MCG Capital Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter 2013 and Annual Results and Distribution of $0.125 Per Share

ARLINGTON, Va., March 5, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MCG Capital Corporation (Nasdaq:MCGC) ("MCG," "we," "our," "us" or the "Company") announced today its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2013.

HIGHLIGHTS

As outlined in further detail in this earnings release and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, the following highlights occurred during the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2013:

• Net operating income, or NOI, was $6.3 million, or $0.09 per share for the fourth quarter. NOI for the full year was $29.9 million, or $0.42 per share;
   
• Net loss was $18.4 million, or $0.26 per share for the fourth quarter. Net income for the full year was $1.2 million, or $0.02 per share;
   
• During the quarter, we made $37.1 million of originations and advances, including $33.0 million to two new portfolio companies.  For the full year, we funded $128.1 million of advances and originations, including $104.1 million to seven new portfolio companies;
   
• We monetized $39.6 million and $210.1 million of our portfolio in the fourth quarter and for the full year, respectively;
   
• At December 31, 2013, we had $124.1 million of cash on-hand to make new investments using unrestricted cash and restricted cash from our small business investment company, or SBIC. In addition, we had $15.3 million in securitization accounts and other restricted cash accounts;
   
• During the year ended December 31, 2013, we reduced our outstanding borrowings under our MCG Commercial Loan Trust 2006-1, or 2006-1 Trust, by $72.9 million, reducing our borrowings under our 2006-1 Trust from $98.1 million to $25.2 million. On January 21, 2014, we repaid and terminated our 2006-1 Trust and;
   
• During the year ended December 31, 2013, we incurred severance costs of $0.8 million, or $0.01 per share, of which $0.7 million is included in general and administrative expense and $0.1 million in amortization of employee restricted stock awards.

DISTRIBUTION

On February 28, 2014, the MCG board of directors declared a distribution of $0.125 per share. The distribution is payable as follows:

Record date: March 14, 2014
Payable date: March 28, 2014

As of the end of each fiscal year, we determine the tax attributes of our distributions, including return of capital, based upon our taxable income and distributions paid for the full year, which we report to each stockholder on a Form 1099. Based on the tax attributes of the distributions that we declared for 2013, 75.0% of our distributions were from ordinary income and 25.0% of our distributions were a return of capital.

Additionally, on October 25, 2013, our board of directors authorized a stock repurchase program of up to $25.0 million. On February 28, 2014, our board of directors approved an increase in the program from $25.0 million to $35.0 million. Under the program, MCG management is authorized to repurchase shares in open market transactions, including through block purchases, depending on prevailing market conditions and other factors. We intend to fund the repurchases through our available liquidity. The previous MCG stock repurchase program, which was authorized on January 17, 2012 for up to $35.0 million, was terminated after we effected repurchases totaling approximately $29.4 million. For the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2013, we repurchased 512,100 and 1,016,739 shares, of our common stock at weighted average purchase prices of $4.73 and $4.62 per share, respectively.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

• Originations and Advances — For the three and twelve month periods ended December 31, 2013, we made $37.1 million and $128.1 million, respectively, in originations and advances to new and existing portfolio companies.
   
• Loan Monetizations — For the three and twelve month periods ended December 31, 2013, we received $37.0 million and $199.4 million, respectively, in loan payoffs and amortization payments.
   
• Equity Monetizations and Realizations — For the three and twelve month periods ended December 31, 2013, we received $2.6 million and $10.7 million, respectively, in proceeds from the sale of equity investments, principally the sale of securities in each of Miles Media Group, LLC, NDSSI Holdings, LLC and Jenzabar, Inc.
   
• Loans on Non-Accrual — As of December 31, 2013, loans on non-accrual were $21.4 million at cost (6.1% of the total loan portfolio), and $4.5 million at fair value (1.3% of the total loan portfolio). On December 15, 2013, Color Star Growers of Colorado, Inc., or Color Star, filed for voluntary relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code. In the quarter ended December 31, 2013, we realized a $13.5 million loss on our subordinated loan to Color Star.
   
• Operating Costs — For the twelve month period ended December 31, 2013, our total operating costs, excluding interest expense, were $11.5 million, or 2.2% of total assets of $514.0 million. During this same period, we incurred severance costs of $0.8 million, offset by the reversal of $0.3 million of amortization expense associated with the forfeiture of restricted stock that we included in total operating costs.
   
