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MCG Capital Corporation
 
PRESS RELEASE
 
1100 Wilson Boulevard
   
 
Suite 3000
 
Contact: Marshall Murphy
 
Arlington, VA  22209
 
(703) 562-7110
 
(703) 247-7500
 
MMurphy@MCGCapital.com
 
(866) 904-4775 (FAX)
   
 
MCGCapital.com
   
       
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
   

MCG CAPITAL CORPORATION REPORTS
FOURTH QUARTER AND ANNUAL 2009 RESULTS

ARLINGTON, VA – March 4, 2010 – MCG Capital Corporation (Nasdaq: MCGC) (“MCG” or the “Company”) announced today its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2009.  MCG will host an investment community conference call today, March 4, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time).  Slides and financial information to be reviewed during the investor conference call will be available on MCG’s website at http://www.mcgcapital.com prior to the call.

Highlights

 
·
Distributable net operating income, or DNOI, for the quarter ended December 31, 2009 was $11.5 million, or $0.15 per share.  DNOI for all of 2009 was $45.9 million, or $0.61 per share.  DNOI refers to net operating income adjusted for amortization of employee restricted stock awards.

 
·
Net operating income for the quarter ended December 31, 2009 was $9.4 million, or $0.12 per share.  Net operating income for the full year was $38.2 million, or $0.51 per share.

 
·
Net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2009 was $1.6 million, or $0.02 per share. Net loss for the full year was $51.1 million, or $0.68 per share.

 
·
Net investment loss for the quarter ended December 31, 2009 was $7.6 million, which represents 0.7% of the most recently reported fair value of MCG’s investment portfolio.  Net investment loss for the year ended December 31, 2009 was $94.4 million.

 
·
Net asset value as of both December 31, 2009 and September 30, 2009 was $8.06 per common share.

 
·
Since beginning its monetization initiatives in July 2008, MCG completed a total of $285.8 million in investment monetizations, including 29 monetizations for $274.2 million, which were completed at 100.5% of their most recently reported fair value, and one distressed sale for $11.6 million, which was completed at 42.3% of its most recently reported fair value.

 
·
MCG’s ratio of total assets to total borrowings and other senior securities was 216% as of December 31, 2009, and rose to 220% as of February 26, 2010.  MCG also had $56.8 million of unrestricted cash as of February 26, 2010 and $119.7 million of cash in securitization and restricted accounts, which may be deployed for suitable new investment opportunities.


Overview

Today, MCG reported fourth quarter 2009 net income of $1.6 million, or $0.02 per basic and diluted share, which represented a $58.9 million, or $0.79 per share, improvement over the net loss of $57.3 million, or $0.77 per share, reported for the comparable period in 2008.  This improvement was attributable primarily to a $69.3 million reduction in the net investment loss recognized on the fair value of MCG’s investment portfolio and $0.6 million, or 6.3%, increase in net operating income, partially offset by an $11.0 million decrease in the gain on extinguishment of debt.

MCG’s revenue for the fourth quarter of 2009 was $23.7 million, which represented a 21.0% decrease from the comparable period in 2008.  MCG’s reported DNOI of $11.5 million, or $0.15 per share, was down from $14.2 million, or $0.19 per share, from the comparable period in 2008.  Net operating income during the fourth quarter of 2009 increased 6.3% to $9.4 million from the comparable period in 2008.  The decreases in MCG’s revenues and DNOI resulted primarily from a reduction in its average investment portfolio balance stemming from the Company’s monetization activities, a 247 basis point decrease in average LIBOR and changes in the composition and average balance of loans on non-accrual status.

 
 

 

MCG Capital Corporation
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"We are pleased to report that our fourth quarter 2009 results were in-line with our expectations,” said Steven F. Tunney, CEO and President.  “For the third consecutive quarter, we are reporting stable net asset values.”  Tunney continued, “While we remain cautious about the economy, as we move into 2010, we have restarted our origination activities to redeploy a portion of our cash and capacity in our borrowing facilities into new yield-oriented debt investment opportunities that we believe can increase our operating income and support the reinstitution and future growth of distributions to our stockholders.”

During the quarter ended December 31, 2009, MCG successfully completed $43.9 million in monetizations, which were completed at 104.3% of their most recently reported fair values.  MCG will strive to continue monetizing certain assets opportunistically over the course of the next several quarters; however, the timing of such monetizations depends largely upon future market conditions.  The Company is under no contractual or other obligation to monetize assets at specified times, levels or prices.
 
 
Direction for 2010

As the Company moves into 2010, it is continuing its monetization activities and starting its origination activities.  For the foreseeable future, MCG expects to generally limit its investing activities to debt instruments and does not intend to make significant investments in control companies beyond those currently in its portfolio.    Although the Company currently has sufficient capital and borrowing capacity available to fund investments, the Company plans to underwrite credit in a manner consistent with its expectation that macro economic conditions will be under pressure for an extended period of time.  Over time, if the Company meets its goals with respect to leverage levels and unrestricted cash balances, it may seek to repurchase equity and additional debt securities, subject to the limitations set forth in its private placement borrowing agreements.

