-fourth-quarter-2020-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/stonecastle-financial-corp-reports-fourth-quarter-2020-results\/","title":{"rendered":"StoneCastle Financial Corp. Reports Fourth Quarter 2020 Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mw_release\">\n<p align=\"justify\">DENVER, March  01, 2021  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; StoneCastle Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: BANX) (\u201cStoneCastle Financial\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d), an investment company registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (\u201cSEC\u201d), today announced results for the fourth fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2020.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n        <strong>Fourth Quarter 2020 Investment Highlights:<\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify\">Invested approximately $42.5 million in seven investments<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify\">Realized proceeds of $12.2 million from the full calls of two investments<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify\">Realized proceeds of $7.0 million from the sale of one investment<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify\">Realized proceeds from partial paydowns of $3.7 million from four investments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A complete listing of investments as of the end of the quarter can be found on the Company\u2019s website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=80Ja7IdImfChAWPvCqTjKC4vO2vJzC3KIxyy0EnRP3hkEz73rPW53RT2HIMPNWlMkjzqDrYVVPehFwN6hU--W31Iof5GFepn6xs4IodoC-B_aawTAQI4vu9LnMp7UTAk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>www.stonecastle-financial.com<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequent to the end of the quarter, the Company invested approximately $13.5 million in five investments and received partial paydowns of $3.0 million.<\/p>\n<p>The estimated annualized yield generated by the invested portfolio as of December 31, 2020 (excluding cash and cash equivalents) was approximately 9.65%.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n        <strong>Fourth Quarter 2020 Financial Results<\/strong><br \/>\n        \n      <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Net investment income was $3,046,401 or $0.46 per share, comprised of $4,668,621 gross income and $1,622,220 of expenses. \u00a0Net Assets at quarter end were $140,789,132.\u00a0 The Company\u2019s Net Asset Value was $21.44 per share, up $0.55 from the prior quarter. <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In the fourth quarter, the Company paid a cash distribution of $0.43 per share, comprised of a $0.38 regular dividend and a $0.05 special dividend. \u00a0The distribution was paid on January 5, 2021 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 21, 2020.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The Company had $43.0 million outstanding on its $62.0 million credit facility at the quarter end, which represents approximately 23% of total assets.\u00a0 According to regulated investment company rules, the Company may borrow only up to 33.3% of its total assets.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n        <strong>Portfolio and Investment Summary <\/strong><br \/>\n        \n      <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">As of the close of business on December 31, 2020, the Company had total assets of $188,360,866 consisting of total investments of $178,362,337, cash and other assets of $9,998,529. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">During the quarter, the Company invested a total of $42.5 million in seven bank-related investments.\u00a0 The Company invested a total of $37.5 million in six alternative capital securities, and $5.0 million in one community bank preferred stock.\u00a0 The Company received proceeds of $12.2 million from the full calls of two investments, received $7.0 million from the sale of one investment and received partial paydowns of $3.7 million from four investments.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n        <strong>Quarterly Conference Call<\/strong><br \/>\n        \n      <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">StoneCastle Financial will host a webcast and conference call on March 1, 2021 at 5:00 pm Eastern time.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The conference call can be accessed by dialing 1-877-407-9039 for domestic callers or 1-201-689-8470 for international callers. Participants may also access the call via live webcast by visiting StoneCastle Financial&#8217;s investor relations website at <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=80Ja7IdImfChAWPvCqTjKC4vO2vJzC3KIxyy0EnRP3heNMMlicsuMVUn3gYPTsqFiiyQ64tSLI-9u5-JVx3SaU5t_iWC_ntSUDjSQHpZrvzAGGeCcayfRYf6wI-WkRiX\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_top\">www.stonecastle-financial.com<\/a><\/u>. To listen to a live broadcast, go to the website at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time in order to register, download and install any necessary audio software.\u00a0 A replay will be available shortly after the call and be available through midnight (Eastern Time) on March 15, 2021. The replay can be accessed by dialing 1-844-512-2921 for domestic callers or 1-412-317-6671 for international callers. The passcode for the replay is 13716278.\u00a0The archive of the webcast will be available on the Company&#8217;s website for a limited time.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n        <strong>About StoneCastle Financial Corp.<\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">StoneCastle Financial is an SEC registered non-diversified, closed-end management investment company listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol &#8220;BANX.&#8221; \u00a0Its investment objective is to provide stockholders with current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation. StoneCastle Financial is managed by StoneCastle-ArrowMark Asset Management, LLC.\u00a0 To learn more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=80Ja7IdImfChAWPvCqTjKC4vO2vJzC3KIxyy0EnRP3ii6sHo25Sp2VG0puEBjVqYzbohKRqOz8sJgHqaCrlM-BsA7ue9ymDR8FzDDwgODZ9VZveSL6-e__EBiWV39wiL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>www.stonecastle-financial.com<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n        <strong>Disclaimer and Risk Factors:<\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">There is no assurance that StoneCastle Financial will achieve its investment objective. StoneCastle Financial is subject to numerous risks, including investment and market risks, management risk, income and interest rate risks, banking industry risks, preferred stock risk, convertible securities risk, debt securities risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk, leverage risk, non-diversification risk, credit and counterparty risks, market at a discount from net asset value risk and market disruption risk. Shares of closed-end investment companies may trade above (a premium) or below (a discount) their net asset value. Shares of StoneCastle Financial may not be appropriate for all investors. Investors should review and consider carefully StoneCastle Financial&#8217;s investment objective, risks, charges and expenses. Past performance does not guarantee future results. <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The Annual Report, Semi-Annual Report and other regulatory filings of the Company with the SEC are accessible on the SEC&#8217;s website at <strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=9dAPKMO3rShPQXEQikXo8F0a9UGlTZiZByBe-S_G8Z_BGtUOflRFrjnqJDrnrCztr1zFh7xk5qSjOH7Jk_YuaQ==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_top\">www.sec.gov<\/a><\/u><\/strong>and on the Company&#8217;s website at <strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=80Ja7IdImfChAWPvCqTjKC4vO2vJzC3KIxyy0EnRP3gpdxYewqb4OAAai0rn9cPqaHVrrbt4_4XoQPR1lc4j5QORgfUFPVB-YdXI3WJxgkG4fNUzENFjyL0oHBVJmxyO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_top\">www.stonecastle-financial.com<\/a><\/u><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CONTACT: Investor Contact:<\/p>\n<p>Julie Muraco<\/p>\n<p>212-468-5441<\/p>\n<p>\n        \n      <\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"10\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"10\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>STONECASTLE FINANCIAL CORP.