• Reduced Leverage — For the twelve month period ended December 31, 2013, we reduced our outstanding borrowings under our 2006-1 Trust by $72.9 million, reducing our borrowings under our 2006-1 Trust from $98.1 million to $25.2 million as of December 31, 2013. On January 21, 2014, we repaid and terminated our 2006-1 Trust.
   
• Open-Market Purchases of Our Stock — For the three and twelve month periods ended December 31, 2013, we repurchased 512,100 and 1,016,739 shares of our common stock at weighted average purchase prices of $4.73 and $4.62, respectively. We acquired these shares from sellers in open market transactions. We retire these shares upon settlement, thereby reducing the number of shares issued and outstanding.
   
• Second SBIC License — On November 8, 2013, we withdrew our application for a second license from the Small Business Administration, or SBA, to operate an additional subsidiary as an SBIC. We elected to withdraw our application for a second license until such time as the SBA has an opportunity to further evaluate organizational results in connection with our restructuring efforts and our position in relation to other specialty finance companies. The SBA indicated that we may petition the SBA for permission to re-file our application at a future date. The withdrawal of the license application for the second SBIC license does not impact Solutions Capital I, LP, its existing license or operations.

OUTLOOK

In 2013, we successfully improved our operating efficiency by reducing operating costs, excluding interest expense, as a percentage of total assets from 3.6% in 2011 to 2.2%, which we believe places us in the top quartile of all BDCs. In 2014, we anticipate that our fixed-cost cash operating expenses, excluding interest and variable incentive compensation, to be approximately $10 million.  In addition, we anticipate incurring non-recurring general and administrative expenses of $1.0-2.0 million primarily related to Color Star litigation and recruitment expenses.

During 2014, we plan to reorganize our Asset Management department to more effectively address the markets we serve and to better leverage the vertical market industry expertise we possess in healthcare, software, information services, for-profit education and consumer products, among others. We expect that the majority of our new business will continue to come from private equity sponsors operating in the lower middle-market with loan proceeds used in connection with M&A, business expansion and recapitalization transactions. We will also continue to provide unitranche, second lien and subordinated debt solutions and, to a small degree, equity co-investment.

We believe that current market conditions in our primary lending markets are consistent with the peak of a credit cycle. The current supply of debt capital exceeds the demand by issuers in our markets, resulting in lower pricing and weaker contractual protections. A noteworthy development is that, in our view, many issuers in the lower middle-market can currently obtain financing on pricing and terms comparable to larger companies. As a result of these market conditions, we intend to redeploy our excess liquidity in a cautious and deliberate manner and we expect to generate NOI of 25-30 cents per share for 2014. Based on our assumptions of normalized expenses and 100 basis points of yield compression, fully-deployed we expect to generate 11% yield on $470 million of total investments and to generate annual NOI of approximately 40-45 cents per share before leverage, or approximately 10-12 cents per share on a quarterly basis. Fully-deployed, we estimate that a 100 basis point change in yield on our portfolio has an approximately 7 cent per share impact on NOI.

During the two year period ending December 31, 2013, we monetized $622 million of our investment portfolio, $155 million more than our forecast resulting in lower overall earning assets and associated revenue and earnings for that period. We expect repayments of approximately $100-125 million in 2014; however, depending upon market conditions, it is possible that monetization levels could run meaningfully higher. Depending on the market, during 2014 and 2015, we expect to originate and advance approximately $100-150 million annually in new investments, which would result in full deployment of our balance sheet in the next six to eight quarters at the earliest.

On January 21, 2014, we repaid the remaining indebtedness associated with our 2006-1 Trust, thus eliminating all funded indebtedness associated with our BDC asset coverage test. Given our equity capital base of $334 million we believe that we have substantial leverage capacity available to support asset acquisition above our cash balances and provide associated incremental earnings power to the extent leverage is available.

On February 28, 2014, our board of directors approved an increase in our current stock repurchase program from $25 million to $35 million and we expect to repurchase stock at share price levels that we believe are accretive to our stockholders.