To help provide sustainable stockholder value, the Company expects to make future distributions to stockholders based upon a quarterly assessment of the statutorily required level of distributions, gains and losses recognized for tax purposes, portfolio transactional events, its liquidity, cash earnings, and its asset coverage ratio.  The Company expects to make the first such determination after the results for the first quarter of 2010 are finalized.
 
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
As of December 31, 2009, MCG’s cash and cash equivalents totaled $54.2 million and it had $557.8 million of borrowings (the majority of which was composed of $478.8 million of collateralized non-recourse borrowings).  During the three months ended December 31, 2009, MCG paid down $10.7 million of outstanding borrowings.  As a BDC, MCG is required to meet an asset coverage ratio of total net assets to total borrowings and other senior securities of at least 200% in order to borrow under new or existing borrowing facilities or to distribute dividends to its stockholders.  MCG’s asset coverage ratio increased to 216% as of December 31, 2009.  The cash balance in the securitization and restricted accounts, which may be deployed for suitable new investment opportunities, was $130.4 million as of December 31, 2009.  By February 26, 2010, cash and cash equivalents totaled $56.8 million and the asset coverage ratio increased to 220%.  As of December 31, 2009 MCG had $28.3 million of funded borrowing capacity, subject to Small Business Administration approval, available in its SBIC subsidiary that effectively is exempt from the statutory asset coverage ratio requirements.  In addition, MCG has $50.0 million in available capacity under its 2006-1 facility subject to facility requirements.
 
 
Portfolio Activity
 
The fair value of MCG’s investment portfolio totaled $986 million at December 31, 2009, as compared to $1.037 billion at September 30, 2009.  During the fourth quarter of 2009, MCG made $8.0 million of advances, including $4.9 million of paid-in-kind, or PIK, advances and $3.1 million of advances to portfolio companies under revolving and line of credit facilities.  Gross payments, reductions and sales of securities during the fourth quarter of 2009 of $51.9 million were composed of $38.5 million of senior debt, $11.8 million of secured subordinated debt, $0.1 million of preferred equity and $1.5 million of common equity.

 
 

 
 
MCG Capital Corporation
March 4, 2010
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During the three months ended December 31, 2009, MCG reported net investment losses before income tax provision of $7.6 million, which are detailed below:

(in thousands)
     
Three months ended December 31, 2009
 
Portfolio Company
 
Industry
 
Type
 
Realized
(Loss)/Gain
   
Unrealized (Depreciation)/ Appreciation
   
Reversal of
Unrealized
Depreciation
   
Net
(Loss)/
Gain
 
Active Brands International, Inc.
 
Consumer Products
 
Non-affiliate
  $     $ (8,067 )   $     $ (8,067 )
Stratford School Holdings, Inc.
 
Education
 
Affiliate
          (5,681 )           (5,681 )
Cruz Bay Publishing, Inc.
 
Publishing
 
Non-affiliate
          (3,604 )           (3,604 )
NPS Holdings Group, LLC
 
Business Services
 
Control
          (2,232 )           (2,232 )
Orbitel Holdings, LLC
 
Cable
 
Control
          (2,084 )           (2,084 )
Jet Plastica Investors, LLC.
 
Plastic Products
 
Control
          (2,061 )           (2,061 )
Cleartel Communications, Inc.
 
Communications
 
Control
    (150,212 )           150,136       (76 )
Superior Industries Investors, LLC
 
Sporting Goods
 
Control
          4,388             4,388  
Avenue Broadband LLC
 
Cable
 
Control
          3,247             3,247  
B&H Education, Inc.
 
Education
 
Non-affiliate
          2,658             2,658  
Xpressdocs Holdings, Inc.
 
Business Services
 
Non-affiliate
          2,622             2,622  
CWP/RMK Acquisition Corp.
 
Home Furnishings
 
Non-affiliate
    (10,692 )     (188 )     11,509       629  
Marietta Intermediate Holding Corporation
 
Cosmetics
 
Non-affiliate
    (1,832 )           2,028       196  
Other
            624       1,691       108       2,423  
Total
          $ (162,112 )   $ (9,311 )   $ 163,781     $ (7,642 )

During the quarter ended December 31, 2009, MCG recorded a $150.2 million realized loss on Cleartel, offset by the reversal of $150.1 million of unrealized depreciation, which resulted in a $0.1 million net loss on this investment.  MCG sold its debt and equity investment in CWP/RMK Acquisition Corp., which resulted in MCG reversing $11.5 million of unrealized depreciation and realizing a $10.7 million loss.  Subsequent to the sale, MCG recorded $0.2 million of unrealized depreciation on its investment in CWP/RMK Acquisition Corp.  During December 2009, MCG’s investment in the subordinated debt of Marietta Intermediate Holding Corporation was settled at approximately the reported fair value for this investment.  As a result of this settlement, MCG reversed $2.0 million of previously unrealized depreciation and realized a $1.8 million loss.  The remaining unrealized depreciation shown in the above table resulted predominantly from the performance of certain of the portfolio companies, and, to a lesser extent, the multiples that MCG used to estimate the fair value of the investments.

