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spk01: Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. Welcome everyone to BlackRock TCP Capital Corp's first quarter 2024 earnings conference call. Today's conference call is being recorded for replay purposes. During the presentation, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the company's formal remarks. To ask a question, please press the star key followed by the digit 1. I will repeat these instructions before we begin the Q&A session. And now I would like to turn the call over to Katie McGlynn, Director of the BlackRock TCP Capital Corp Investor Relations Team. Katie, please proceed.
spk00: Thank you, Emily. Before we begin, I'll note that this conference call may contain forward-looking statements based on the estimates and assumptions of management at the time of such statements and are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those projected. Any forward-looking statements made on this call are made as of today and are subject to change without notice. Additionally, certain information discussed and presented may have been derived from third-party sources and has not been independently verified. Accordingly, we make no representation or warranty with respect to such information. Earlier today, we issued our earnings release for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024. We also posted a supplemental earnings presentation to our website at www.tcpcapitals.com. To view the slide presentation, which we will refer to on today's call, please click on the Investor Relations link and select Events and Presentations. These documents should be reviewed in conjunction with the company's Form 10-Q, which was filed with the SEC earlier today. I will now turn the call over to our Chairman and CEO, Raj Vig.
spk06: Thanks, Katie, and thank you for joining us for TCPC's Q1 2024 earnings call, which is also officially the first earnings call for TCPC as a combined entity, post our successful combination with our former affiliate BDC, BlackRock Capital Investment Corp, or BCIC. Today, I'm joined by our president, Phil Tseng, and our CFO, Eric Cuellar. We are also joined today by Michaela Murray, who will be taking over the investor relations role from Katie McGlynn, who is leading the firm to pursue other opportunities. I'd like to officially welcome Michaela to the show. As a reminder, Katie has been a valued member of the TCPC team and private debt platform since 2018, who is instrumental in structuring and closing the recent merger. She has been a great partner and friend and will be sorely missed. We, of course, wish her well in her future endeavors. For today, I will begin with a few comments on the successful completion of our merger with BCIC. I'll then provide an overview of our first quarter results. Phil will follow with an overview of the investment environment and our portfolio and investment activity, and Eric will then review our financial results as well as our capital and liquidity in greater detail. Finally, I will wrap up with a few comments on the opportunities we see ahead before taking your questions. As I mentioned earlier, during the first quarter, on March 18th, we closed our affiliate merger with BCIC. As a reminder, since BlackRock's acquisition of TCP's platform in 2018, the investment activities of both TCPC and BCIC were managed by one team under the current leadership. The merger simply formalizes a combination of these two materially overlapping portfolios and delivers meaningful value for our shareholders through the greater scale and targeted operating efficiency. This includes a lower overall fee structure for the larger combined entity, the likelihood of more efficient access to capital, and income appreciation for the company and ultimately for our shareholders. From this point forward, we will be discussing financial results for the entity on a combined basis. Now, let's begin with a review of the highlights of our first quarter results. I am pleased to report that for the first quarter of 2024, TCPC delivered adjusted net income of $0.45 per share, an increase from $0.44 per share in the prior quarter. Our run rate, NII, remains among the highest in TCP's history as a public company. And our annualized net investment income return on equity for the quarter was 14.7%. And NII continues to benefit from relatively higher base rates and spreads. During the first quarter, our NAV declined 6.4%, primarily due to net unrealized losses on portfolio companies previously discussed, including our investments in two Amazon aggregators, Thrasio and Razor, along with our equity investment in Inventum. The write-downs in the first quarter are mostly the result of circumstances specific to a handful of companies, and as we have stated before, we do not believe these situations or any indication of broader credit challenges in our portfolio. The majority of our portfolio companies continue to report revenue and margin expansion, with many generating sustained performance improvements. That said, I again want to provide commentary on a few of the names that contributed to the portfolio markdowns. Thrasio and Razor both operate in the Amazon aggregator space, and as we've discussed on previous calls, the aggregators are consolidators of small to medium-sized brands that sell through Amazon's market-leading third-party