Also on February 28, 2014, our board of directors declared a 12.5 cent per share distribution to stockholders of record on March 14, 2014 and payable on March 28, 2014. We expect that our board of directors will declare distributions on a quarterly basis at a level approximating our quarterly NOI. Due to the continuing high velocity of our loan portfolio and challenging market conditions generally, subject to review and approval by our board of directors, we anticipate lowering our quarterly distributions to 7 cents per share at least for the remainder of 2014.

ACCESS TO CAPITAL AND LIQUIDITY

At December 31, 2013, we had $91.6 million of cash and cash equivalents available for general corporate purposes, as well as $32.5 million of cash in restricted accounts related to our SBIC that we could use to fund new investments in the SBIC and $1.4 million of restricted cash held in escrow. In addition, we had $13.9 million of cash in securitization accounts, that may only be used to make interest and principal payments on our securitized borrowings or distributions to the Company in accordance with the indenture agreement. 

As of December 31, 2013, we had $25.2 million of securitized Class D Notes outstanding under the 2006-1 Trust, which was secured by $76.3 million of loans and equity investments and $13.9 million of cash. We retain all of the equity in the securitization. In November 2013, we directed the trustee to redeem the remaining notes on the next quarterly payment date. On January 21, 2014, we repaid the Class D Notes in full for an aggregate redemption price of $40.3 million, of which $14.9 million was paid to us in respect of the Class D Notes we held, and the other obligations of the 2006-1 Trust were satisfied and the assets of the 2006-1 Trust were transferred to MCG, the parent.

At December 31, 2013, $150.0 million of SBA borrowings were outstanding, the maximum available under our current SBIC license.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following table summarizes the components of our net income for the twelve months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012:

TOTAL REVENUE

Total revenue includes interest and dividend income, loan fees, advisory fees and other income. The following sections describe the reasons for the variances in each major component of our revenue during the twelve months ended December 31, 2013 from the twelve months ended December 31, 2012.

INTEREST INCOME

The level of interest income that we earn depends upon the level of interest-bearing investments outstanding during the period, as well as the weighted-average yield on these investments. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2013, the total yield on our average debt portfolio at fair value was 12.2% compared to 11.3% during the twelve months ended December 31, 2012. The weighted-average yield varies each period because of changes in the composition of our portfolio of debt investments, changes in stated interest rates, accelerations of unearned fees on paid-off/restructured loans and the balance of loans on non-accrual status for which we are not accruing interest. 

The following table shows the various components of the total yield on our average debt portfolio at fair value for the twelve months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012:

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2013, interest income was $43.1 million, compared to $50.8 million during the twelve months ended December 31, 2012, which represented a $7.7 million, or 15.1%, decrease. This decrease reflected (i) a $11.5 million decrease resulting from a 21.0% decrease in our average loan balance, (ii) a $1.8 million decrease due to interest rate floors, (iii) a $0.8 million decrease related to the decrease in LIBOR and (iv) a $0.7 million decrease resulting from loans that were on non-accrual status during the twelve months ended December 31, 2013 but that had been accruing interest during the twelve months ended December 31, 2012. These decreases were partially offset by a $7.1 million increase in interest income resulting from a 1.3% increase in our net spread to LIBOR.

PIK Income

Interest income includes certain amounts that we have not received in cash, such as paid-in-kind, or PIK, interest. PIK interest represents contractually deferred interest that is added to the principal balance of the loan and compounded if not paid on a current basis. Borrowers may in some instances be required to prepay PIK because of certain contractual provisions or they may choose to prepay; however, more typically, PIK is paid at the end of the loan term. The following table shows the PIK-related activity for the twelve months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, at cost:

As of December 31, 2013, all of our PIK loans were accruing interest and, as of December 31, 2012, we were not accruing interest on $0.4 million of the ending PIK loan balance, at cost. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2013, the payments received on PIK loans, included $1.0 million collected in conjunction with the partial repayment of our investment in Education Management, Inc., as well as $0.8 million and $0.5 million collected in conjunction with the repayments in full of our investments in NDSSI Holdings, LLC and Contract Datascan Holdings, Inc., respectively. The payments received from PIK loans during the twelve months ended December 31, 2012, included $2.9 million from Jet Plastica Investors, LLC, $1.8 million from GSDM Holdings Corp. and $1.3 million from Coastal Sunbelt Holding, Inc.