Conference Call
 
Date and time
 
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time
(Live Call)
       
   
Dial-in Number
 
(877) 878-2269 domestic
   
(No Conference ID required)
 
(847) 829-0062 international
         
   
Webcast
 
http://investor.mcgcapital.com
Replay
 
Call Replay
 
(800) 642-1687 domestic
(Available through March 18, 2010)
 
(Conference ID for replay is #59296993)
 
(706) 645-9291 international
   
Web Replay
 
http://investor.mcgcapital.com

 
 

 

MCG Capital Corporation
March 4, 2010
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MCG Capital Corporation
Consolidated Balance Sheets

   
December 31,
 
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
 
2009
   
2008
 
Assets
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 54,187     $ 46,149  
Cash, securitization accounts
    109,141       37,493  
Cash, restricted
    21,232       979  
Investments at fair value
               
Non-affiliate investments (cost of $560,347 and $605,906, respectively)
    531,974       584,336  
Affiliate investments (cost of $38,845 and $45,141, respectively)
    44,388       56,126  
Control investments (cost of $555,732 and $819,076, respectively)
    409,984       562,686  
Total investments (cost of $1,154,924 and $1,470,123, respectively)
    986,346       1,203,148  
Interest receivable
    6,025       8,472  
Other assets
    14,218       16,193  
Total assets
  $ 1,191,149     $ 1,312,434  
                 
Liabilities
               
Borrowings (maturing within one year of $13,327 and $44,500, respectively)
  $ 557,848     $ 636,649  
Interest payable
    2,736       5,367  
Other liabilities
    14,882       11,507  
Total liabilities
    575,466       653,523  
                 
Stockholders’ equity
               
Preferred stock, par value $0.01, authorized 1 share, none issued and outstanding
           
Common stock, par value $0.01, authorized 200,000 shares on December 31, 2009 and 2008, 76,394 issued and outstanding on December 31, 2009 and 76,075 issued and outstanding on December 31, 2008
    764       761  
Paid-in capital
    1,005,085       997,318  
Undistributed (distributions in excess of) earnings
               
Paid-in capital
    (162,783 )     (162,783 )
Other
    (57,066 )     91,624  
Net unrealized depreciation on investments
    (170,317 )     (267,948 )
Stockholder loans
          (61 )
Total stockholders’ equity
    615,683       658,911  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 1,191,149     $ 1,312,434  
                 
Net asset value per common share at end of period
  $ 8.06     $ 8.66  

 
 

 
 
MCG Capital Corporation
March 4, 2010
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MCG Capital Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Operations

   
Three months ended
December 31,
   
Years ended
December 31,
 
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
 
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
Revenue
       
 
             
Interest and dividend income
       
 
             
Non-affiliate investments (less than 5% owned)
  $ 16,251     $ 17,073     $ 64,209     $ 72,725  
Affiliate investments (5% to 25% owned)
    1,087       1,572       4,470       6,777  
Control investments (more than 25% owned)
    5,885       10,688       28,627       52,753  
Total interest and dividend income
    23,223       29,333       97,306       132,255  
Advisory fees and other income
                               
Non-affiliate investments (less than 5% owned)
    252       108       1,333       1,507  
Affiliate investments (less than 5% owned)
          99             99  
Control investments (more than 25% owned)
    204       433       1,195       1,504  
Total advisory fees and other income
    456       640       2,528       3,110  
                                 
Total revenue
    23,679       29,973       99,834       135,365  
Operating expenses
                               
Interest expense
    5,053       8,725       23,444       35,431  
Employee compensation
                               
Salaries and benefits
    4,001       2,817       14,825       16,490  
Amortization of employee restricted stock awards
    2,124       1,449       7,727       6,855  
Total employee compensation
    6,125       4,266       22,552       23,345  
General and administrative expense
    3,082       4,271       15,650       16,648  
Goodwill impairment
          3,851             3,851  
Total operating expenses
    14,260       21,113       61,646       79,275  
                                 
Net operating income before net investment loss, gain on extinguishment of debt and income tax provision (benefit)
    9,419       8,860       38,188       56,090  
Net realized loss on investments
                               
Non-affiliate investments (less than 5% owned)
    (12,024 )     384       (18,015 )     5,868  
Affiliate investments (5% to 25% owned)
                (1,947 )     (61 )
Control investments (more than 25% owned)
    (150,088 )     (639 )     (172,022 )     (15,190 )
Total net realized loss on investments
    (162,112 )     (255 )     (191,984 )     (9,383 )
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
                               
Non-affiliate investments (less than 5% owned)
    8,321       (28,587 )     (6,803 )     (53,312 )
Affiliate investments (5% to 25% owned)
    (4,894 )     (936 )     (5,442 )     3,900  
Control investments (more than 25% owned)
    150,525       (46,386 )     110,642       (198,252 )
Derivative and other fair value adjustments
    518       (827 )     (766 )     (554 )
Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
    154,470       (76,736 )     97,631       (248,218 )
                                 