platform. This sector was initially impacted by COVID-related supply chain issues and then by slowing growth in online consumer spending as supply chain issues alleviated, resulting in excess inventories and over-leveraged balance sheets. Given the persistent operating and liquidity challenges that resulted, Thravio, one of the largest standalone aggregators, opted for a balance sheet restructuring via a Chapter 11 filing in February 2024, which we supported given the net benefits from that process. Although a fair bit of work remains ahead of us, we expect ultimately Boraglia to emerge with a lower and more manageable debt structure, as well as a leaner and more efficient operating profile. This should allow the company to remain a leader in the sector and to focus on a return to profitability post-emergence in what we continue to believe a long-term and viable and attractive industry by contrast razor my contrast razor group officer addressed challenges via consolidation and acquired perch in march solidifying the combined entities position as a global leader in the space similar to thrasio's standalone restructuring effort we expect the strategic combination to drive a more efficient operating structure than either company could have achieved in the near-term standalone. We also believe that further consolidation and cost optimization are likely to continue in this space, and ultimately there will be fewer larger-scale and better-capitalized vendors serving it. We will continue to update you on the products of each of these as we are able to. Next, I'll discuss Inventa, an online learning provider which, as we noted last quarter, is navigating a reversion to a more normalized but still positive demand environment. Demand for its tools and services spiked during the pandemic, but that has since corrected following the successful return to in-person attendance in many schools. Relative to pre-pandemic levels, digital education and remote learning services continue to grow in popularity and prominence, and Edmentum remains well-positioned in an industry with positive secular trends. As a reminder, our current investment in Mentum is a residual equity position after we receive full repayment on our loan to the company. As a long-standing player in the direct lending space, our team has experienced lending across market cycles and has developed unique expertise and a proven track record of success working through challenging credit situations. We are leveraging this expertise, believe we have the right teams in place, and are proactively working with management teams, equity owners, and other lenders to improve performance and achieve positive outcomes for our investments. Most importantly, outside of these situations, the credit quality of our portfolio remains strong. As of March 31st, 2024, our internal risk rating was relatively unchanged from December 31st, 2023, and reflects the fact that the majority of our portfolio companies are substantially in line or ahead of base case expectations. Our board of directors declared a second quarter dividend of $0.34 per share, which implies 132% NII coverage based on our first quarter adjusted NII. The second quarter dividend is payable on June 28 to shareholders of record of June 14. We have always taken a disciplined approach to our dividend with an emphasis on stability and strong coverage from our recurring net investment income. Throughout TCPC's 12-year history, We have consistently covered our dividends for recurring net investment income and have also paid several special dividends, including in the most recent quarters. Now I will turn it over to Phil to discuss our investment activity and portfolio.
spk09: Thanks, Rod. I'll start with providing an update on our portfolio and highlights from our investment activity during the first quarter and then provide a few comments on the investment environment. In the first quarter of 2024, we invested $20 million, primarily in senior secured loans. Deployments in the quarter included loans to four new and three existing portfolio companies. Consistent with our strategy, our emphasis remains on companies with established business models and proven core customer bases that make them more resilient across economic cycles. In reviewing new opportunities, we emphasize transactions where we are positioned as a lender of influence where we have a direct relationship with the borrower and the ability to leverage our more than two decades of experience in negotiating deal terms and conditions that we believe provide meaningful downside protection. We believe this has been a key driver of our low realized loss rates over our history. We also see emerging opportunity on the horizon as pent-up M&A transactions come to market. As the bid-ask spread and valuations for higher quality assets narrow, we expect market participants who've been sitting on the sidelines to be more active. Actual interest rate cuts should help to catalyze the pickup in M&A due to the lower debt service costs for prospective borrowers. And based on our conversations with market participants, we're optimistic about activity in the near to intermediate term. In this environment, our industry specialization continues to be an advantage as it provides two key benefits for us. First, it enhances our ability to assess and effectively mitigate risk in our underwriting