DIVIDEND INCOME

We accrete dividends on equity investments with stated dividend rates as they are earned, to the extent that we believe the dividends will be paid ultimately and the associated portfolio company has sufficient value to support the accretion. We recognize dividends on our other equity investments when we receive the dividend payment. Our dividend income varies from period to period because of changes in the size and composition of our equity investments, the yield from the investments in our equity portfolio and the ability of the portfolio companies to declare and pay dividends. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, we recognized dividend income of $2.6 million and $3.7 million, respectively. In addition, during the twelve months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, we received payments on accrued dividends of $0.9 million and $8.5 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2013, the balance of accrued dividends was $10.9 million.

ADVISORY FEES AND OTHER INCOME

Advisory fees and other income primarily include fees related to prepayment, advisory and management services, equity structuring, syndication, bank interest and other income. Generally, advisory fees and other income relate to specific transactions or services and, therefore, may vary from period to period depending on the level and types of services provided. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2013, we earned $1.7 million of advisory fees and other income, which represented a $1.6 million, or 49.6%, decrease from the twelve months ended December 31, 2012. This decrease resulted from a decrease in prepayment premiums of $1.6 million during 2013.

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES

Total operating expenses include interest, employee compensation and general and administrative expenses. The reasons for these variances are discussed in more detail below.

INTEREST EXPENSE

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2013, we incurred $9.1 million of interest expense, which represented a $6.0 million, or 39.8%, decrease from the same period in 2012. Our average cost to borrow decreased from 4.60% during the year ended December 31, 2012 to 4.46% during the year ended December 31, 2013, principally due to a decrease in the amortization of deferred financing costs (from $5.6 million to $1.2 million), offset by the repayment of securitized debt in our 2006-1 Trust, which carried interest rates ranging from L+0.33% to L+2.25%. 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, our averaging borrowings declined to approximately $201 million from an average of approximately $324 million for the same period in 2012, which accounted for a $4.9 million reduction in our interest expense. In addition, interest expense decreased by $4.4 million related to decreased amortization of debt issuance costs and $0.5 million due to a decrease in the average LIBOR rate from 0.43% to 0.27%. These decreases were offset by $3.8 million attributable to the spread to LIBOR increasing from approximately 2.46% to 3.63%.

We recognized $1.2 million in deferred financing costs during the twelve months ended December 31, 2013, down $4.4 million from 2012. The decrease is primarily attributable to $2.9 million in deferred financing fees related to our SunTrust Warehouse financing facility which terminated in 2012.

EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION

Employee compensation expense includes base salaries and benefits, variable annual incentive compensation and amortization of employee stock awards. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2013, our employee compensation expense was $6.1 million, which represented a $6.9 million, or 53.1%, decrease from the same period in 2012. Our salaries and benefits decreased by $6.0 million, or 55.0%, due to a $3.9 million decrease in incentive compensation and a $2.2 million decrease in salaries and benefits primarily resulting from our operational realignment. As of December 31, 2013, we had 17 employees compared to 21 employees as of December 31, 2012.

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2013, we recognized $1.2 million of compensation expense related to employee restricted stock awards, a decrease of $0.9 million from the same period in 2012. The decrease in amortization of restricted stock awards resulted from a decrease of $0.3 million due to forfeitures of restricted stock awards, a decrease of $0.3 million due to accelerated amortization of awards related to employees whose employment was terminated, and a decrease of $0.3 million due to the expiration of the requisite service period for stock awards net of the amortization of new awards.

GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2013, general and administrative expense was $5.4 million, which represented an $8.6 million, or 61.5%, decrease compared to the same period in 2012. General and administrative expense for 2012 included $4.8 million in transition costs, including $3.3 million in severance related expenses and $1.5 million in costs to move our corporate headquarters and improve our information technology systems. In addition, the decrease in general and administrative expense reflected (i) a $2.2 million decrease due to reduced occupancy and other costs for our new corporate office space, (ii) a $0.6 million decrease due to reduced directors and officers insurance costs, (iii) a $0.4 million decrease in board of directors fees, (iv) a $0.4 million decrease in legal fees related to portfolio litigation, (v) a $0.3 million decrease in data processing costs related to our loan servicing system, (vi) a $0.3 million decrease in professional consulting services for corporate and investment related services, (vii) a $0.1 million decrease in professional consulting services for information technology related matters, and (viii) a $0.1 million decrease in telecommunications costs. These decreases were partially offset by a $0.8 million increase in severance costs related to employee terminations in the third quarter of 2013.