Net investment loss before income tax provision (benefit)
    (7,642 )     (76,991 )     (94,353 )     (257,601 )
Gain on extinguishment of debt before income tax provision (benefit)
          11,055       5,025       11,055  
Income tax provision (benefit)
    212       221       (81 )     789  
                                 
Net income (loss)
  $ 1,565     $ (57,297 )   $ (51,059 )   $ (191,245 )
Earnings (loss) per basic and diluted common share
  $ 0.02     $ (0.77 )   $ (0.68 )   $ (2.65 )
Cash distributions declared per common share
  $     $     $     $ 0.71  
Weighted-average common shares outstanding—basic and diluted
    76,267       74,424       74,692       72,254  

 
 

 

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MCG Capital Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

   
Years ended December 31,
 
(in thousands)
 
2009
   
2008
   
2007
 
Cash flows from operating activities
       
 
       
Net (loss) income
  $ (51,059 )   $ (191,245 )   $ 86,636  
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
                       
Investments in portfolio companies
    (58,673 )     (87,530 )     (603,818 )
Principal collections related to investment repayments or sales
    196,575       203,881       341,551  
Increase in interest receivable, accrued payment-in-kindinterest and dividends
    (13,330 )     (26,415 )     (49,980 )
Amortization of restricted stock awards
                       
Employee
    7,727       6,961       9,024  
Non-employee director
    135       255       174  
Decrease (increase) in cash—securitization accounts from interest collections
    1,305       (566 )     (15,226 )
Depreciation and amortization
    5,395       3,763       1,903  
Impairment of goodwill
          3,851        
Unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on stockholder loans
    (31 )     398        
Decrease (increase) in other assets
    1,160       (3,848 )     3,407  
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities
    663       (5,592 )     3,243  
Realized loss (gain) on investments
    191,984       9,383       (21,750 )
Change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on investments
    (97,631 )     248,218       34,637  
Gain on extinguishment of debt
    (5,025 )     (11,055 )      
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
    179,195       150,459       (210,199 )
                         
Cash flows from financing activities
                       
Net (payments) proceeds on borrowings
    (73,776 )     (103,091 )     229,152  
(Increase) decrease in cash in restricted and securitization accounts
                       
Securitization accounts for repayment of principal on debt
    (72,953 )     76       (5,846 )
Restricted cash
    (20,253 )            
Payment of financing costs
    (4,175 )     (3,500 )     (1,165 )
Issuance of common stock, net of costs
          57,038       95,350  
Distributions paid
          (78,130 )     (105,837 )
Cancellation of common stock held as collateral for stockholder loans
    (92 )     (105 )      
Repayment of stockholder loans
    92       105       151  
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
    (171,157 )     (127,607 )     211,805  
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
    8,038       22,852       1,606  
                         
Cash and cash equivalents
                       
Beginning balance
    46,149       23,297       21,691  
Ending balance
  $ 54,187     $ 46,149     $ 23,297  
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
                       
Interest paid
  $ 22,056     $ 34,282     $ 40,240  
Income taxes paid
    59       905       4,258  
Payment-in-kind interest collected
    2,214       6,230       13,848  
Dividend income collected
    8,414       3,817       7,328  

 
 

 

MCG Capital Corporation
March 4, 2010
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Selected Financial Data
Quarterly Operating Information

(in thousands, except per share amounts)
   
2008
Q4
     
2009
Q1
     
2009
Q2
     
2009
Q3
     
2009
Q4
 
Revenue
                                       
Interest and dividend income
                                       
Interest income
  $ 25,982     $ 24,054     $ 22,092     $ 21,050     $ 21,113  
Dividend income
    2,545       1,824       1,702       1,289       1,334  
Loan fee income
    806       719       634       719       776  
Total interest and dividend income
    29,333       26,597       24,428       23,058       23,223  
Advisory fees and other income
    640       1,209       310       553       456  
Total revenue
    29,973       27,806       24,738       23,611       23,679  
Operating expense
                                       
Interest expense
    8,725       6,558       6,315       5,518       5,053  
Salaries and benefits
    2,817       3,798       2,911       4,115       4,001  
Amortization of employee restricted stock awards(a)
    1,467       1,537       1,787       2,279       2,124  
General and administrative(a)
    4,253       3,975       5,552       3,041       3,082  
Goodwill impairment
    3,851                          
Total operating expense
    21,113       15,868       16,565       14,953       14,260  
Net operating income before net investment loss, gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt and income tax provision (benefit)
    8,860       11,938       8,173       8,658       9,419  
Net investment loss before gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt and income tax provision (benefit)
    (76,991 )     (68,331 )     (13,984 )     (4,396 )     (7,642 )
Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt
    11,055       5,275       (132 )     (118 )      
Income tax provision (benefit)
    221       (172 )     (82 )     (39 )     212  
Net (loss) earnings
  $ (57,297 )   $ (50,946 )   $ (5,861 )   $ 4,183     $ 1,565  
Reconciliation of DNOI to net operating income
                                       
