UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

(Mark One)
x		ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2011

OR

o		TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number: 814-00672

 

NGP CAPITAL RESOURCES COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland		20-1371499
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

909 Fannin Street, Suite 3800 Houston, Texas		77010
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(713) 752-0062

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Common Stock, Par Value $.001 per share		The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
(Title of Class)		(Name of Exchange on Which Registered)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.Yes o No x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.Yes o No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).Yes o No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer o		Accelerated filer x		Non-accelerated filer o		Smaller reporting company o
		(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).Yes o No x

As of June 30, 2011, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $169,713,151 based on the closing sale price on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

As of March 7, 2012, there were 21,628,202 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III, Items 10 through 14 herein.

Certain exhibits previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference into Part IV of this report.

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NGP CAPITAL RESOURCES COMPANY

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PART I
Item 1 Business			1
Item 1A Risk Factors			16
Item 1B Unresolved Staff Comments			32
Item 2 Properties			32
Item 3 Legal Proceedings			32
Item 4 Mine Safety Disclosures			32
PART II			33
Item 5 Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters			33
Item 6 Selected Financial Data			36
Item 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			37
Item 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk			54
Item 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data			56
Item 9 Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure			93
Item 9A Controls and Procedures			93
Item 9B Other Information			94
PART III			95
Item 10 Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance			95
Item 11 Executive Compensation			95
Item 12 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters			95
Item 13 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions			95
Item 14 Principal Accountant Fees and Services			95
PART IV			96
Item 15 Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules			96

In this Annual Report on Form 10-K, “NGPC,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to NGP Capital Resources Company and its consolidated subsidiaries.

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PART I.

Item 1. Business.

Introduction

NGP Capital Resources Company

We are a financial services company created to invest primarily in small and mid-size private energy companies. Our investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation primarily through debt investments with certain equity components. We are a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company, or a BDC, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, or the 1940 Act. In addition, for federal income tax purposes we operate so as to be treated as a regulated investment company, or a RIC, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code. We were organized as a Maryland corporation in July 2004 and completed our initial public offering on November 10, 2004.

A key focus area for our targeted investments in the energy industry is domestic upstream businesses that produce, develop, acquire and explore for oil and natural gas, or E&P companies. We also evaluate investment opportunities in such businesses as coal, power, energy services and mid-stream energy. Beginning in 2012, we are also seeking middle market investments within diversified industry sectors, including manufacturing, value-added distribution, business services, healthcare products and services, consumer services and select other sectors. Our investments generally range in size from $10 million to $40 million. However, we may invest more or less depending on market conditions and our Manager’s view of a particular investment opportunity. Our targeted investments primarily consist of debt instruments, including senior and subordinated loans combined in one facility, sometimes with an equity or property-based equity participation right component, and subordinated loans, sometimes with equity components. We may also invest in preferred stock and other equity securities on a stand-alone basis.

Our Manager

Our external manager, NGP Investment Advisor, LP, or our Manager, conducts our operations pursuant to an investment advisory agreement. NGP Energy Capital Management, L.L.C., or NGP, and NGP Administration, LLC, or our Administrator, own our Manager. NGP manages the Natural Gas Partners private equity funds, or the NGP Funds, which have specialized in providing equity capital to the energy industry since November 1988. Since inception, NGP has had over $9.5 billion of cumulative capital under management. Kenneth A. Hersh and David R. Albin, who serve on our Board of Directors, have directed the investment of the NGP Funds since the inception of the initial fund in 1988.

Our executive officers are Stephen K. Gardner, President and Chief Executive Officer; L. Scott Biar, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Compliance Officer; and R. Kelly Plato, Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. Together, they direct our Manager’s day-to-day operations. Prior to joining NGP Capital Resources Company in 2005, Mr. Gardner had over 18 years of experience in financial and transactional management in the oil and gas industry and has served as chief financial officer of both public and private energy companies. Mr. Biar has over 13 years of experience in senior financial management in both public and private companies, and 7 years of public accounting experience at an international accounting firm. Mr. Plato began his career as a petroleum engineer for an independent exploration, production and refining company, after which he has spent more than 12 years in the energy finance business.

Our Manager’s investment committee reviews and approves investment decisions by majority determination. Our Manager’s investment committee consists of Mr. Gardner, Mr. Plato, Mr. Hersh, our Board Chairman, and Richard L. Covington and William J. Quinn, each of whom is a senior NGP investment professional. NGP Investment Advisor, LP’s team of nine investment professionals supports the investment committee.

Corporate Information

Our principal executive office is located at 909 Fannin Street, Suite 3800, Houston, Texas 77010 and our telephone number is (713) 752-0062. We believe our office facilities are suitable and adequate for our operations as currently conducted and contemplated.

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Our corporate website is www.ngpcrc.com. We make available free of charge on our website our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and all amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file or furnish such material to the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC. This document includes our website address as an inactive textual reference only, and we do not incorporate the information contained on our website into this Form 10-K.

Our Investment Focus

We focus our investments primarily in the energy industry in companies that have an existing asset base or that will acquire assets that we expect to provide security for most of our investments. The energy industry broadly includes three sectors, generally categorized as follows:

Within these broad sectors, our key area of focus is small and mid-size energy companies in the upstream and midstream sectors. In addition, we selectively seek investment opportunities in certain segments of the downstream sector.

In addition, beginning in early 2012, we also seek opportunities to provide customized financing to middle market companies located in the United States, within diversified industry sectors, including manufacturing, value-added distribution, business services, healthcare products and services, consumer services and select other sectors.

Investment Structures

Our targeted investments primarily consist of:

In many cases, we arrange to receive an equity participation interest in the properties, projects and/or companies that we finance as a part of our compensation for extending credit. These equity components may take a variety of forms. In many of our investments, we anticipate that we will receive a property-based equity participation right. In addition, in certain investments, we may also receive a right to acquire equity securities of the borrowing company, such as a warrant or option, or we may receive a direct preferred equity interest or other similar participating interest in the company’s equity.

We also may invest a portion of our assets in loans to, or securities of, foreign companies. We will limit any such investments to less than 10% of our assets.

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Investment Activity

Since commencing investment operations in November 2004 through December 31, 2011, we have invested $872.9 million in 39 portfolio companies, all energy-related, and received principal repayments, realizations and settlements of $697.9 million. Most of our current portfolio companies are E&P companies engaged in the acquisition, development and production of oil and natural gas properties in and along the Gulf Coast, in the state and federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Permian Basin, Mid-continent and Rocky Mountain areas. We have also had investments in a Kentucky-based coal mining company with mining operations in the Central Appalachian region of the United States (sold in July 2011), a highwall coal mining company in West Virginia and an alternative fuels and specialty chemicals company based in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Our Investment Approach

Our investment approach seeks attractive returns while attempting to limit the risk of potential losses. In the process of screening and evaluating potential investment opportunities, our Manager considers the following general criteria. However, we do not expect each prospective investment to meet all of these criteria.

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Our Manager generally structures investments that have collateral coverage from the value of the underlying assets and from the cash flows of those assets. However, in some instances, the collateral coverage may not exceed the value of the underlying asset. We perform extensive due diligence, exercise discipline with respect to company valuations and institute appropriate structural protections in our investment agreements. We believe that our management team’s experience in utilizing fundamental engineering and technical analysis on energy assets and in dealing with the fundamental dynamics of the energy finance market and the middle market allows us to:

We believe that this approach enables our Manager to identify investment opportunities throughout economic cycles.

Investments

Once we have determined that a prospective portfolio company is suitable for investment, we work with the management of that company and its other capital providers, including other senior, junior and equity capital providers, if any, to structure an investment. We negotiate among these parties to agree on how we expect an investment to perform relative to the other capital in the portfolio company’s capital structure. Our primary consideration when structuring an investment is that the total return on our investments (including interest income, equity or other similar income and potential equity appreciation) appropriately compensates us for our risk. The investments that comprise the substantial majority of our portfolio generally fall within one of the following categories:

These investments consist of a senior secured loan tranche and a subordinated loan tranche. The senior tranche produces a current cash yield and a first lien on cash flow producing assets typically secures the senior tranche. The subordinated loan tranche typically includes a current cash yield component coupled with a property-based equity participation right. In some cases, we may obtain a warrant or option in the portfolio company in addition to, or in lieu of, a property-based equity participation right. Generally, a second lien on the portfolio company’s assets secures the subordinated tranche. Additionally, these loans may have indirect asset coverage through a series of covenants that prohibit additional liens on the portfolio company’s assets, limit additional debt or require maintenance of minimum asset coverage ratios. Generally, these loans have a term of three to five years, but in many cases, the portfolio company repays the loan before maturity. Additionally, in a number of these loans, there may be amortization of principal during the entire life of the loan.

We would typically make this type of loan to companies with assets that provide cash flow that is sufficient to support a typical senior secured debt facility but not sufficient to support the extra debt needed to acquire or develop non-cash flowing assets.