NET INVESTMENT (LOSS) GAIN BEFORE INCOME TAX PROVISION

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2013, we incurred $28.6 million of net investment losses before income tax provision, compared to $13.3 million during the same period in 2012. These amounts represent the total of net realized gains and losses, net unrealized (depreciation) appreciation, and reversals of unrealized (appreciation) depreciation. We reverse unrealized (appreciation) depreciation at the time that we realize the gain or loss. The following table summarizes our realized and unrealized (loss) and gain on investments and changes in our unrealized appreciation and depreciation on investments for the twelve months ended December 31, 2013:

• In December 2013, Color Star filed a voluntary pre-packaged chapter 11 plan to sell substantially all of Color Star's assets, which was approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and became effective in January 2014. The proceeds from the sale were less than the claims senior to our subordinate debt investment, resulting in a realized loss of $13.5 million.
   
• We received $7.2 million from the sale of our debt investment in Virtual Radiologic Corporation, which resulted in a $6.3 million realized loss and a reversal of previously unrealized depreciation of $4.8 million.
   
• We recorded $4.7 million of unrealized depreciation on our investment in RadioPharmacy Investors, LLC due to an increased cost basis related to preferred dividends and to reflect a decrease in the performance of that company.
   
• During 2013, we recorded $3.9 million of unrealized depreciation on our investment in G&L Investment Holdings, LLC, to reflect proceeds from the January 2014 sale of our preferred and common stock investment.
   
• We recorded $3.6 million of unrealized depreciation on our investment in Education Management, Inc. to reflect a decrease in the performance of that company and the exchange, in the fourth quarter of 2013, of $5.0 million of principal of our senior debt investment for a new class of preferred stock of Education Management, Inc.
   
• During 2013, we wrote off our preferred and common equity investments in Advanced Sleep Concepts, Inc. resulting in a realized loss of $3.4 million and a reversal of previously recorded unrealized depreciation of $3.2 million. In addition, we recorded $2.4 million of unrealized depreciation on our investment in Advanced Sleep Concepts, Inc. to reflect a decrease in the performance of that company.
   
• We recorded $1.1 million of unrealized depreciation on our investment in Maverick Healthcare Equity, LLC to reflect a decrease in the performance of that company.
   
• We received $3.0 million for the sale of our equity investment in Miles Media Group, LLC, which resulted in a $2.9 million realized gain and a reversal of previously unrealized appreciation of $1.2 million.
   
• We recorded $1.1 million of unrealized appreciation on our investment in C7 Data Centers, Inc. to reflect improvement in the company's performance and the value indicated by the recent sale of new preferred stock of C7 Data Centers, Inc. to third parties.

The remaining unrealized depreciation and appreciation shown in the above table resulted predominantly from a change in the performance of certain of our portfolio companies and the multiples used to value certain of our investments.

The following table summarizes our realized and unrealized (loss) and gain on investments and changes in our unrealized appreciation and depreciation on investments for 2012:

• In August 2012, Broadview Networks Holdings, Inc., or Broadview, filed a voluntary pre-packaged chapter 11 plan of reorganization which was approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and became effective in November 2012. As of December 31, 2012, our fair value estimate of our investment in Broadview reflects our reduced ownership resulting from this restructuring and the performance of the company.
   
• In April 2012, Jet Plastica Investors, LLC liquidated substantially all of its assets.  Including the proceeds from the liquidation, we received $11.0 million in payments on our senior debt resulting in a $90.8 million realized loss and a $91.3 million reversal of unrealized depreciation in the second quarter of 2012.
   
• In the second quarter of 2012, we received $34.0 million for the repayment of our debt and the sale of our equity investment in Stratford School Holdings, Inc., which resulted in a $16.4 million realized gain and a reversal of previously unrealized appreciation of $13.1 million.
   
• We received $35.2 million for the repayment of our debt and the sale of our equity investment in Orbitel Holdings, LLC, which resulted in a $2.2 million realized loss and a reversal of previously unrealized depreciation of $0.8 million.
   