when we negotiate terms and credit documentation. And second, it expands our deal sourcing capabilities with sponsors and non-sponsors who value our industry experience, which lends itself to more reliable execution for borrowers. Follow-on investments source of opportunity for us. About half of the capital we deployed in the last 12 months was to existing portfolio companies. One of the recent investments made during the first quarter was an investment in PMA Asset Management. PMA is a leading money market asset manager serving local government, K-12 education, and other public sector entities. The company provides its public sector clients with comprehensive suite of investment advisory, fund administration, and capital markets advisory services. BlackRock provided capital to support a sponsor's acquisition of PMA. We believe this investment offers an attractive risk-adjusted return and provides a unique opportunity to invest in a scaled money market asset manager that has a dividend-resistant A-level growth over its history. As part of our ongoing portfolio management, we closely monitor and directly engage with our existing portfolio companies, proactively assessing both current and projected performance relative to our original underwriting assumptions. In the limited situations where performance is below our expectations, we're engaged with the management teams and the owners to proactively drive performance improvements and ensure our capital remains well protected. Managing situations where capital may be at risk is a top priority for our team. And we believe our 20 plus years of experience in managing portfolios through cycle is a significant competitive advantage for TCPC. We are pleased to report that the majority of our portfolio companies continue to deliver revenue growth and margin expansion as they successfully navigate the higher rate environment, lingering inflation, and general uncertainty in the economy. We believe this reflects the durability of companies in the middle market, as well as our ability to pick the right industries and the right companies and to structure transactions that are good for our borrowers and for our investors. Now I'll turn to our portfolio. As a reminder, these figures relate to our consolidated portfolio following the merger with DCIC. At quarter end, our portfolio had a fair market value of approximately $2.1 billion. Ninety-one percent of our investments were senior secure debt spread across a wide range of industries, providing portfolio diversity and minimizing concentration risk. At quarter end, our diversified portfolio consists of investments in 157 companies, and our average portfolio company investment was $13.5 million. As the chart on slide seven of the presentation illustrates, our recurring income is distributed broadly across our portfolio. and is not reliant on income from any one company. In fact, more than 75% of our portfolio companies each contribute less than 1% to our recurring income. 80% of the portfolio are first lien, providing significant downside protection, and 97% of our debt investments are floating rate. The overall effective yield in our debt portfolio is 14.1%, reflecting the benefit of higher base rates and wider spread on new investments. Investments in new portfolio companies during the quarter had a weighted average effective yield of 14.7%, exceeding the 14% weighted average effective yield on exited positions. To date, we have had no prepayment income in the second quarter. In looking forward, we believe we're well-positioned to continue to deliver attractive returns, given that our team has one of the longest track records in direct lending of any of our publicly traded BDC. Irrespective of when the Fed rate cuts commence, we believe we will be in a slower growth and an elevated rate environment for the foreseeable future and could see a range of macroeconomic scenarios. But in periods like this, we believe our experience and our deep industry knowledge provide us advantages that have resulted in strong results throughout various market cycles. The market environment that persisted over the past year is changing. For a large part of 2023, we saw wider spreads, we saw more conservative leverage profiles, and generally stronger structural protections. However, for much of this year so far, we've seen a broader repricing, and we expect this to continue. This means managers have to work harder to identify deals with favorable economics and favorable structures. As we noted last quarter, there's been an increased bifurcation of the direct lending market, which continues to persist today. Many have observed more borrower-friendly trends, such as tightening pricing and covenant-like deal structures. These are especially prevalent in the upper middle market or large-cap direct lending market, given the robust return of banks to that segment. However, in the core middle market, where we focus, there's been less impact by this trend. We continue to benefit from lower leverage overall in the presence of maintenance companies and fewer even dot jobs, all of which lead to generally tired documentation practices. We continue to see a durable yield premium for our transaction flow relative to the broadly syndicated market. Now, I'll turn it over to Aaron to walk through our financial results as well as our capital and liquidity positioning.