These investments typically consist of subordinated loans with relatively high, fixed interest rates. Generally, a subordinated lien on some or all of the assets of the portfolio company, or in some cases, a first priority lien on assets not otherwise securing senior debt of the borrower, collateralize these loans. Additionally, these loans may have indirect asset coverage through a series of covenants that prohibit additional liens senior to ours on the company’s assets, limit additional debt senior to ours or require maintenance of minimum asset coverage ratios.

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We would typically make this type of loan to companies possessing assets that produce sufficient current cash flow and that have sufficient asset value to avoid the issuance of any equity rights that would be dilutive to the equity owners. For example, we could make such a loan to a company that needs to access capital to develop non-producing oil and natural gas reserves but that has sufficient cash flow from its other assets to provide for the payment of the higher recurring cash payments required by this type of instrument. However, in some instances these loans may have a lower interest rate and an equity participation to compensate us for the lower current income. Generally, these loans have a term of five to seven years, but in many cases, the company repays the loan before maturity. Additionally, we may allow the deferral of amortization of principal to the later years of these loans or we may structure the loans as non-amortizing.

These investments should generally provide us with the highest amount of current income, but the least amount of capital gains, of any of the targeted investment structures.

These investments are generally in the form of combined senior and subordinated loans, subordinated loans, partnership or limited liability company investments or preferred equity, with a meaningful property-based equity participation right.

We would likely make these types of investments in companies with assets that do not produce sufficient current cash flow to amortize the principal throughout the life of a loan, but have sufficient collateral to support the investment. For example, we could make such an investment in a company that owns proved non-producing oil and natural gas reserves and requires capital to finance development drilling to initiate the production of the reserves and generate cash flow. Generally, these investments will have a term of three to seven years, but in many instances, the company repays the loan before maturity. Additionally, we would generally defer amortization of principal to the later years of these investments or we may structure the investments as non-amortizing.

These investments should generally provide us with the least amount of current income, but the highest amount of capital gains, of any of the targeted investment structures.

We may also make investments in high grade bonds, high yield bonds, other securities of public energy companies that are not thinly traded, bridge loans, asset backed securities, financial guarantees, distressed debt, lease assets, commercial loans or private equity. In general, these investments will have character and structure similar to the other categories of targeted investments.

We seek to negotiate or otherwise participate in structures that protect our rights and manage our risk, while creating incentives for our portfolio companies to achieve their business plans and enhance their profitability. The typical structural elements that we seek to negotiate in connection with our investments are covenants that afford portfolio companies as much flexibility in managing their businesses as possible, while also seeking to preserve our invested capital. Such restrictions may include affirmative and negative covenants, collateral value covenants, default penalties, lien protection, change of control provisions and governance rights, including either board seats or observation rights.

While we may from time to time elect to offer co-investment opportunities to third parties, we expect to hold most of our investments to maturity or repayment. We will sell our investments earlier if circumstances warrant or if a liquidity event, such as the sale or recapitalization of a portfolio company, occurs.

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Competitive Strengths

We believe we have the following competitive strengths:

Because of the history, market presence and long-term relationships that our investment team and NGP have developed with energy company management teams, we believe that we have established ourselves as a consistent and reliable capital provider to the energy industry. In 2012, our investment team has added senior personnel with significant experience and relationships with middle market companies outside the energy industry. Our Manager understands the risks associated with investing in these industries and has expertise in assessing and evaluating such risks. We focus on originating a substantial number of our investment opportunities, rather than investing as a participant in transactions originated by other firms, although we may participate in transactions originated by other firms from time to time.

We are not subject to many of the regulatory limitations that govern traditional lending institutions. As a result, we can provide speed of execution and flexibility in structuring investments and selecting the types of securities in which we invest. The members of our management team have substantial experience in pursuing investments that seek to balance the needs of energy and middle market company entrepreneurs with appropriate risk control.

We operate our business so as to qualify as a RIC for federal tax purposes, so that we generally will not have to pay corporate-level federal income taxes on any ordinary income or capital gains that we distribute to our stockholders as dividends. Thus, our stockholders will not be subject to double taxation on dividends, unlike investors in typical corporations. Furthermore, investors in our stock generally are not required to recognize unrelated business taxable income, which we refer to as UBTI, unlike investors in public master limited partnerships.

Ongoing Relationships with Portfolio Companies

Once we have provided a financial commitment or investment in a portfolio company, we typically perform the following functions:

Our Manager monitors the development and financial trends of each portfolio company to determine progress relative to meeting the company’s development and business plans and to assess the strength and status of our investment and, if appropriate, institute necessary corrective actions. To accomplish this, we employ the following processes:

Meetings.  We meet with management regularly during each year.

Periodic Review and Analysis of Financial and Reserve Information.  We require monthly or quarterly financial and operating statements. Additionally, we require semi-annual reserve reports for E&P investments. We review and analyze this information as follows:

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Periodic Review by Specialists.  Periodic reviews of the portfolio company and its assets by engineers, geologists, accountants, lawyers, investment bankers or other specialists are necessary from time to time.

Comparisons with Other Benchmark Companies.  We periodically compare the performance of the portfolio company to performance of similarly-sized companies with comparable assets and businesses to assess performance relative to peers.

Our Manager monitors the financial trends of each portfolio company to determine progress relative to meeting the company’s business plan and to assess the appropriate strategic and tactical courses of action for the company.

As part of the monitoring process, our Manager regularly assesses the risk profile of each of our investments. Our risk evaluation system assigns a numeric rating to each of our investments. The scale runs from 1 to 7, with 1 being the highest or best rating. We initially rate most of our investments as a 3 or 4. At that level, we believe that risk and return are properly proportioned and that there is essentially no significant risk of loss of capital for the investment. Any investment rated 5 or greater is on our “watch” list. These investments are performing below our initial expectations. A rating of 5 implies a higher level of watchfulness, but does not imply a probable risk of loss of capital. A rating of 6 or 7 means that the circumstances are such that we perceive that there exists risk of loss of some portion of the capital in that particular investment. Investments rated 1 or 2 have matured to the point that they are performing well and overall coverages are strengthening.

As a BDC, we make available, and must provide upon request, significant managerial assistance to certain of our portfolio companies. This assistance may involve, among other things, monitoring the operations of our portfolio companies, participating in board and management meetings, consulting with and advising officers of portfolio companies and providing other organizational and financial consultation. Our officers (and to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, our Manager) will provide such managerial assistance on our behalf to portfolio companies that request this assistance, recognizing that our involvement with each investment will vary based on factors including the size of the company, the nature of our investment, the company’s overall stage of development and our relative position in the capital structure. We expect to be a resource for advice in the following areas: developing strategic plans, designing capital structures, managing finite resources and identifying acquisitions.

Valuation Process

On a quarterly basis, the investment team of our Manager prepares fair value estimates for all of the assets in our portfolio utilizing the income approach and market approach in accordance with ASC 820 and presents them to our Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee recommends its fair value estimates to our Board of Directors, which in good faith determines the final estimates of fair value for each investment. We record investments in securities for which market quotations are readily available at such market quotations in our financial statements as of the valuation date. For investments in securities for which market quotations are unavailable, or which have various degrees of trading restrictions, the investment team of our Manager prepares valuation analyses as generally described below.

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ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that a seller would receive for an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between independent, knowledgeable and willing market participants at the measurement date. The fair value definition focuses on exit price in the principal, or most advantageous, market and prioritizes the use of observable market inputs over unobservable entity-specific inputs. We utilize both the market approach and the income approach in determining the estimated fair value of our investments, incorporating a variety of factors. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities (including a business). The income approach uses valuation techniques to convert future amounts (for example, cash flows or earnings) to a single present amount (discounted). The measurement is based on the estimated value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts. The types of factors that we may take into account in fair value pricing our investments include, as relevant, the nature and realizable value of any collateral; the portfolio company’s enterprise value, historical and projected financial results, ability to make payments, net income, revenue, discounted cash flow and book value; the markets in which the portfolio company does business; comparison to a peer group of publicly traded securities; the size and scope of the portfolio company and its specific strengths and weaknesses; recent purchases or sales of securities by the portfolio company; recent offers to purchase the portfolio company; the estimated value of comparable securities; and other relevant factors.

We may also utilize an option pricing method, or OPM, in addition to our other valuation methods, to value the various preferred stock, common stock and warrants we have in portfolio companies with complex capital structures. The OPM treats preferred stock, common stock and warrants as call options on the enterprise value, with exercise prices based on liquidation preference of the preferred stock. The OPM commonly uses the Black-Scholes model to price the call option. The OPM considers the various terms of the stockholder agreements upon liquidation of the enterprise. In addition, the OPM implicitly considers the effect of the liquidation preference as of a future liquidation date, not as of the valuation date.