Net operating income before net investment losses, gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt and income tax provision (benefit)
  $ 8,860     $ 11,938     $ 8,173     $ 8,658     $ 9,419  
Amortization of employee restricted stock awards(a)
    1,467       1,537       1,787       2,279       2,124  
Goodwill impairment
    3,851                          
DNOI(b)
  $ 14,178     $ 13,475     $ 9,960     $ 10,937     $ 11,543  
DNOI per share-weighted average common shares – basic and diluted(b)
  $ 0.19     $ 0.18     $ 0.13     $ 0.14     $ 0.15  
Per common share statistics
                                       
Weighted-average common shares outstanding – basic and diluted
    74,424       74,498       74,592       75,876       76,267  
Net operating income before net investment losses, gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt and income tax provision (benefit) per common share - basic and diluted
  $ 0.12     $ 0.16     $ 0.11     $ 0.11     $ 0.12  
(Loss) earnings per common share - basic and diluted
  $ (0.77 )   $ (0.68 )   $ (0.08 )   $ 0.06     $ 0.02  
Net asset value per common share - period end
  $ 8.66     $ 8.02     $ 7.97     $ 8.06     $ 8.06  
Dividends declared per common share
  $     $     $     $     $  
_____________
(a)
Q4 2008, Q1 2009, Q2 2009, Q3 2009 and Q4 2009 include $332,  $3, $1, $0 and $2, respectively, of costs associated with MCG’s restructuring expense, including, $18, $0, $0, $0 and $0, respectively, of costs associated with the amortization of restricted stock awards related to MCG’s restructuring expense.
 
(b)
DNOI represents net operating income before net investment loss, gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt and income tax provision (benefit), as determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, adjusted for amortization of employee restricted stock awards and impairment of goodwill.  MCG views DNOI and the related per share measures as useful and appropriate supplements to net operating income, net income, earnings per share and cash flows from operating activities. These measures serve as an additional measure of MCG’s operating performance exclusive of employee restricted stock amortization and goodwill impairment charges, which represents expenses of the Company but do not require settlement in cash.  DNOI does include paid-in-kind, or PIK, interest and dividend income which are generally not payable in cash on a regular basis but rather at investment maturity or when declared.  DNOI should not be considered as an alternative to net operating income, net income, earnings per share and cash flows from operating activities (each computed in accordance with GAAP).  Instead, DNOI should be reviewed in connection with net operating income, net income, earnings per share and cash flows from operating activities in MCG’s consolidated financial statements, to help analyze how MCG’s business is performing.

 
 

 

MCG Capital Corporation
March 4, 2010
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Selected Financial Data
Key Quarterly Statistics

(dollars in thousands)
   
2008
Q4
     
2009
Q1
     
2009
Q2
     
2009
Q3
     
2009
Q4
 
Average quarterly loan portfolio - fair value
  $ 858,237     $ 815,620     $ 785,737     $ 739,909     $ 728,731  
Average quarterly total investment portfolio - fair value
    1,290,524       1,197,840       1,106,113       1,054,409       1,027,699  
Average quarterly total assets
    1,356,785       1,308,567       1,218,843       1,187,179       1,182,402  
Average quarterly stockholders' equity
    715,497       660,665       607,828       603,029       610,193  
Return on average total assets (trailing 12 months)
                                       
Net operating income before net investment loss, gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt and income tax provision (benefit)
    3.73 %     3.26 %     3.14 %     2.97 %     3.12 %
Net loss
    (12.73 %)     (17.08 %)     (13.52 %)     (8.67 %)     (4.17 %)
Return on average equity (trailing 12 months)
                                       
Net operating income before net investment loss, gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt and income tax provision (benefit)
    7.12 %     6.25 %     6.08 %     5.82 %     6.16 %
Net loss
    (24.27 %)     (32.72 %)     (26.21 %)     (16.99 %)     (8.23 %)
Yield on average loan portfolio at fair value
                                       
Average LIBOR (90-Day)
    2.74 %     1.24 %     0.85 %     0.41 %     0.27 %
Spread to average LIBOR on average yielding loan portfolio at fair value(a)
    10.44 %     11.94 %     12.01 %     11.83 %     11.97 %
      13.18 %     13.18 %     12.86 %     12.24 %     12.24 %
Impact of fee accelerations of unearned fees on paid/restructured loans
    0.06 %     0.06 %     0.03 %     0.10 %     0.14 %
Impact of non-accrual loans
    (0.82 %)     (0.92 %)     (1.29 %)     (0.67 %)     (0.46 %)
Total yield on average loan portfolio at fair value
    12.42 %     12.32 %     11.60 %     11.67 %     11.92 %
Cost of funds
                                       
Average LIBOR
    2.74 %     1.24 %     0.85 %     0.41 %     0.27 %
Spread to average LIBOR excluding amortization of deferred debt issuance costs(a)
    2.30 %     2.19 %     2.51 %     2.77 %     2.65 %
Impact of amortization of deferred debt issuance costs
    0.40 %     0.70 %     0.80 %     0.59 %     0.60 %
Total cost of funds
    5.44 %     4.13 %     4.16 %     3.77 %     3.52 %
Net portfolio yield margin
    6.25 %     6.69 %     6.48 %     6.51 %     6.92 %
                                         