spk07: Thank you, Phil. As Rash noted, our net investment income in the first quarter benefited from the increase in base rates over the last 21 months and was 45 cents on an adjusted basis for the quarter. As detailed in the earnings press release, adjusted NII excludes amortization of the purchase accounting discount resulting from the merger with BCIC and is calculated in accordance with GAAP. The full reconciliation of adjusted NII to GAAP NII, as well as other non-GAAP financial metrics, is included in the earnings press release and 10-Q. Today, we declared a second quarter dividend of 34 cents per share. We remain committed to paying a sustainable dividend that is fully covered by our net investment income, regardless of the interest rate environment, as we have done consistently over the last 12 years. Investment income for the first quarter was $0.90 per share. This included recurring cash interest of $0.78, non-recurring interest of $0.02, recurring discount and fee amortization of $0.03, and PIC income of $0.05. PIC income remains in line with the average over our history. Investment income also included $0.02 of dividend income. Operating expenses for the first quarter were 35 cents per share, including 21 cents of interest and other debt expenses. Incentive fees in the quarter totaled $5.8 million, or 9 cents per share. Operating expenses for the quarter reflected the impact of the lower management fee rate since the closing of the transaction on March 18th. We expect other synergies and expense savings to materialize over the next few quarters. Net realized losses for the quarter were $168,000, or less than a penny per share. Net unrealized losses in the first quarter totaled $23 million, or 37 cents per share, primarily reflecting unrealized markdowns on previously discussed investments, as Raj described earlier. The net increase in the assets for the quarter was $5.1 million, or $0.08 per share. As of March 31st, we had five portfolio companies on non-accrual, representing 1.7% of the portfolio at fair value and 3.6% at cost. During the quarter, we added two portfolio companies to non-accrual status, including Aventiv, previously known as Securus, as well as Gordon Brothers, a pre-existing non-accrual portfolio company from the acquired VCIC portfolio. Turning to our liquidity, our balance sheet positioning remains solid, and our total liquidity increased to $409 million at the end of the quarter, relative to our total investments of $2.1 billion. This included available leverage of $286 million and cash of $121 million. Unfunded loan commitments to portfolio companies at quarter end equaled 4% of total investments, or approximately $91 million, of which only $57 million were revolver commitments. Net leverage excluding SBIC debt for the quarter is 1.08 times well within our target range of 0.9 to 1.2 times leverage. Our diverse and flexible leverage program includes three low-cost credit facilities, three unsecured note issuances, and an SBA program. Given the modest size of each of our debt issuances, we are not overly reliant on any single source of financing, and our debt maturities remain well-laddered. Additionally, we are comfortable with our current mix of secured and unsecured financing, and we expect to address the upcoming maturity of our 2024 notes in the near future. Combined, the weighted average interest rate on our outstanding borrowings, including debt assumed as a result of the merger, increased modestly during the quarter to 5.08%. That average interest rate is up only 217 basis points since March of 2022, while base rates increased more than 500 basis points during this period. This is the result of our lower overall cost of capital. Now, I'll turn the call back over to Raj.
spk06: Thanks, Eric. Since we took TCPC public in 2012, we have delivered a 10% annualized return on invested assets and an annualized cash return of 9.7% to our shareholders. We are very proud of these results, which include performance during periods when base rates were substantially lower than they are today. We believe this performance remains at the high end of our peer group and speaks to our ability to consistently identify attractive middle market investment opportunities at premium yields and to deliver exceptional returns to our shareholders across market and economic cycles. Following our successful merger with BCIC, we look forward to continuing to deliver financing solutions to our borrowers and to structured transactions that deliver attractive returns to our shareholders. And with that, operator, please open the call for questions.
spk01: Thank you. As a reminder, if you would like to ask a question today, please do so now by pressing start followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. If you change your mind or you feel like your question has already been answered, you can press Start followed by 2 to remove yourself from the queue. We will just take a brief pause to allow the queue to fill.
spk10: So as a reminder, that is Start followed by the number 1 on your telephone keypad for any questions today.
spk01: Our first question today comes from the line of Robert Dodd with Raymond James. Robert, please go ahead. Your line is open.
spk08: Morning. Well, afternoon, I guess. On Frascio, et cetera, the aggregates on aggregated space, I mean, on Frascio particularly, I mean, the bankruptcy got resolved, I think, after quarter end. And I just want to clarify, I think in the docs and the discussion was you know, in five recovery below the mark that you currently have it carry that. Is that factored in or because you disagree about the valuation of the business long-term potentially, or is it because it happened after the quarter end that was not fully known at the time you were evaluating some of these positions?
spk06: Robert, I think I got most of that question, but I think the question was, is the bankruptcy after quarter end? Is that correct?
spk08: It was resolved after quarter end, right? I mean, it was finalized, and what I read was implied value to senior lenders, 20%. which obviously is lower than the current mark that you have that carried out. So is that a disagreement with the valuation, which is fine, or is it that it wasn't factored in yet because it hadn't been resolved yet?
spk05: Yeah, so let me – I think I get the question.