Competition

Historically, our primary competitors in this market have consisted of public and private investment funds, commercial and investment banks, and commercial finance companies. Although these competitors regularly provide finance products to energy companies similar to most of our targeted investments, a number of them focus on different aspects of this market. We also face competition from other firms that do not specialize in energy finance but which are substantially larger and have considerably greater financial and marketing resources than we have. Some of our competitors have a lower cost of funds and access to funding sources that are not available to us. In addition, some of our competitors have higher risk tolerances or different risk assessments, which allow them to consider a wider variety of investments and establish more portfolio relationships than we can. Furthermore, many of our competitors are not subject to the regulatory restrictions that the 1940 Act imposes on us as a BDC; nor are they subject to the requirements imposed on RICs by the Code. Nevertheless, we believe that the relationships of the senior professionals of our Manager and of the senior partners of NGP enable us to learn about, and compete effectively for, attractive investment opportunities.

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Employees

We do not have any employees. Stephen K. Gardner, our President and Chief Executive Officer; L. Scott Biar, our Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Compliance Officer; and R. Kelly Plato, our Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, comprise our senior management. Each of our officers also serves as an officer of our Manager and our Administrator. Our Manager and our Administrator conduct our day-to-day investment operations, and currently have a staff of 17 individuals, including 9 investment professionals.

Regulation

Business Development Company

We have elected to be regulated as a BDC under the 1940 Act. By electing to be treated as a BDC, we are subject to various provisions of the 1940 Act. The 1940 Act contains prohibitions and restrictions relating to transactions between BDCs and their affiliates (including any investment advisers or sub-advisers), principal underwriters and certain affiliates of those affiliates or underwriters and requires that a majority of the directors be persons other than “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act. In addition, we may not change the nature of our business so as to cease to be, or withdraw our election to be regulated as, a BDC without first obtaining the approval of a majority of our outstanding voting securities. Under the 1940 Act, the vote of holders of a “majority” means the vote of the holders of the lesser of: (i) 67% or more of the outstanding shares of the company’s common stock present at a meeting or represented by proxy if holders of more than 50% of the shares of the company’s common stock are present or represented by proxy or (ii) more than 50% of the company’s outstanding shares of common stock.

The Investment Adviser’s Act of 1940, or the Advisers Act, generally permits the payment of compensation based on capital gains in an investment advisory contract between an investment adviser and a BDC. We have elected to be regulated as a BDC in order to provide incentive compensation to our Manager based on the capital appreciation of our portfolio.

The following is a brief description of the requirements of the 1940 Act, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder.

We may invest up to 100% of our assets in securities acquired directly from issuers in privately negotiated transactions. With respect to such securities, we may, for the purpose of public resale, be deemed an “underwriter” as that term is defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. We do not intend to write (sell) or buy put or call options to manage risks associated with the publicly traded securities of our portfolio companies, with certain exceptions. These exceptions are: (a) we may enter into hedging transactions to manage the risks associated with commodity price and interest rate fluctuations, (b) to the extent we purchase or receive warrants to purchase the common stock of our portfolio companies or conversion privileges in connection with acquisition financing or other investments, and (c) in connection with an acquisition, we may acquire rights to require the issuers of acquired securities or their affiliates to repurchase them under certain circumstances.

We do not intend to acquire securities issued by any investment company that exceed the limits imposed by the 1940 Act. These limits generally prohibit us from (a) acquiring more than 3% of the voting stock of any investment company, (b) investing more than 5% of the value of our total assets in the securities of one investment company, or (c) investing more than 10% of the value of our total assets in the securities of investment companies in the aggregate. With regard to that portion of our portfolio invested in securities issued by investment companies, you should note that such investments might subject our stockholders to additional expenses. None of these policies is fundamental, and we may change any or all of them without stockholder approval.

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Qualifying Assets

A BDC must be organized and have its principal place of business in the United States and operate for the primary purpose of investing in the types of securities described in 1, 2 and 3 below. At least 70% of a BDC’s total assets must be of the type listed in Section 55(a) of the 1940 Act, which are referred to as qualifying assets for purposes of the 70% test. The principal categories of qualifying assets relevant to our business are the following:

1.  Securities purchased in transactions not involving any public offering from the issuer of such securities, which issuer (subject to certain limited exceptions):

a.  is an eligible portfolio company, or from any person who is, or has been during the preceding 13 months, an affiliated person of an eligible portfolio company, or from any other person, subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the SEC. The 1940 Act defines an eligible portfolio company as any issuer that:

i.  is organized under the laws of, and has its principal place of business in, the United States;

ii.  is not an investment company (other than a small business investment company, or SBIC, wholly owned by the BDC) or a company that would be an investment company but for certain exclusions under the 1940 Act; and

iii.  does not have any class of securities listed on a national securities exchange;

b.  is a company that meets the requirements of (a)(i) and (ii) above, but is not an eligible portfolio company because it has issued a class of securities on a national securities exchange, if:

i.  at the time of the purchase, we own at least 50% of (A) the greatest number of equity securities of such issuer and securities convertible into or exchangeable for such securities; and (B) the greatest amount of debt securities of such issuer, held by us at any point in time during the period when such issuer was an eligible portfolio company; and;

ii.  we are one of the 20 largest holders of record of such issuer’s outstanding voting securities; or;

c.  is a company that meets the requirements of (a)(i) and (ii) above, but is not an eligible portfolio company because it has issued a class of securities on a national securities exchange, if the aggregate market value of such company’s outstanding voting and non-voting common equity is less than $250 million.

2.  Securities of any eligible portfolio company that we control.

3.  Securities purchased in a private transaction from a U.S. issuer that is not an investment company or from a person who is, or has been during the preceding thirteen months, an affiliated person of such issuer, or from any person in transactions incident thereto, if immediately prior to the purchase of its securities such issuer is in bankruptcy and subject to reorganization under the supervision of a court of competent jurisdiction, or subject to a plan or arrangement resulting from such bankruptcy proceedings or reorganization, or if the issuer, immediately prior to the purchase of its securities was not in bankruptcy proceedings but was unable to meet its obligations as they came due without material assistance other than conventional lending or financing arrangements.

4.  Securities of an eligible portfolio company purchased from any person in a private transaction if there is no ready market for such securities and we already own 60% of the outstanding equity of the eligible portfolio company.

5.  Securities received in exchange for or distributed on or with respect to securities described in (1) through (4) above, or pursuant to the exercise of options, warrants or rights relating to such securities.

6.  Cash, cash equivalents, U.S. government securities or high-quality debt maturing in one year or less from the time of investment in such high quality debt securities.

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Control investments include both majority-owned control investments (50% or more owned) and non-majority owned control investments (more than 25% but less than 50% owned). Non-control investments include both affiliate investments (5% to 25% owned) and non-affiliate investments (less than 5% owned).

Managerial Assistance to Portfolio Companies

In order to count portfolio securities as qualifying assets for the purpose of the 70% Test, as a BDC, we must either control the issuer of the securities or must offer to make available to the issuer of the securities (other than certain small and solvent companies described above) significant managerial assistance. Making available significant managerial assistance means, among other things, (1) any arrangement whereby we, through our directors, officers or employees, offer to provide, and, if accepted, do so provide, significant guidance and counsel concerning the management, operations, or business objectives and policies of a portfolio company or (2) the exercise of a controlling influence over the management or policies of a portfolio company by us acting individually or as part of a group acting together to control such company. We may satisfy the requirements of clause (1) with respect to a portfolio company by purchasing securities of such company as part of a group of investors acting together if one person in such group provides the type of assistance described in such clause.

Temporary Investments

Pending investment in other types of “qualifying assets,” as described above, our investments generally consist of cash, cash equivalents, U.S. government securities or high-quality debt maturing in one year or less from the time of investment, which we refer to, collectively, as temporary investments, so that 70% of our assets are qualifying assets. We may from time to time invest in U.S. Treasury Bills, commercial paper or repurchase agreements, provided that such agreements are fully collateralized by cash or securities issued by the U.S. government or its agencies. A repurchase agreement involves the purchase by an investor, such as us, of a specified security and the simultaneous agreement by the seller to repurchase it at an agreed-upon future date and at a price that is greater than the purchase price by an amount that reflects an agreed-upon interest rate. There is no percentage restriction on the proportion of our assets that we may invest in such repurchase agreements. However, if more than 25% of our total assets constitute repurchase agreements from a single counterparty, we would not meet the asset diversification requirements in order to qualify as a RIC for federal income tax purposes. Thus, we do not intend to enter into repurchase agreements with a single counterparty in excess of this limit. Our Manager will monitor the creditworthiness of the counterparties with which we enter into any repurchase agreement transactions.

Co-Investments

The 1940 Act contains certain prohibitions relating to co-investments by NGP affiliates and us. Although NGP-affiliated funds may make investments in securities like our targeted investments, these funds seek rates of return substantially in excess of those we seek and focus primarily on investments in common equity or other junior securities in the capital structure in order to achieve their targeted rates of return. We may have an opportunity to invest in a company in which an NGP private equity fund is also making an investment, although we do not currently anticipate encountering any significant number of these situations. An example could be a situation in which an energy company was seeking both debt capital, similar to our targeted investments, and equity capital, similar to that typically provided by the NGP-affiliated funds. Another example could be a situation in which an NGP-affiliated fund was seeking co-investors for an equity investment that is outside of our targeted investments, but which would be attractive to us.