Selected period end balance sheet statistics
                                       
Total investment portfolio at fair value
  $ 1,203,148     $ 1,114,992     $ 1,061,506     $ 1,037,244     $ 986,346  
Total assets
    1,312,434       1,255,340       1,203,839       1,194,387       1,191,149  
Borrowings
    636,649       631,245       584,349       568,507       557,848  
Total equity
    658,911       609,531       605,478       611,967       615,683  
Cash, securitization and restricted accounts
    38,472       61,902       99,052       89,222       130,373  
Debt to equity
    96.62 %     103.56 %     96.51 %     92.90 %     90.61 %
Debt, net of cash, securitization and restricted accounts to equity
    90.78 %     93.41 %     80.15 %     78.32 %     69.43 %
                                         
Other statistics (at period end)
                                       
BDC asset coverage ratio
    201 %     199 %     206 %     212 %     216 %
Number of portfolio companies
    70       71       67       65       59  
Number of employees
    73       70       68       66       64  
Loans on non-accrual as a percentage of total debt investments
                                       
Fair Value
    4.86 %     4.82 %     6.23 %     6.99 %     3.74 %
Cost
    13.00 %     14.53 %     19.59 %     19.64 %     10.80 %
_____________
(a)
The impact due to the timing of the LIBOR resets and floors is included in the spread to average LIBOR.  The impact to the yield on average loan portfolio at fair value due to the timing of LIBOR resets and floors for Q4 2008, Q1 2009, Q2 2009, Q3 2009 and Q4 2009 was approximately 0.55%, 0.80%, 0.84%, 0.99% and 0.94%, respectively.  The impact to the cost of funds due to the timing of LIBOR resets for Q4 2008, Q1 2009, Q2 2009, Q3 2009 and Q4 2009 was approximately 0.64%, 0.11%, 0.17%, 0.48% and 0.18%, respectively.

 
 

 

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Selected Financial Data
Quarterly Investment Risk and Changes in Portfolio Composition

(dollars in thousands)
   
2008
Q4
     
2009
Q1
     
2009
Q2
     
2009
Q3
     
2009
Q4
 
Investment rating:(a)
                                       
IR 1 total investments at fair value(b)
  $ 719,765     $ 669,004     $ 667,117     $ 599,261     $ 573,231  
IR 2 total investments at fair value
    206,829       179,499       151,933       135,988       125,222  
IR 3 total investments at fair value
    233,172       232,714       223,080       281,638       271,447  
IR 4 total investments at fair value
    32,648       19,257       16,313       11,125       3,394  
IR 5 total investments at fair value
    10,734       14,518       3,063       9,232       13,052  
                                         
IR 1 percentage of total portfolio
    59.8 %     60.0 %     62.9 %     57.8 %     58.1 %
IR 2 percentage of total portfolio
    17.2 %     16.1 %     14.3 %     13.1 %     12.7 %
IR 3 percentage of total portfolio
    19.4 %     20.9 %     21.0 %     27.1 %     27.5 %
IR 4 percentage of total portfolio
    2.7 %     1.7 %     1.5 %     1.1 %     0.4 %
IR 5 percentage of total portfolio
    0.9 %     1.3 %     0.3 %     0.9 %     1.3 %
                                         
New investments by security type:
                                       
Senior secured debt
  $ 12,610     $ 41,778     $ 3,658     $ 4,132     $ 1,468  
Subordinated debt—Secured
    7,125       4,076       4,127       2,852       4,956  
Subordinated debt—Unsecured
    (395 )     127       130       3,509       134  
Preferred equity
    2,543       6,825       2,102       1,287       1,479  
Common/common equivalents equity
    1                          
Total
  $ 21,884     $ 52,806     $ 10,017     $ 11,780     $ 8,037  
Exits and repayments by security type:
                                       
Senior secured debt
  $ 23,333     $ 7,777     $ 28,888     $ 13,924     $ 38,508  
Subordinated debt—Secured
    16,295       22,171       11,263       1,128       11,803  
Subordinated debt—Unsecured
                             
Preferred equity
    291       42,289       9,660       15,240       70  
Common/common equivalents equity
    7       426             2,556       1,500  
Total
  $ 39,926     $ 72,663     $ 49,811     $ 32,848     $ 51,881  
Exits and repayments by transaction type:
                                       
Scheduled principal amortization
  $ 13,047     $ 8,083     $ 7,728     $ 14,365     $ 7,537  
Loan sales
                             
Principal prepayments
    25,234       21,500       31,603       308       42,124  
Payment of payment-in-kind interest and dividends
    1,645       5,562       793       3,553       720  
Sale of equity investments
          37,518       9,687       14,622       1,500  
Total
  $ 39,926     $ 72,663     $ 49,811     $ 32,848     $ 51,881  