spk06: So keep in mind, our valuation procedures are done through third-party – all the circumstances at the time of the valuation. The bankruptcy process is kind of a different process where the valuations that are being put forth may be more strategic, depending on where you are in the capital structure. So will there be differences? Potentially, yes. Are folks looking at it for the same purpose? Not necessarily. And I guess what I would say is we had maintained the valuation process and policies we think are appropriate for the portfolio markings. The bankruptcy itself was really a collective decision of something that was a more strategic tool to do some additional financing, clean up the capital structure and other liabilities. But I will say for any company, not just Thrasio, but in general where there is a restructuring either in or out of court, You're just going to see, as you know, Robert, more volatility and maybe variance in marks until the ultimate realization. That probably happens here. That probably happens with the other aggregators, and it has happened with Admentum, where ultimately we're doing right by the process, giving all the information that's available, including the filing, but ultimately the realization is cash-based, and I think in the case of Admentum, at least, even though the equity is volatile. We've taken all our cash and the original debt off at par plus, and here the effort is going to be maintaining the rigor on the valuation, but really focusing on the recovery on a real-life basis, which will probably be a couple of years of work and restructuring. But yes, the valuations may differ. Our folks will take the operating results in hand I don't think they're going to necessarily take the bankruptcy valuation as a safe value versus the information we give them around forecasts, projections, and things of that sort. Hopefully that answers your question.
spk07: And, Robert, I'll add. Absolutely. Go ahead. And, Robert, as it relates to the 331 mark, this loan actually has had some trading activity even through the bankruptcy process. So it's quitted, and that's what drove the market.
spk08: Got it. Thank you. I understand. There's a lot of moving parts in there. The next question, I think you said you expect activity in the market to pick up as rates decline. So is there – looking at the curve today, and it moves around a lot – Rates aren't really projected to decline materially at all this year, based on the curve today. It'll change next week. So, can you give us any more, I mean, are you expecting the activity lane level to remain very moderate so long as rates stay here, or are there other factors that can ?
spk09: Yeah, that's a good point. You're right. The four-deal curve is dramatically different than it was, let's say, a few quarters ago. I think a few quarters ago, folks were expecting rates to stabilize down in the mid-high threes in about 18 months. But I think we're now looking at probably closer to mid-fours. So you're right. Rates are not expected to come down as dramatically. so we are moderating our expectations because you know real rate cuts will drive more uh you know higher equity valuations and and and more processes that probably get done um but i think the fact that rates have normalized here um i'm not sure folks are really expecting rate to increase you know given what's been talked about in the market in the last few weeks but we are continuing to hear from market participants, whether they're investment bankers or private equity sponsors, that there are a lot of processes underway. There are a lot of non-process processes, meaning there are a lot of pre-marketing of deals, trying to do some price discovery on assets. And so that tells us that there's some momentum underway. The second is we're continuing to hear from clients out there, institutional investors, that they are continuing to demand distributions coming back from their GPs. So they're putting more and more pressure in order to give more money for future businesses to get money back. And so what you're seeing are GPs trying to really test the market. But two, if they're not selling businesses outright, then they are looking at other ways of distributing capital back to their clients, like dividend recaps Maybe some continuation type vehicles given it recaps are areas that we've started deal profiles that we Funded, you know over the course of the past several quarters, you know for great assets We're that delivered over time where we're happy to continue putting good money after those situations So I think we're cautious cautiously optimistic Robert, but I agree, you know the yield curve not showing a more dramatic reduction and
spk08: um is you know it is something that we should be um watching closely got it thank you and i appreciate that answer then i wonder if i can take it in a slightly different direction as well but you mentioned as well that you know it's harder to find favorable deals and i certainly think that's the case in you know like lbo financing and things like that over the last decade i mean let's call it that um you guys have shown a lot more flexibility than some in terms of willingness to do other kind of deals, you know, ABL financing, retail, leasing, you know, other areas of the market that you'll look at. Is that something we should expect to see increasingly over the next couple of years if the market for LBOs maybe stays a little bit more moderate? Should we see more of these other verticals for you guys? Or how are you thinking about operating in an environment hypothetically where LBO activity remains moderate for a prolonged period?
spk06: Yeah, great question, Robert. I think that also, you know, you have an insight that perhaps goes beyond the public vehicle, you know, to the platform itself, which has existed well before the BDC was public. And I think as you highlight, we've always, you know, been able to pivot to things that are a little maybe, I won't say opportunistic and risk, but areas that are maybe a little less picked over, like the leasing, and I think even aviation or things of that sort. I think one of the benefits of the merger that we don't speak about as much is the greater scale also allows us to think through some of those things and perhaps take advantage of that. I will say, just as an additional element, even if new LBO activity is evaded, keep in mind that the existing portfolio, even through the last couple of years, and I expect going forward, will always be a good source of deals, add-on investments, because as the portfolio remains healthy, those companies are good about taking advantage of less help elsewhere, whether it's through M&A or other types of consolidation. But to answer your question, as we see things that are interesting, areas where we can do the credit work and we feel comfortable with the industry or the asset, I would say we will take advantage of that. And I think the leasing is a good example. We've also done more ABL structures where there's less of a desire to be exposed to the entity, but more desire to be covered by the discrete asset. As the environment gives rise to those opportunities, our team is very well positioned to take advantage of that. But it's always going to be a credit first, downside protection type of approach.