Generally, we may participate in a co-investment with NGP and its affiliates only in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the SEC that prevent participation by a BDC in such a transaction on a basis less advantageous than that of the other parties to the transaction. If we wish to make a co-investment with NGP or one of its affiliates and there is no regulatory authority to permit such a co-investment without the approval of the SEC, we may seek an order from the SEC permitting the specific investment. We have received exemptive relief from the SEC permitting co-investment with NGP and its affiliates in securities that have substantially the same characteristics. Any other type of co-investment arrangement would require a specific exemptive order. Although the SEC has granted similar relief to other BDCs on a transaction by transaction basis in the past, we cannot be certain that our application for such relief on a single transaction will be granted or what conditions may be imposed by the SEC. Moreover, the length of time to obtain such

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an order may make it impracticable. If the requested order were not sought or not obtained, then in a situation in which an energy company was seeking both debt and equity capital, such company would make the determination as to whether it would proceed with obtaining capital from us in a targeted investment or alternatively from an NGP-affiliated fund in an equity investment.

Senior Securities

The 1940 Act permits us, under specified conditions, to issue multiple classes of senior indebtedness and one class of stock senior to our common stock if our asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, is at least equal to 200% immediately after each such issuance. In addition, while any senior securities remain outstanding, the rules require us to make provisions to prohibit any distribution to our stockholders or the repurchase of such securities or shares unless we meet the applicable asset coverage ratios at the time of the distribution or repurchase. The rules also permit us to borrow amounts up to 5% of the value of our total assets for temporary or emergency purposes without regard to asset coverage.

Sale and Purchase of Shares

We may sell shares of our common stock at a price below our prevailing net asset value per share only upon the approval of the policy by security holders holding a majority of the shares we have issued, including a majority of shares held by nonaffiliated security holders except in connection with an offering to our existing stockholders (including a rights offering), upon conversion of a convertible security, or upon exercise of certain warrants. We may repurchase our shares subject to the restrictions of the 1940 Act.

Regulated Investment Company

We operate our business so as to be taxed as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code. Qualification as a RIC generally allows us to avoid paying corporate income tax on our investment company taxable income (which generally consists of ordinary income and realized net short-term capital gains in excess of realized net long-term capital losses, if any, reduced by deductible expenses), or realized net capital gains, to the extent that we distribute, or deem to distribute, such investment company taxable income or gains to stockholders on a timely basis.

Taxable income generally differs from net income for financial reporting purposes due to temporary and permanent differences in the recognition of income and expense, and generally excludes net unrealized appreciation or depreciation, as we do not include such gains or losses in taxable income until realized. In addition, gains realized for financial reporting purposes may differ from gains included in taxable income because of our election to recognize gains using installment sale treatment, which results in the deferral of gains for tax purposes until we collect cash from notes received as consideration from the sale of investments. Dividends we declare and pay in a particular year generally differ from taxable income for that year as such dividends may include the distribution of current year taxable income, the distribution of prior year taxable income carried forward into and distributed in the current year, or returns of capital.

To avoid paying an excise tax, qualification as a RIC generally requires us to distribute 98.2% of our taxable income during the year we earn the income, and 100% of any income realized, but not distributed or deemed distributed in preceding years. If we do not meet this requirement, the Code imposes a nondeductible excise tax generally equal to 4% of the amount by which the required distribution exceeds the distribution for the year. The taxable income on which an excise tax is paid is generally carried forward and distributed to stockholders in the next tax year. Depending on the level of taxable income earned in a tax year, we may choose to carry forward taxable income in excess of current year distributions into the next tax year and pay a 4% excise tax on such income.

In order to maintain our status as a RIC, we must, in general, (1) continue to qualify as a BDC; (2) derive at least 90% of our gross income from dividends, interest, gains from the sale of securities and other specified types of income; (3) meet asset diversification requirements as defined in the Code; and (4) timely distribute to stockholders at least 90% of our annual investment company taxable income as defined in the Code.

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Investment Advisory Agreement

Management Services

Our Manager manages our investments and business pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement. Subject to the overall supervision of our Board of Directors, our Manager acts as investment adviser to us and manages the investment and reinvestment of our assets in accordance with our investment objectives and policies. Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, our Manager provides any and all investment advisory services necessary for the operation and conduct of our business and:

Our Manager’s services under the Investment Advisory Agreement are not required to be exclusive, and our Manager is free to furnish the same or similar services to other entities, including businesses that may compete directly or indirectly with us for particular investments, so long as its services to others do not impair its services to us. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement and to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, our Manager also provides on our behalf significant managerial assistance to those portfolio companies to which we are required to provide such assistance under the 1940 Act and who require such assistance from us.

Management Fee

Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement, we pay our Manager a fee for management services consisting of two components — a base management fee and an incentive fee.

Base Management Fee:  We calculate the base management fee as 0.45% of the average of our total assets as of the end of the two previous quarters. We record and pay this base management fee quarterly in arrears.

Incentive Fee:  The incentive fee under the Investment Advisory Agreement consists of two parts.

We calculate the first part of the incentive fee, the Investment Income Incentive Fee, as 20% of the excess, if any, of our net investment income for the quarter that exceeds a quarterly hurdle rate equal to 2% (8% annualized) of our net assets. We calculate and pay this Investment Income Incentive Fee quarterly in arrears. For the purpose of the calculation of the Investment Income Incentive Fee, net investment income means interest income, dividend income, royalty income and any other income (including any other fees, such as commitment, origination, syndication, structuring, diligence, managerial assistance, monitoring, and consulting fees or other fees that we receive from portfolio companies) accrued during the fiscal quarter, minus our operating expenses for the quarter (including the base management fee, expenses payable under the Administration Agreement, and interest expense, but excluding the incentive fee). Accordingly, we may pay an incentive fee based partly on accrued interest, the collection of which is uncertain or deferred. Net investment income includes, in the case of investments with a deferred interest feature (such as original issue discount, debt instruments with payment-in-kind interest and zero coupon securities), accrued income that we have not yet received in cash. Net investment income does not include any realized capital gains, realized capital

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losses, or unrealized capital appreciation or depreciation. We accrued and paid $0.3 million of Investment Income Incentive Fees for 2011 and no such fees for 2010 and 2009.

We calculate the second part of the incentive fee, the Capital Gains Fee, as (1) 20% of (a) our net realized capital gains (realized capital gains less realized capital losses) on a cumulative basis from the closing date of our initial public offering to the end of such fiscal year, less (b) any unrealized capital depreciation at the end of such fiscal year, less (2) the aggregate amount of all Capital Gains Fees paid to our Manager in prior fiscal years. We determine and pay the Capital Gains Fee in arrears as of the end of each fiscal year (or upon termination of the Investment Advisory Agreement, as of the termination date). For accounting purposes only, in order to reflect the theoretical Capital Gains Fee that would be payable for a given period as if all unrealized capital gains were realized, we will accrue a Capital Gains Fee as described above (in accordance with the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement), plus 20% of unrealized capital gains on investments held at the end of such period. It should be noted that the portion of the accruals for the Capital Gains Fees attributable to unrealized capital gains will not necessarily be payable under the Investment Advisory Agreement, and may never be paid based on the computation of Capital Gains Fees in subsequent periods. We did not accrue or pay any Capital Gains Fees in 2011, 2010 or 2009, and we do not anticipate paying any Capital Gains Fees in the foreseeable future.

Our Manager has agreed that, to the extent permissible under federal securities laws and regulations, including Regulation M, it will utilize 30% of the fees it receives from the capital gains portion of the incentive fee (up to a maximum of $5 million of fees in the aggregate) to purchase shares of our common stock in open market purchases through an independent trustee or agent. To date, our Manager has acquired 6,500 shares of our common stock pursuant to this agreement at a cost of $0.1 million. Any sales of such stock will comply with any applicable six-month holding period under Section 16(b) of the Securities Act and all other restrictions contained in any law or regulation, to the fullest extent applicable to any such sale. We will not implement any change in this voluntary agreement without at least 90 days’ prior notice to stockholders and compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Our Board of Directors originally approved the Investment Advisory Agreement on November 9, 2004. The Board of Directors or the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of our outstanding voting securities must approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement at least annually. Additionally, in either case, the approval must be by a majority of our independent directors. On October 31, 2011, our Board of Directors, including all of the independent directors, approved an extension of the Investment Advisory Agreement through November 9, 2012.

The Investment Advisory Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by a vote of our Board of Directors or the holders of a majority of our shares on 60 days’ written notice to our Manager, and would automatically terminate in the event of its “assignment” (as defined in the 1940 Act). Either party may terminate the agreement without penalty upon not more than 60 days’ written notice to the other.