• We received $34.7 million for the repayment of our debt and the sale of our equity investment in GSDM Holdings, LLC, which resulted in a $1.5 million realized gain and a reversal of previously unrealized appreciation of $2.0 million.
   
• We received $12.1 million in proceeds from the sale of all the assets of NPS Holding Group, LLC for the repayment of our debt and the sale of our equity investments, which resulted in a $12.9 million realized loss and a reversal of previously unrealized depreciation of $12.7 million.
   
• We received $0.4 million in proceeds from the sale of all the assets of Intran Media, LLC which resulted in a realized loss on our equity investments of $12.7 million and a reversal of previously unrealized depreciation of $12.9 million.
   
• We restructured our subordinated debt investment in Cruz Bay Publishing, Inc. and canceled a portion of our outstanding subordinated loan balance, resulting in a $3.0 million realized loss and a reversal of previously unrealized depreciation of $4.8 million.
   
• We received $44,000 in the sale of our equity investment in Philadelphia Media Network, Inc. and wrote off our equity investment in PremierGarage Holdings, LLC, resulting in realized losses and reversals of previously unrealized depreciation on those investments.
   
• In February 2012, we accepted $23.7 million for our senior preferred stock and warrant position in Jenzabar, Inc., which resulted in a $16.4 million reversal of previously unrealized appreciation and the realization of a $16.4 million gain.
   
• We recorded $6.0 million of unrealized depreciation on our investment in Advanced Sleep Concepts, Inc. to reflect a decrease in the performance of that company.

The remaining unrealized depreciation and appreciation shown in the above table resulted predominantly from a change in the performance of certain of our portfolio companies and the multiples used to value certain of our investments.

INCOME TAX PROVISION

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2013, we incurred a $0.1 million income tax provision compared to a $0.3 million income tax provision during the twelve months ended December 31, 2012. The income tax provision for both periods was primarily attributable to flow-through taxable income on certain investments held by our subsidiaries.

^(a) The following table summarizes the distributions that were declared during the past five quarters:

ABOUT MCG CAPITAL CORPORATION

We are a solutions-focused commercial finance company providing capital and advisory services to lower middle-market companies throughout the United States. Our investment objective is to achieve attractive returns by generating current income and capital gains on our investments. Our capital is generally used by our portfolio companies to finance acquisitions, recapitalizations, buyouts, organic growth, working capital and other general corporate purposes.

Forward-looking Statements:

Statements in this press release regarding management's future expectations, beliefs, intentions, goals, strategies, plans or prospects, including statements relating to: MCG's results of operations, including revenues, net operating income, net investment gains and losses and general and administrative expenses and the factors that may affect such results; intentions to repurchase shares of common stock under MCG's stock repurchase program through available liquidity or otherwise and whether such repurchases will be accretive to MCG stockholders; management's belief that improved operating efficiency through reduced operating costs, places MCG in the top quartile of all BDCs; anticipated levels of fixed cash operating expenses and non-recurring general and administrative expenses during 2014; efforts to reorganize MCG's Asset Management department to redeploy excess liquidity and to address the markets MCG serves and to better leverage the vertical market industry expertise MCG possesses; expectations regarding sources of new business opportunities; expected net operating income levels for 2014 and on a fully-deployed basis (including related yield and expense assumptions), when there can be no guarantee that either will be achieved; estimates regarding yield compressions and their impact on net operating income; expectations regarding the level and timing of monetizations during 2014; expectations with regard to origination pacing and anticipated aggregate investment levels, including timing to full deployment of MCG's balance sheet; the belief that MCG has substantial leverage capacity available to support asset acquisitions above its cash balances and provide associated incremental earnings power; expected dividend distribution levels during 2014, which may not be achieved; the performance of current or former MCG portfolio companies; the cause of net investment losses; market conditions generally and specifically regarding the leveraged loan market; the state of the economy and other factors may constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor protection under applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "could increase the likelihood," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "is planned," "may," "should," "will," "will enable," "would be expected," "look forward," "may provide," "would" or similar terms, variations of such terms or the negative of those terms. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors including those risks, uncertainties and factors referred to in MCG's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the section "Risk Factors," as well as other documents that may be filed by MCG from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result of such risks, uncertainties and factors, actual results may differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements discussed in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained herein. MCG is providing the information in this press release as of this date and assumes no obligations to update the information included in this press release or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.