<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"10\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Statement of Assets and Liabilities<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"9\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <u><br \/>\n              <strong>December 31, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n            <\/u>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <u><br \/>\n              <strong>September 30, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n            <\/u>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Assets<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Investments in securities, at fair value (cost: $176,919,203 and $150,661,873 respectively)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">$<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">178,362,337<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">$<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">146,967,849<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Receivable for Investments sold<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">4,860,214<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Interest and dividends receivable<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">2,111,113<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">1,498,511<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Foreign cash (cost: $1,928,095 and $209,344 respectively)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">1,920,752<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">209,228<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Cash<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">358,061<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">545,156<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Unrealized appreciation on forward currency exchange contracts<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">135,069<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Prepaid assets<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">613,320<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">643,663<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Total assets<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>188,360,866<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>149,864,407<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Liabilities<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Loan payable<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">43,000,000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">10,000,000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Dividends payable<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">2,823,128<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">27,705<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Investment advisory fee payable<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">832,998<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">654,515<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Payable for securities purchased<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">146,376<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Loan interest payable<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">70,457<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">858<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Unrealized depreciation on forward currency exchange contracts<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">68,578<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">156,491<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Options written, at value (premiums received $1,029, $1,801,080 respectively)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">1,625<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">1,181,250<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Directors fee payable<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">1,851<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Accrued expenses payable<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">628,572<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">739,136<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Total liabilities<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>47,571,734<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>12,761,806<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Net Assets<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: double 15px 3pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>$<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: double 15px 3pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong> 140,789,132<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: double 15px 3pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: double 15px 3pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>$<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: double 15px 3pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong> 137,102,601<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: double 15px 3pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Net Assets consist of:<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Common stock at par ($0.001 per share)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">$<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">6,565<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">$<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">6,564<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Paid-in-Capital<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">144,992,526<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">144,961,221<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Total distributable earnings \/ (loss)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">(4,209,959<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">(7,865,184<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Net Assets<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: double 15px 3pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>$<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: double 15px 3pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong> 140,789,132<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: double 15px 3pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: double 15px 3pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>$<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: double 15px 3pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong> 137,102,601<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: double 15px 3pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Net Asset Value Per Share:<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Common Stock Shares Outstanding<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>6,565,413<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>6,563,892<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Net asset value per common share<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>$<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong> 21.44<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>$<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong> 20.89<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Market price per share<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>$<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong> 19.25<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>$<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong> 19.41<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Market price discount to net asset value per share<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>-10.21<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>%<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>-7.08<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>%<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n        \n      <\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"14\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>STONECASTLE FINANCIAL CORP.<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"14\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Statement of Operations <\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>For The Three Months Ended December 31, 2020<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2020<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Investment Income<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Interest<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">$<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">3,274,845<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">$<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">3,346,806<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Dividends<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">1,086,960<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">830,671<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Origination fee income<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">32,278<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">18,552<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Other Income (service fees and due diligence fees)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">274,538<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">85,898<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Total Investment Income<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>4,668,621<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>4,281,927<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Expenses<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Investment advisory fees<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">832,999<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">654,514<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Interest expense<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">214,920<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">200,308<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Directors&#8217; fees<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">77,621<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">117,621<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Transfer agent, custodian fees and administrator fees<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">73,159<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">93,159<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Bank administration fees<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">40,457<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">40,457<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Professional fees<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">202,760<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">182,760<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">ABA marketing and licensing fees<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">37,287<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">37,845<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Investor relations fees<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">31,205<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">41,204<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Delaware franchise tax<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">22,943<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">22,943<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Insurance expense<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">15,951<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">20,148<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Valuation fees<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">15,153<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">40,152<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Printing<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">14,670<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">17,670<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Miscellaneous fees (proxy, rating agency, etc.)