The Investment Advisory Agreement provides that, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of the reckless disregard of its duties and obligations, our Manager, its partners and our Manager’s and its partners’ respective officers, managers, partners, agents, employees, controlling persons, members and any other person or entity affiliated with it are entitled to indemnification from us for any damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and amounts reasonably paid in settlement) arising from the rendering of our Manager’s services or obligations under the Investment Advisory Agreement or otherwise as our investment adviser. The agreement also provides that our Manager and its affiliates (including our Administrator) will not be liable to us or any stockholder for any error of judgment, mistake of law, any loss or damage with respect to any of our investments, or any action taken or omitted to be taken by our Manager in connection with the performance of any of its duties or obligations under the Investment Advisory Agreement or otherwise as an investment adviser to us, except to the extent specified in Section 36(b) of the 1940 Act concerning loss resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty with respect to the receipt of compensation for services.

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Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement, our Manager pays the compensation and routine overhead expenses of the investment professionals of our management team and their respective staffs, when and to the extent engaged in providing management and investment advisory services to us. We will bear all other costs and expenses of our operations and transactions.

Our Manager, NGP Investment Advisor, LP, was formed in 2004 and maintains an office at 909 Fannin, Suite 3800, Houston, Texas 77010. Our Manager’s sole activity is to perform management and investment advisory services for us. Our Manager is a registered investment adviser under the Advisers Act.

The foregoing description of the Investment Advisory Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the document, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Administration Agreement

Pursuant to a separate Administration Agreement, our Administrator furnishes us with office facilities, equipment, and clerical, bookkeeping, and record keeping services at such facilities. Under the Administration Agreement, our Administrator also performs, or oversees the performance by third parties of, our required administrative services, which include responsibility for the financial records that we are required to maintain and preparation of reports to our stockholders and reports filed with the SEC. In addition, our Administrator assists us in determining and publishing our net asset value, oversees the preparation and filing of our tax returns, the printing and dissemination of reports to our stockholders, and generally oversees the payment of our expenses and the performance of administrative and professional services rendered to us by others. To the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, our Administrator may also provide, on our behalf, significant managerial assistance to our portfolio companies. We base payments under the Administration Agreement upon the allocable portion of our Administrator’s costs and expenses incurred in connection with administering our business. The Administration Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by a vote of our Board of Directors or by our Administrator upon 60 days’ written notice to the other party, and will automatically terminate in the event of its “assignment” (as defined in the 1940 Act).

Our Board of Directors originally approved the Administration Agreement on November 9, 2004. Our Board of Directors and a majority of our independent directors must approve the continuation of the Administration Agreement at least annually. On October 31, 2011, the Board of Directors, including all of the independent directors, approved an extension of the Administration Agreement through November 9, 2012.

The Administration Agreement provides that, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of the reckless disregard of its duties and obligations, our Manager, its partners and our Manager’s and its partners’ respective officers, managers, partners, agents, employees, controlling persons, members and any other person or entity affiliated with it are entitled to indemnification from us for any damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and amounts reasonably paid in settlement) arising from the rendering of our Administrator’s services under the Administration Agreement or otherwise as our Administrator. The agreement also provides that our Administrator and its affiliates (including our Manager) will not be liable to us or any stockholder for any error of judgment, mistake of law, any loss or damage with respect to any of our investments, or any action taken or omitted to be taken by our Administrator in connection with the performance of any of its duties or obligations under the Administration Agreement or otherwise as our Administrator.

The foregoing description of the Administration Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the document, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 10.2 to our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, and is incorporated herein by reference.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Risks Related to Our Business and Investments

Economic downturns or recessions and the volatility of oil and natural gas prices could impair our portfolio companies’ operations and ability to satisfy obligations to their respective lenders, including us, which could negatively impact our ability to pay dividends and cause the loss of all or part of your investment.

The conditions and overall strength of the national, regional and international economies, including interest rate fluctuations, changes in capital markets and changes in the prices of their primary commodities and products will generally affect our portfolio companies. These factors could adversely impact the results of operations of our portfolio companies.

The U.S. and foreign financial markets have been experiencing a high level of volatility, disruption and distress in recent years, which has been exacerbated by the failure of several major financial institutions in late 2008, continuing uncertainty about the global economy and ongoing concerns surrounding the sovereign debt crisis, particularly in the euro-zone. Despite actions of the U.S. federal government and foreign governments, these events contributed to worsening general economic conditions that materially and adversely impacted the broader financial and credit markets and reduced the availability of debt and equity capital for the market as a whole and financial services firms in particular. While these conditions have improved, volatility and relative instability could continue for a prolonged period of time or worsen in the future both in the U.S. and globally.

Our portfolio companies may be susceptible to economic downturns or recessions and may be unable to repay our loans during these periods. Therefore, our non-performing assets may increase and the value of our portfolio may decrease during these periods. Adverse economic conditions also may decrease the value of collateral securing some of our loans and the value of our equity investments. Economic downturns or recessions could lead to financial losses in our portfolio and decreases in revenues, net income and assets. Unfavorable economic conditions also could increase our funding costs, limit our access to the capital markets or result in decisions by lenders not to extend credit to us. Additionally, oil and natural gas prices are volatile, and a decline in oil and natural gas prices could significantly affect the business, financial condition and results of operations of our portfolio companies and their ability to meet financial commitments. These events could prevent us from making additional investments and harm our operating results.

A portfolio company’s failure to satisfy financial or operating covenants imposed by us or other lenders could lead to defaults and, potentially, termination of its loans and foreclosure on the assets securing such loans, which could trigger cross-defaults under other agreements and jeopardize our portfolio company’s ability to meet its obligations under the debt securities that we hold and the value of any equity securities we own. We may incur expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon default or to negotiate new terms with a defaulting portfolio company. In addition, if one of our portfolio companies were to go bankrupt, even though we may have structured our interest as senior debt, depending on the facts and circumstances, including the extent to which we actually provided managerial assistance to that portfolio company, a bankruptcy court might recharacterize our debt holding and subordinate all or a portion of our claim to that of other creditors. This could negatively affect our ability to pay dividends and cause the loss of all or part of your investment.

Capital markets have been in a period of disruption and instability in recent years. These market conditions have materially and adversely affected debt and equity capital markets in the United States, which has had, and may in the future have, a negative impact on our business and operations.

Beginning in 2007, the U.S. capital markets entered into a period of disruption as evidenced by a lack of liquidity in the debt capital markets, significant write-offs in the financial services sector, the re-pricing of credit risk in the broadly syndicated credit market and the failure of major financial institutions. Despite actions of the U.S. federal government, these events contributed to worsening general economic conditions that materially and adversely impacted the broader financial and credit markets and reduced the availability of debt and equity capital for the market as a whole and financial services firms in particular. While these conditions have improved, there can be no assurance that they will not worsen in the future. If these adverse

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market conditions return, we and other companies in the financial services sector may have to access, if available, alternative markets for debt and equity capital in order to grow. Equity capital may be difficult to raise because, subject to some limited exceptions, as a BDC, we are generally not able to issue additional shares of our common stock at a price less than net asset value without first obtaining approval for such issuance from our stockholders and our independent directors. In addition, our ability to incur indebtedness (including by issuing preferred stock) is limited by applicable regulations such that our asset coverage, as defined in the Investment Company Act, must equal at least 200% immediately after each time we incur indebtedness. The debt capital that will be available, if at all, may be at a higher cost and on less favorable terms and conditions in the future. Any inability to raise capital could have a negative effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Moreover, market conditions may make it difficult to extend the maturity of or refinance our existing indebtedness and any failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our business. The illiquidity of our investments may make it difficult for us to sell such investments if required. As a result, we may realize significantly less than the value at which we have recorded our investments. Capital market volatility also affects our investment valuations. While most of our investments are not publicly traded, applicable accounting standards require us to assume as part of our valuation process that our investments are sold in a principal market to market participants (even if we plan on holding an investment through its maturity). As a result, volatility in the capital markets can adversely affect our valuations. During the extreme volatility and dislocation in the capital markets in recent years, many BDCs have faced, and may in the future face, a challenging environment in which to raise capital.

As a result of the significant changes in the capital markets affecting our ability to raise capital, the pace of our investment activity slowed in 2009 and 2010. In addition, significant changes in the capital markets, including the recent extreme volatility and disruption, has had, and may in the future have, a negative effect on the valuations of our investments and on the potential for liquidity events involving our investments. An inability to raise capital, if needed, and any required sale of our investments for liquidity purposes, could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

High oil and natural gas prices may increase the availability of alternative sources of capital and reduce demand for our targeted investments.

During periods of higher oil and natural gas prices, energy companies may have less financial need for borrowing than in a lower commodity price environment. At higher commodity price levels, borrowers may use the additional cash flow to reduce outstanding debt under senior secured facilities, which typically makes future borrowing capacity available to such borrowers. In addition, to the extent senior lenders base borrowing capacity on reserve value calculations, higher commodity prices typically increase reserve values, thereby creating additional borrowing capacity. Because interest rates under senior secured facilities will generally be lower than the interest rates of our targeted investments, energy companies may have the ability to borrow additional amounts under their senior debt facilities and this ability may reduce the demand for our targeted investments. As a result, high commodity prices may have the effect of reducing the number of energy companies seeking financing similar to our targeted investments or causing us to achieve lower total returns on our targeted investments.