spk08: Thank you. Thank you.
spk05: Thanks for the question.
spk01: Our next question comes from Christopher Nolan with Leidenberg Thalmann. Please go ahead, Christopher.
spk03: Hey, guys. Katie, congratulations. Michaela, welcome. Thank you, Chris. On the maturing debt that you guys referred to earlier, what's the thought in terms of what you're going to refinance? Is it going to be a bond issuance? And for that, are you able to leverage your investment grade rating, do you think? You're going to turn to bank financing.
spk07: Yeah, Chris, good question. We're certainly looking to address those maturities in the near future. And we're very happy with what we've seen in the capital markets within our sector. So definitely that'll be a factor. We also like our current mix of secure versus unsecured. So all of that will come into play. Really, the only reason we hadn't addressed it to this point was the pending transaction, and we just wanted to wait until that was done to be able to address the maturity. But we plan to do so in the near term.
spk03: All right. And then I read the article where Moody's is taking a dimmer view on private credit in general. Does this – Does your funding cost really turn on just having an investment grade rating?
spk06: I mean, I think any credit issuance is correlated to a rating. I would just clarify that the article, two things, was more broader based than honing in on our issue specifically. And it wasn't a downgrade. It was an outlook. change, which we have seen them do before in the past in the sector. So whether that actually really impacts the pricing I think is TBD as we're exploring that. I also think the net movement in pricing has been favorable over the last 12 to 18 months, and you can see that in issuance – issues and issuances that have hit the market. It's a very directly, I think, comparable deal. stay tuned i think we're going to do um you know the responsible thing and sort of explore the options um obviously the the write-up is is not irrelevant but how relevant it is is sort of tbd um and i think fortunately we've had a very long well-established uh investment grade rating uh in the market so i think hopefully our bond investors and others you know looking at it will you know we'll keep that in mind
spk03: Okay, that's it for me. Thank you.
spk06: Thank you.
spk01: The next question comes from Paul Johnson with KBW. Please go ahead, Paul.
spk04: Yeah, good afternoon. Thanks for taking my questions. I'm just curious, what was the driver of the higher other income this quarter? Was there anything in particular driving that, amendments or dividends or anything like that?
spk07: uh yeah we did have uh two cents of non-recurring income um just amendments in general and a couple of prepayments that we received anytime that we have any prepayments it tends to accelerate any unadvertised discount or exit fee that might be linked to that investment yeah thanks for that um and then um
spk04: just kind of higher level, you know, with the portfolio. There's a decent amount of software businesses in the portfolio. I know it's not something you've disclosed historically, but I'm just curious. I mean, are any of those ARR loans, and are you able to give any kind of sense of kind of what percent of the portfolio is ARR?
spk09: Yeah, thanks, Paul. So we have disclosed the percentage of software for ARR deals. But when we look at our portfolio in a more detailed way, our software and ARR portfolio. So ARR is a subset of our software exposure. But generally speaking, it's been one of the sectors for us that held up the strongest. And the way we think about software actually is not as a broad brush kind of industry exposure. We actually look at it more as a horizontal across a number of end market exposures. So the way we think about it, for example, is a risk management software provider for an insurance company, for insurance companies, that is a little bit more wedded to the insurance market. And then, alternatively, a software provider that helps facilitate e-commerce transactions for retailers that perhaps is in the retail consumer market. So we actually view software exposure broadly as less correlated as a group, but much more susceptible to risks on the end market. And when we look at it in that fashion, it's actually quite diversified.
spk04: Got it. Appreciate that. Thanks. That's all for me. Thank you, Paul.
spk10: We do not have any further questions, so I'll turn the call back to the management team.
spk06: Thank you. We appreciate your participation on today's call. I would like to thank our team for all their hard work and dedication, and our shareholders and capital partners for their confidence and continued support. Thanks for joining us. This concludes today's call.
spk01: Thank you everyone for joining us today. This concludes our call and you may now disconnect your lines.
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