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">43,095<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">59,371<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Total expenses <\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>1,622,220<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>1,528,152<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Net Investment Income<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>3,046,401<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>2,753,775<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"6\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Realized and Unrealized Gain \/ (Loss) on Investments and Foreign Currency Transactions<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Net realized loss on investments<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">311,979<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">(2,745,166<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Net realized loss from forward foreign currency contracts<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">(1,663,224<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">(674,739<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Net realized gain \/ (loss) from foreign currency translations<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">36,751<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">144,713<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Net change in net unrealized appreciation on investments<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">5,137,158<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">6,880,456<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Net change in unrealized appreciation on written options<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">(620,426<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">332,500<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Net change in unrealized appreciation \/ (depreciation) on forward currency contracts<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">222,982<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">(156,838<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Net change in unrealized appreciation on foreign currency translations<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">10,331<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">2,945<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Net realized and unrealized gain\/(loss) on investments, written options, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>3,435,551<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>3,783,871<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting From Operations<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>$<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong> 6,481,952<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>$<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong> 6,537,646<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n        \n      <\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"8\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>STONECASTLE FINANCIAL CORP.<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"8\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Financial Highlights <\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>For The Three Months Ended December 31, 2020<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <u><br \/>\n              <strong>Per Share Operating Performance<\/strong><br \/>\n            <\/u>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"max-width:4%;width:4%;min-width:4%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:79%;width:79%;min-width:79%;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Net Asset Value, beginning of period <\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:1%;width:1%;min-width:1%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:1%;width:1%;min-width:1%;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>$<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:12%;width:12%;min-width:12%;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong> 20.89<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:2%;width:2%;min-width:2%;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:1%;width:1%;min-width:1%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Net investment income<sup>(1)<\/sup><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">0.46<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Net realized and unrealized gain \/ (loss) on investments<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">0.52<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Total from investment operations<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>0.98<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Less distributions to shareholders<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">From net investment income<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">(0.43<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Total distributions <\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>(0.43<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>)<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Net asset value, end of period<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>$<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong> 21.44<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Per share market value, end of period<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>$<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong> 19.25<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <u><br \/>\n              <strong>Total Investment Return <\/strong><br \/>\n            <\/u><br \/>\n            <sup><br \/>\n              <u><br \/>\n                <strong>(2)<\/strong><br \/>\n              <\/u><br \/>\n            <\/sup>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Based on market value <\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>1.27<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>%<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Based on net asset value<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>4.80<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>%<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <u><br \/>\n              <strong>Ratios and Supplemental Data<\/strong><br \/>\n            <\/u>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>Net assets, end of period (in millions)<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong>$<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <strong> 140.8<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Ratios (as a percentage to average net assets):<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Expenses before waivers<sup>(3)(4)*<\/sup><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">4.64<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Expenses after waivers<sup>(5)*<\/sup><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">4.64<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Net investment income<sup>(6)*<\/sup><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">8.72<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Portfolio turnover rate<sup> **<\/sup><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">17<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <u><br \/>\n              <strong>Revolving Credit Agreement<\/strong><br \/>\n            <\/u>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Total revolving credit agreement outstanding (000&#8217;s)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">$<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">43,000<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Asset coverage per $1,000 for revolving credit agreement<sup>(7)<\/sup><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">4,274<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <em>(1<\/em>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <em>)<\/em>\n          <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"5\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <em>Based on the average shares outstanding during quarter.<\/em>\n          <\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <em>(2<\/em>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <em>)<\/em>\n          <\/td>\n<td 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