Our ability to grow will depend on our ability to raise capital.

Periodically, we will need to access the capital markets to raise cash to fund new investments. Unfavorable economic conditions could increase our funding costs, limit our access to the capital markets or result in a decision by lenders not to extend credit to us. An inability to access the capital markets successfully could limit our ability to grow our business and fully execute our business strategy and could decrease our earnings. With certain limited exceptions, we are only allowed to borrow amounts or issue debt securities or preferred stock such that our asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, equals at least 200% after such borrowing, which, in certain circumstances, may restrict our ability to borrow or issue debt securities or preferred stock. The amount of leverage that we employ will depend on our Manager’s and our Board of Directors’ assessment of market and other factors at the time of any proposed borrowing or issuance of debt securities or preferred stock. We cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain our current credit facility or obtain another line of credit at all or on terms acceptable to us.

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In addition to issuing securities to raise capital as described above, we may in the future seek to securitize our loans to generate cash for funding new investments. To securitize loans, we may create a wholly owned subsidiary and contribute a pool of loans to the subsidiary. This could include the sale of interests in the subsidiary on a non-recourse basis (except for customary repurchase obligations for breach of representations and warranties) to purchasers whom we would expect to be willing to accept a lower interest rate to invest in investment grade loan pools, and we would expect that we would retain a subordinated interest in the assets and participate (most likely on a first loss basis) in losses related to the securitized assets to the extent of that interest. However, we will base the exact structure and provisions of any securitization upon then-current market conditions and may vary from the description in this paragraph. An inability to securitize our loan portfolio successfully could limit our ability to grow our business, fully execute our business strategy and decrease our earnings. Moreover, the successful securitization of our loan portfolio might expose us to losses, as the residual loans in which we do not sell interests will tend to be those that are riskier and more apt to generate losses. The 1940 Act may also impose restrictions on the structure of any securitization. We have no present plans to securitize any of our loans, but believe the availability of this option will provide us with increased flexibility in the future to raise additional capital.

Regulations governing our operation as a BDC affect our ability to, and the way in which we, raise additional capital.

We may issue debt securities or preferred stock, which we refer to collectively as “senior securities,” and/or borrow money from banks or other financial institutions, up to the maximum amount permitted by the 1940 Act. The provisions of the 1940 Act permit us, as a BDC, to incur indebtedness or issue senior securities only in amounts such that our asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, equals at least 200% after each such incurrence or issuance. If the value of our assets declines, we may be unable to satisfy this test, which may prohibit us from paying dividends and could prevent us from maintaining our status as a RIC or may prohibit us from repurchasing shares of our common stock. If we cannot satisfy this test, we may be required to sell a portion of our investments at a time when such sales may be disadvantageous and, depending on the nature of our leverage, repay a portion of our indebtedness. As of December 31, 2011, given our total assets of $257 million and total debt of $50 million, our asset coverage for senior securities was 513%.

We are not generally able to issue and sell our common stock at a price below net asset value per share. We may, however, sell our common stock, or warrants, options or rights to acquire our common stock, at a price below the current net asset value per share of the common stock if our Board of Directors determines that such sale is in our best interests and the best interests of our stockholders, and, in certain instances, our stockholders approve such sale. Any such sale would be dilutive to existing stockholders. In any such case, the price at which we issue or sell our securities may not be less than a price that, in the determination of our Board of Directors, closely approximates the market value of such securities (less any commission or discount). If our common stock trades at a discount to net asset value, this restriction could adversely affect our ability to raise capital.

We operate in a highly competitive market for investment opportunities.

A large number of entities compete with us to make the types of investments that we make in energy companies. We compete with public and private funds, commercial and investment banks, commercial financing companies, and, to the extent they provide an alternative form of financing, private equity funds. Moreover, alternative investment vehicles, such as hedge funds, also invest in middle market companies. As a result, competition for investment opportunities in middle market companies is intense. Many of our competitors are substantially larger and have considerably greater financial, technical and marketing resources than we do. For example, some competitors may have a lower cost of funds and access to funding sources that are not available to us. In addition, some of our competitors may have higher risk tolerances or different risk assessments, which could allow them to consider a wider variety of investments and establish more relationships than us. We believe that a significant part of our competitive advantage in investing in middle market companies will stem from the fact that the market for investments in middle market companies is underserved by traditional commercial banks and other financing sources. A significant increase in the number and/or the size of our competitors in this target market could force us to accept less attractive investment terms. Furthermore, many of our competitors are not subject to the regulatory restrictions that the 1940 Act

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imposes on us as a BDC. The competitive pressures that we face may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Also, because of this competition, we may not be able to take advantage of attractive investment opportunities from time to time, and we may not be able to identify and make investments that are consistent with our investment objectives.

We do not seek to compete solely based on the interest rates we offer to prospective portfolio companies. However, some of our competitors may make loans with interest rates comparable to or lower than the rates we offer. We may lose investment opportunities if we do not match our competitors’ pricing, terms and structures. If we match our competitors’ pricing, terms and structures, we may experience decreased net interest income or capital gains and increased risk of credit loss, and the value of our shares or the amount of dividends paid may decline.

Investing in privately held companies may be riskier than investing in publicly traded companies due to the lack of available public information.

We invest primarily in privately held companies, which may be subject to higher risk than investments in publicly traded companies. Generally, little public information exists about these companies, and we are required to rely on the ability of our management team to obtain adequate information to evaluate the potential risks and returns involved in investing in these companies. If we are unable to uncover all material information about these companies, we may not make a fully informed investment decision, and we may lose some or all of the money we invest in these companies. These factors could subject us to greater risk than investments in publicly traded companies and negatively affect our investment returns, which could negatively affect our ability to pay dividends and cause the loss of all or part of your investment.

To the extent original issue discount and paid-in-kind interest constitute a portion of our income, we will be exposed to typical risks associated with such income being required to be included in taxable and accounting income prior to receipt of cash representing such income.

Our investments include original issue discount, or OID, instruments. To the extent original issue discount constitutes a portion of our income, we are exposed to typical risks associated with such income being required to be included in taxable and accounting income prior to receipt of cash, including the following:

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Many of our portfolio investments are not publicly traded and, as a result, there is uncertainty as to the value of our portfolio investments.

Large percentages of our portfolio investments (other than our short-term cash investments) are, and will continue to be, in the form of securities that are not publicly traded. The estimated fair value of securities and other investments that are not publicly traded may not be readily determinable. We value these securities quarterly at estimated fair value in accordance with procedures as determined in good faith by our Board of Directors. However, we may be required on a more frequent basis to value our securities to reflect significant events affecting the estimated fair value of our securities. The types of factors we may consider in determining the estimated fair value of an investment include the nature and realizable value of any collateral, the portfolio company’s earnings and ability to make payments, the markets in which the portfolio company does business, comparison to publicly traded companies, discounted cash flow and other relevant factors. Because such estimated valuations, and particularly estimated valuations of private securities and private companies, are inherently uncertain, may fluctuate during short periods of time and may be based on estimates, our determinations of estimated fair value may differ materially from the values that would have been used if a ready market for these securities existed. As a result, we may not be able to dispose of our holdings at a price equal to or greater than our estimated fair value. Our net asset value could be adversely affected if our determinations regarding the estimated fair value of our investments are materially higher than the values that we ultimately realize upon the disposal of such securities. In addition, the subjective nature of such estimated valuations may cause the shares of our common stock to trade at a discount to our net asset value.

Our equity investments may lose all or part of their value, causing us to lose all or part of our investment in those companies.

The equity interests in which we invest may not appreciate or may decline in value. Accordingly, we may not be able to realize gains from our equity interests, and any gains that we do realize on the disposition of any equity interests may not be sufficient to offset any other losses we experience. As a result, our equity interests may decline in value, causing us to lose all or part of our equity investment in those companies, and may negatively affect our ability to pay dividends and cause the loss of all or part of your investment.

The energy industry is subject to many risks.

We have a significant concentration of investments in the energy industry. The revenues, income (or losses) and valuations of energy companies can fluctuate suddenly and dramatically due to any one or more of the following factors:

Commodity Pricing Risk.  In general, commodity prices directly affect energy companies, such as the market prices of crude oil, natural gas, coal and wholesale electricity, especially for those who own the underlying energy commodity. In addition, the volatility of commodity prices can affect other energy companies due to the impact of prices on the volume of commodities produced, transported, processed, stored or distributed and on the cost of fuel for power generation companies. The volatility of commodity prices can also affect energy companies’ ability to access the capital markets in light of market perception that their performance may be directly tied to commodity prices. Historically, energy commodity prices have been cyclical and exhibited significant volatility. Some of our portfolio companies may not engage in hedging transactions to minimize their exposure to commodity price risk. Those companies that engage in such hedging transactions remain subject to market risks, including market liquidity and counterparty creditworthiness.

