8-K
MSC INCOME FUND, INC. (MSIF)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): October 23, 2023
MSC Income Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 814-00939 | 45-3999996 | |||
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| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | 1300 Post Oak Boulevard, 8th Floor<br><br>Houston, TX | 77056 | |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 350-6000
Not Applicable
Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered |
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| None | N/A | N/A |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 8.01 Other Information.
On October 23, 2023, MSC Income Fund, Inc. (the “Company”) posted an announcement to its corporate website. A copy of the announcement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| 99.1 | Announcement dated October 23, 2023. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| MSC Income Fund, Inc. | ||
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| Date: October 23, 2023 | By: | /s/ Adam W. Park |
| Name: Adam W. Park | ||
| Title: Chief Compliance Officer |
Document
Exhibit 99.1
| NEWS RELEASE |
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| Contacts:<br><br>MSC Income Fund, Inc.<br><br>Dwayne L. Hyzak, CEO, dhyzak@mainstcapital.com<br><br>Jesse E. Morris, CFO and COO, jmorris@mainstcapital.com<br><br>713-350-6000 |
MSC Income Fund Announces Reaffirmed Investment Grade Credit and Corporate Rating from Kroll Bond Rating Agency
HOUSTON, October 23, 2023 – MSC Income Fund, Inc. (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC (“KBRA”) has reaffirmed the Company’s investment grade issuer and senior unsecured debt credit rating of BBB- with a stable outlook. Factors cited by KBRA in support of its rating include the Company’s highly experienced management team and diversified investment portfolio consisting predominantly of senior secured first lien loans as positive rating factors, along with the Company’s conservative dividend policy, low leverage utilization relative to its peers and ability to co-invest alongside Main Street Capital Corporation (“Main Street”), the parent company to the Company’s investment adviser, MSC Adviser I, LLC (“MSC Adviser”).
“We are extremely pleased with the reaffirmed investment grade rating assigned to MSC Income Fund, which is a positive reflection of our strategy, team and processes as well as the credit quality and investment performance of the Company’s portfolio,” said Dwayne L. Hyzak, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
ABOUT MSC INCOME FUND, INC.
MSC Income Fund, Inc. is a specialty finance company that primarily provides long-term debt and equity capital to lower middle market companies and debt capital to middle market companies. The Company’s lower middle market companies generally have annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million. The Company’s middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies.
ABOUT MSC ADVISER I, LLC
MSC Adviser is a wholly owned subsidiary of Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) that is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. It currently manages investments for external parties, including the Company.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements which are based upon the Company’s management’s current expectations and are inherently uncertain. Any such statements other than statements of historical fact are likely to be affected by other unknowable future events and conditions, including elements of the future that are or are not under the Company’s control, and that the Company may or may not have considered; accordingly, such statements cannot be guarantees or assurances of any aspect of future performance. Actual performance and results could vary materially from these estimates and projections of the future as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such statements speak only as of the time when made and are based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof and are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. The Company assumes no obligation to revise or update any such statement now or in the future.