(a)
MCG uses an investment rating system to characterize and monitor its expected level of returns on each investment in MCG’s portfolio.  MCG uses the following 1 to 5 investment rating scale:

 
Investment
 
Rating
 
1
Capital gain expected or realized
 
2
Full return of principal and interest or dividend expected with customer performing in accordance with plan
 
3
Full return of principal and interest or dividend expected but customer requires closer monitoring
 
4
Some loss of interest or dividend expected but still expecting an overall positive internal rate of return on the investment
 
5
Loss of interest or dividend and some loss of principal investment expected which would result in an overall negative internal rate of return on the investment

(b)
At December 31, 2008, March 31, 2009, June 30, 2009, September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2009, approximately, $363; $317; $317; $244 and $219, respectively, of MCG’s investments with an investment rating of “1” represented loans to companies in which MCG also holds equity securities or for which it has already realized a gain on its equity investment.

 
 

 

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Selected Financial Data
Portfolio Composition by Type

(dollars in thousands)
   
2008
Q4
     
2009
Q1
     
2009
Q2
     
2009
Q3
     
2009
Q4
 
Composition of investments at period end, fair value
                                       
Senior secured debt
  $ 428,817     $ 456,377     $ 428,576     $ 416,302     $ 379,457  
Subordinated debt
                                       
Secured
    351,425       303,490       283,471       292,144       275,398  
Unsecured
    28,081       27,823       27,961       30,476       30,618  
Total debt investments
    808,323       787,690       740,008       738,922       685,473  
Preferred equity
    339,576       277,893       270,899       252,604       257,984  
Common/common equivalents equity
    55,249       49,409       50,599       45,718       42,889  
Total equity investments
    394,825       327,302       321,498       298,322       300,873  
Total investments
  $ 1,203,148     $ 1,114,992     $ 1,061,506     $ 1,037,244     $ 986,346  
                                         
Percentage of investments at period end, fair value
                                       
Senior secured debt
    35.7 %     40.9 %     40.4 %     40.1 %     38.5 %
Subordinated debt
                                       
Secured
    29.2 %     27.2 %     26.7 %     28.2 %     27.9 %
Unsecured
    2.3 %     2.5 %     2.6 %     2.9 %     3.1 %
Total debt investments
    67.2 %     70.6 %     69.7 %     71.2 %     69.5 %
Preferred equity
    28.2 %     24.9 %     25.5 %     24.4 %     26.2 %
Common/common equivalents equity
    4.6 %     4.5 %     4.8 %     4.4 %     4.3 %
Total equity investments
    32.8 %     29.4 %     30.3 %     28.8 %     30.5 %
Total investments
    100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %

 
 

 
 
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Selected Financial Data
Key Annual Financial and Statistical Information

 
   
Years Ended December 31,
 
(dollars in thousands)
 
2008
   
2009
 
Reconciliation of DNOI(b) to net operating income
           
Net operating income before investment losses, gain on extinguishment of debt and income tax provision
  $ 56,090     $ 38,188  
Amortization of employee restricted stock awards(a)
    6,961       7,727  
Goodwill impairment
    3,851        
DNOI(b)
  $ 66,902     $ 45,915  
DNOI per share-weighted average common shares(b)
  $ 0.93     $ 0.61  
Weighted-average common shares outstanding
    72,254       74,692  
Average loan portfolio - fair value
  $ 949,904     $ 767,186  
Average total investment portfolio - fair value
    1,436,852       1,095,934  
Average total assets
    1,502,043       1,223,800  
Average stockholders' equity
    788,036       620,243  
Return on average total assets
               
Net operating income before net investment losses, gain on extinguishment of debt and income tax provision
    3.73 %     3.12 %
Net income
    (12.73 %)     (4.17 %)
Return on average equity
               
Net operating income before net investment losses, gain on extinguishment of debt and income tax provision
    7.12 %     6.16 %
Net income
    (24.27 %)     (8.23 %)
Yield on average loan portfolio at fair value
               
Average LIBOR
    2.92 %     0.69 %
Spread to average LIBOR on average loan portfolio at fair value
    9.83 %     12.00 %
      12.75 %     12.69 %
Impact of fee accelerations of unearned fees on paid/restructured loans
    0.06 %     0.03 %
Impact of previously unaccrued PIK income
           
Impact of non-accrual loans
    (0.99 %)     (0.84 %)
Total yield on average loan portfolio at fair value
    11.82 %     11.88 %
Cost of funds
               
Average LIBOR
    2.92 %     0.69 %
Spread to LIBOR excluding amortization of deferred debt issuance costs
    1.81 %     2.54 %
Impact of amortization of deferred debt issuance costs
    0.34 %     0.67 %
Total cost of funds
    5.07 %     3.90 %
Net portfolio yield margin
    6.63 %     6.65 %
(a)
2008 includes $106 of costs associated with the amortization of restricted stock awards associated with MCG’s restructuring expenses.
 