Regulatory Risk.  Changes in the regulatory environment could adversely affect the profitability of energy companies. Federal, state and local governments heavily regulate the businesses of energy companies in diverse matters, such as the way in which energy assets are constructed, maintained and operated and the prices energy companies may charge for their products and services. Such regulation can change over time in scope and intensity. For example, a regulatory agency may declare a particular by-product of an energy process as hazardous, which can unexpectedly increase production costs. Moreover, many state and federal environmental laws provide for civil penalties as well as regulatory remediation, thus adding to the potential liability an energy company may face.

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Production Risk.  The volume of crude oil, natural gas or other energy commodities available for producing, transporting, processing, storing, distributing or generating power may materially impact the profitability of energy companies. A significant decrease in the production of natural gas, crude oil, coal or other energy commodities, due to the decline of production from existing facilities, import supply disruption, depressed commodity prices, political events, OPEC actions or otherwise, could reduce revenue and operating income or increase operating costs of energy companies and, therefore, their ability to pay debt or dividends.

Demand Risk.  A sustained decline in demand for crude oil, natural gas, refined petroleum products and electricity could materially affect revenues and cash flows of energy companies. Factors that could lead to a decrease in market demand include a recession or other adverse economic conditions, increases in the market price of the underlying commodity, higher taxes or other regulatory actions that increase costs, or shifts in consumer demand for such products.

Depletion and Exploration Risk.  A portion of an energy company’s assets may consist of natural gas, crude oil and/or coal reserves and other commodities that naturally deplete over time. Depletion could have a material adverse impact on such company’s ability to maintain its revenue. Further, estimates of energy reserves may not be accurate and, even if accurate, reserves may not be produced profitably. In addition, exploration of energy resources, especially of oil and natural gas, is inherently risky and requires large amounts of capital.

Weather Risk.  Unseasonable extreme weather patterns could result in significant volatility in demand for energy and power or may directly affect the operations of individual companies. This weather-related risk may create fluctuations in earnings of energy companies.

Operational Risk.  Energy companies are subject to various operational risks, such as failed drilling or well development, unscheduled outages, underestimated cost projections, unanticipated operation and maintenance expenses, failure to obtain the necessary permits to operate and failure of third-party contractors, such as energy producers and shippers, to perform their contractual obligations. In addition, energy companies employ a variety of means of increasing cash flow, including increasing utilization of existing facilities, expanding operations through new construction, expanding operations through acquisitions, or securing additional long-term contracts. Thus, some energy companies may be subject to construction risk, acquisition risk or other risks arising from their specific business strategies.

Competition Risk.  The energy companies in which we may invest will face substantial competition in acquiring properties, enhancing and developing their assets, marketing their commodities, securing trained personnel and operating their properties. Many of their competitors, including major oil companies, natural gas utilities, independent power producers and other private independent energy companies, may have financial and other resources that substantially exceed their resources. The businesses in which we may invest face greater competition in the production, marketing and selling of power and energy products brought about in part from the deregulation of the energy markets.

Valuation Risk.  We make targeted investments based upon valuations of our portfolio companies’ assets that are subject to uncertainties inherent in estimating quantities of reserves of oil, natural gas and coal and in projecting future rates of production and the timing of development expenditures, which are dependent upon many factors beyond our control. The estimates rely on various assumptions, including, for example, commodity prices, operating expenses, capital expenditures and the availability of funds, and are therefore inherently imprecise indications of future net cash flows. Actual future production, cash flows, taxes, operating expenses, development expenditures and quantities of recoverable reserves may vary substantially from those assumed in the estimates. Any significant variance in these assumptions could materially affect the value of our investments.

Financing Risk.  Some of the portfolio companies in which we invest may rely on capital markets to raise money to pay their existing obligations. Any of the risk factors associated with energy companies described above, general economic and market conditions or other factors may affect their ability to access the capital markets on attractive terms. This may in turn affect their ability to satisfy their obligations with us.

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Climate Change.  There may be evidence of global climate change. Climate change creates physical and financial risk and some of our portfolio companies may be adversely affected by climate change. For example, the needs of customers of energy companies vary with weather conditions, primarily temperature and humidity. To the extent climate changes affect weather conditions, energy use could increase or decrease depending on the duration and magnitude of any changes. Increased energy use due to weather changes may require additional investments by our portfolio companies in more pipelines and other infrastructure to serve increased demand. A decrease in energy use due to weather changes may affect our portfolio companies’ financial condition through decreased revenues. Extreme weather conditions in general require more system backup, adding to costs, and can contribute to increased system stresses, including service interruptions. Potential lawsuits against or taxes or other regulatory costs imposed on greenhouse gas emitters could also affect energy companies, based on links drawn between greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.

When we are a debt or minority equity investor in a portfolio company, we generally will not be in a position to control the entity, and management of the portfolio company may make decisions that could decrease the value of our portfolio holdings.

We generally make debt and minority equity investments, and are therefore subject to the risks that a portfolio company may make business decisions with which we disagree. Further, the stockholders and management of such company may take risks or otherwise act in ways that do not serve our interests. Due to the lack of liquidity in the markets for our investments in privately held companies, we may not be able to dispose of our interests in our portfolio companies as readily as we would like. As a result, a portfolio company may make decisions that could decrease the value of our portfolio holdings.

The lack of liquidity in our investments may adversely affect our business.

We generally make investments in private companies. Substantially all of these investments are subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise are less liquid than publicly traded securities. The illiquidity of our investments may make it difficult for us to sell such investments if the need arises. In addition, if we are required to liquidate all or a portion of our portfolio quickly, we may realize significantly less than the value at which we have previously recorded our investments. In addition, we may face other restrictions on our ability to liquidate an investment in a portfolio company to the extent that we have material non-public information regarding such portfolio company.

We may experience fluctuations in our quarterly results.

We could experience fluctuations in our quarterly operating results due to a number of factors, including changes in the fair values of our portfolio investments, the interest rate payable on the debt securities we acquire, the default rate on such securities, the level of our expenses, variations in, and the timing of, the recognition of realized and unrealized gains or losses, the degree to which we encounter competition in our markets and general economic conditions. Because of these factors, you should not rely on results for any period as being indicative of performance in future periods.

We may choose to invest a portion of our portfolio in investments that may be considered highly speculative, which could negatively affect our ability to pay dividends and cause a loss of part of your investment.

Our investments are generally in the form of debt instruments, including senior and subordinated loans, combined in one facility, sometimes with an equity component, and subordinated loans, sometimes with equity components. We may also invest in preferred stock and other equity securities. We would likely often make these types of investments in energy companies that possess assets that do not produce sufficient current cash flow at inception of our investment to amortize the principal throughout the life of a loan. For example, we could make such an investment in a company that owns proved non-producing oil and natural gas reserves and requires capital to finance development drilling to initiate the production of the reserves and generate cash flow. Some of these investments may be of a highly speculative nature and may lose some or all of their value, which could negatively affect our ability to pay dividends and cause the loss of part of your investment.

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We fund a portion of our investments with borrowed money, which magnifies the potential for gain or loss on amounts invested and may increase the risk of investing in us.

Borrowings, also known as leverage, magnify the potential for gain or loss on amounts invested and, therefore, increase the risks associated with investing in our securities. We currently borrow under our Investment Facility and in the future may borrow or issue senior debt securities. Our current and future debt securities are and may be governed by an indenture or other instrument containing covenants restricting our operating flexibility. We, and indirectly our stockholders, bear the cost of issuing and servicing such securities. Any convertible or exchangeable securities that we issue in the future may have rights, preferences and privileges more favorable than those of our common stock. Our lenders have fixed dollar claims on our consolidated assets that are superior to the claims of our common stockholders or any preferred stockholders. If the value of our consolidated assets increases, then leveraging would cause the net asset value to increase more sharply than it would have had we not leveraged. Conversely, if the value of our consolidated assets decreases, leveraging would cause net asset value to decline more sharply than it otherwise would have had we not leveraged. Similarly, any increase in our consolidated income in excess of consolidated interest payable on the borrowed funds would cause our net income to increase more than it would without the leverage, while any decrease in our consolidated income would cause net income to decline more sharply than it would have had we not borrowed. Such a decline could negatively affect our ability to make common stock dividend payments. Leverage is generally considered a speculative investment technique. We intend to continue borrowing under the Investment Facility in the future, and we may increase the size of the Investment Facility or issue debt securities or other evidence of indebtedness. Our ability to service our debt depends largely on our financial performance and is subject to prevailing economic conditions and competitive pressures. The amount of leverage that we employ at any particular time will depend on our Manager’s and our Board of Directors’ assessment of market and other factors at the time of any proposed borrowing.

Changes in interest rates may expose us to additional risks.