(b)
DNOI represents net operating income before net investment gains and losses, gain on extinguishment of debt and income tax (benefit) provision, as determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, adjusted for amortization of employee restricted stock awards and impairment of goodwill.  MCG views DNOI and the related per share measures as useful and appropriate supplements to net operating income, net income, earnings per share and cash flows from operating activities. These measures serve as an additional measure of MCG’s operating performance exclusive of employee restricted stock amortization and goodwill impairment charges, which represents an expense of the company but does not require settlement in cash.  DNOI does include paid-in-kind, or PIK, interest and dividend income which are generally not payable in cash on a regular basis but rather at investment maturity or when declared.  DNOI should not be considered as an alternative to net operating income, net income, earnings per share and cash flows from operating activities (each computed in accordance with GAAP).  Instead, DNOI should be reviewed in connection with net operating income, net income, earnings per share and cash flows from operating activities in MCG’s consolidated financial statements, to help analyze how MCG’s business is performing.

 
 

 
 
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Selected Financial Data
Annual Changes in Portfolio Composition

 
   
Years ended December 31,
 
(dollars in thousands)
 
2008
   
2009
 
New investments by security type
           
Secured senior debt
  $ 49,351     $ 51,036  
Subordinated debt - Secured
    46,796       16,011  
Subordinated debt - Unsecured
    1,823       3,900  
Preferred equity
    26,973       11,693  
Common/Common equivalents equity
    38        
Total
  $ 124,981     $ 82,640  
                 
Exits and repayments by security type
               
Secured senior debt
  $ 124,326     $ 89,097  
Subordinated debt - Secured
    58,478       46,365  
Subordinated debt - Unsecured
           
Preferred equity
    18,003       67,259  
Common/Common equivalents equity
    11,794       4,482  
Total
  $ 212,601     $ 207,203  
                 
Exits and repayments by transaction type
               
Scheduled principal amortization
  $ 52,106     $ 37,713  
Senior loan sales
    18,733        
Principal prepayments
    108,989       95,535  
Payment of payment-in-kind interest and dividends
    10,047       10,628  
Sale of equity investments
    22,726       63,327  
Total
  $ 212,601     $ 207,203  

Important Information About Non-GAAP References

References by MCG Capital Corporation to distributable net operating income, or DNOI, refer to net operating income before net investment loss, (loss) gain on extinguishment of debt and income tax (benefit) provision, as determined in accordance with GAAP adjusted for amortization of employee restricted stock awards and impairment of goodwill.
The Company’s management uses DNOI and the related per share measures as useful and appropriate supplements to net operating income, net income, earnings per share and cash flows from operating activities.  These measures serve as an additional measure of MCG’s operating performance exclusive of employee restricted stock amortization and impairment of goodwill, which represents expenses of the Company but do not require settlement in cash.  DNOI does include paid-in-kind, or PIK, interest and dividend income that generally are not payable in cash on a regular basis but rather at investment maturity or when declared.

The Company believes that providing non-GAAP DNOI and DNOI per share affords investors a view of results that may be more easily compared to peer companies and enables investors to consider the Company’s results on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis in periods when the Company is undertaking non-recurring activities.  DNOI should not be considered as an alternative to, as an indicator of the Company’s operating performance, or as a substitute for net operating income, net income, earnings per share and cash flows from operating activities (each computed in accordance with GAAP).  Instead, DNOI should be reviewed in connection with net operating income, net income, earnings per share and cash flows from operating activities in MCG’s consolidated financial statements, to help analyze how MCG’s business is performing because the items excluded from the non-GAAP measures often have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations.  Therefore, management uses, and investors should use, non-GAAP measures only in conjunction with its reported GAAP results.

 
 

 
 
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About MCG Capital Corporation

MCG Capital Corporation is a solutions-focused commercial finance company providing capital and advisory services to middle market companies throughout the United States.  MCG’s investment objective is to achieve current income and capital gains.  Portfolio companies generally use capital provided by MCG to finance acquisitions, recapitalizations, buyouts, organic growth and working capital.

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, distributable net operating income, net investment losses and general and administrative expenses and the factors that may affect such results; the cause of unrealized losses; the amount, timing and price (relative to fair value) of asset monetizations; the performance of MCG’s current and former portfolio companies; the Company’s future strategic plans, including plans to redeploy cash in securitization and restricted accounts into new investment opportunities; the ability to preserve net asset value; the ability to generate operating income from new investments and to support the reinstitution and future growth of distributions to stockholders; the Company’s plans to opportunistically monetize assets over the course of the next several quarters; the expectation regarding limits on future investing activities to debt investments; the Company’s intentions to curtail investments in control companies beyond those that are currently in the Company’s portfolio; the timing of, and the Company’s ability to, repurchase equity and additional debt securities; the pacing of MCG’s origination activity and the deployment of capital in investments that are consistent with its investment strategy; MCG’s underwriting process relative to macro economic conditions; the Company’s timing of and decisions regarding dividend distributions during 2010 based on the quarterly assessment of statutory distribution requirements, gains and losses recognized for tax purposes, portfolio transactional events, liquidity, cash earnings and asset coverage ratio; and general economic 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 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 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.