General interest rate fluctuations may have a negative impact on our investments and investment opportunities and, accordingly, may have a material adverse effect on investment objectives and our rate of return on invested capital. Because we may borrow money to make investments, our net investment income depends upon the difference between the rate at which we borrow funds and the rate at which we invest these funds. As a result, there can be no assurance that a significant change in market interest rates will not have a material adverse effect on our net investment income. As of December 31, 2011, approximately 46% of the investments at fair value in our portfolio were at fixed rates, while approximately 54% were at variable rates. Trading prices for debt that pays a fixed rate of return tend to fall as interest rates rise. Trading prices tend to fluctuate more for fixed-rate securities that have longer maturities. Although we have no policy governing the maturities of our investments, under current market conditions we expect that we will invest in a portfolio of debt generally having maturities of three to seven years, but may have longer maturities. This means that, to the extent we fund longer term fixed rate investments with shorter term floating rate borrowings, we will be subject to greater risk (other things being equal) than a fund invested solely in shorter term securities. A decline in the prices of the debt we own could adversely affect the trading price of our shares.

Failure to extend our Investment Facility, the revolving period of which is currently scheduled to expire on August 31, 2014, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial position and our ability to pay expenses and make distributions.

The revolving period for our Investment Facility with a syndicate of lenders is currently scheduled to expire on August 31, 2014. If the participant banks do not renew or extend the Investment Facility by August 31, 2014, we will not be able to make further borrowings under the facility after such date and the outstanding principal balance on that date will be due and payable. If we are unable to extend our facility or find a new source of borrowing on acceptable terms, we will be required to pay down the amounts outstanding under the facility through one or more of the following: (1) available cash balances, (2) principal collections on our securities pledged under the facility, (3) at our option, interest collections on our securities pledged under the facility and cash collections on our securities not pledged under the facility, or (4) possible liquidation of some or all of our loans and other assets, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial position and may force us to decrease or stop paying certain expenses

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and making distributions until the facility is repaid. In addition, our stock price could decline significantly, we would be restricted in our ability to acquire new investments and, in connection with our year-end audit, our independent registered accounting firm could raise an issue as to our ability to continue as a going concern.

We may not have sufficient funds to make follow-on investments. Our decision not to make a follow-on investment may have a negative impact on a portfolio company in need of such an investment or may result in a missed opportunity for us.

After our initial investment in a portfolio company, the company may request additional funds or we may have the opportunity to increase our investment in a successful situation, for example, the exercise of a warrant to purchase common stock. There is no assurance that we will make, or will have sufficient funds to make, follow-on investments. Any decision we make not to make a follow-on investment or any inability on our part to make such an investment may have a negative impact on a portfolio company in need of such an investment or may result in a missed opportunity for us to increase our participation in a successful operation and may dilute our equity interest or otherwise reduce the expected yield on our investment.

We may in the future determine to fund a portion of our investments with preferred stock, which would magnify the potential for gain or loss and the risks of investing in us in the same way as our borrowings.

Because preferred stock is another form of leverage and the dividends on any preferred stock we issue must be cumulative, preferred stock has the same risks to our common stockholders as borrowings. Payment of such dividends and repayment of the liquidation preference of such preferred stock must take preference over any dividends or other payments to our common stockholders. Preferred stockholders are not subject to any of our expenses or losses and are not entitled to participate in any income or appreciation in excess of their stated preference.

Our Board of Directors may change most of our operating policies and strategies without prior notice or stockholder approval, the effects of which may be adverse.

Our Board of Directors has the authority to modify or waive most of our current operating policies and our strategies without prior notice and without stockholder approval. We cannot predict the effect any changes to our current operating policies and strategies would have on our business, operating results and value of our stock. However, the effects might be adverse, which could negatively affect our ability to pay you dividends and cause you to lose all or part of your investment. In the event that our Board of Directors determines that we cannot economically pursue our investment objective under the 1940 Act, they may at some future date decide to withdraw our election to be treated as a BDC and convert us to a management investment company or an operating company not subject to regulation under the 1940 Act, or cause us to liquidate. These changes would require the approval of a requisite percentage of our Board of Directors and the holders of a majority of our shares.

We may choose to waive or defer enforcement of covenants in the debt securities held in our portfolio, which may cause us to lose all or part of our investment in these companies.

We generally structure the debt investments in our portfolio companies to include customary business and financial covenants placing affirmative and negative obligations on the operation of each company’s business and its financial condition. However, from time to time we may elect to waive breaches of these covenants, including our right to payment, or waive or defer enforcement of remedies, such as acceleration of obligations or foreclosure on collateral, depending upon the financial condition and prospects of the particular portfolio company. These actions may reduce the likelihood of us receiving the full amount of future payments of interest or principal and be accompanied by a deterioration in the value of the underlying collateral as many of these companies may have limited financial resources, may be unable to meet future obligations and may go bankrupt. This could negatively affect our ability to pay dividends and cause the loss of all or part of your investment.

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We may concentrate our portfolio investments in a limited number of portfolio companies, which would magnify the effect if one of those companies were to suffer a significant loss.

We are a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company under the 1940 Act, which means we are not limited by the 1940 Act in the proportion of our assets that may be invested in the securities of a single issuer. A consequence of this concentration is that the aggregate returns we initially realize may be adversely affected if a small number of our investments perform poorly or if the value of any one such investment declines significantly. Beyond the applicable federal income tax diversification requirements, we do not have fixed guidelines for diversification, and our investments could be concentrated in relatively few portfolio companies. Financial difficulty on the part of any single portfolio company will expose us to a greater risk of loss than would be the case if we were a “diversified” company holding numerous investments. To the extent that we take large positions in the securities of a small number of portfolio companies, our net asset value and the market price of our common stock may fluctuate as a result of changes in the financial condition or in the market’s assessment of such portfolio companies to a greater extent than that of a diversified investment company. These factors could negatively affect our ability to pay dividends and cause the loss of all or part of your investment.

In addition, we concentrate our investments in the energy industry. Consequently, this concentration exposes us to the risks of adverse developments affecting the energy industry to a greater extent than if we dispersed our investments over a variety of industries. See “The energy industry is subject to many risks.”

Our principal investment strategy is to invest in subordinated or mezzanine securities, which may be junior to other debts incurred by the portfolio companies. As a result, the holders of such debt may be entitled to payments of principal or interest prior to us, preventing us from obtaining the full value of our investment in the event of an insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or bankruptcy of the relevant portfolio company.

We invest a substantial amount of our assets in subordinated debt securities and mezzanine investments issued by our portfolio companies. The portfolio companies will usually have, or we may permit them to incur, other debt that ranks equally with, or senior to, the securities in which we invest. By their terms, such debt instruments may entitle the holders to receive payment of interest or principal on or before the dates on which we are entitled to receive payments in respect of the securities in which we invest. Also, in the event of insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or bankruptcy of a portfolio company, holders of debt instruments ranking senior to our investment in that portfolio company would typically be entitled to receive payment in full before we receive any distribution in respect of our investment. After repaying such senior creditors, the portfolio company may not have any remaining assets to use for repaying its obligation to us. In the case of debt ranking equally with securities in which we invest, we would have to share on an equal basis any distributions with other creditors holding such securities in the event of an insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or bankruptcy of the relevant portfolio company. An event such as an insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or bankruptcy of a relevant portfolio company may prevent us from obtaining the full value of our investment.

Our portfolio companies may be highly leveraged.

Some of our portfolio companies may be highly leveraged, which may have adverse consequences to these companies and to us as an investor. These companies may be subject to restrictive financial and operating covenants and the leverage may impair these companies’ ability to finance their future operations and capital needs. As a result, these companies’ flexibility to respond to changing business and economic conditions and to take advantage of business opportunities may be limited. Further, a leveraged company’s income and net assets will tend to increase or decrease at a greater rate than if borrowed money were not used.

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If we fail to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results, which could have a material adverse effect on our operations, investor confidence in our reported financial information and the trading price of our securities.

Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and effectively prevent fraud. We reported a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, which resulted in material misstatements in certain of our historical financial statements, that required us to restate those financial statements. Management subsequently implemented new control processes and procedures, and that material weakness has since been remediated. However, we cannot assure you that significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting will not be identified in the future. Any failure to maintain or implement required new or improved controls, or any difficulties we encounter in their implementation, could result in significant deficiencies or material weaknesses, and cause us to fail to meet our periodic reporting obligations or result in material misstatements in our financial statements. Any such failure could also adversely affect the results of periodic management evaluations and annual auditor attestation reports regarding the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules promulgated thereunder. The existence of a material weakness could result in errors in our financial statements that could result in a restatement of financial statements, cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations and cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, leading to a decline in our stock price.

Failure to deploy new capital may reduce our return on equity.

Until we identify new investment opportunities, we intend to either invest any excess cash and the net proceeds of future offerings in interest-bearing deposits or other short-term instruments or use the net proceeds from such offerings to reduce then-outstanding obligations under our credit facility. We cannot assure you that we will be able to find enough appropriate investments that meet our investment criteria or that any investment we complete using the proceeds from an offering will produce a sufficient return. If we fail to invest any new capital effectively our return on equity may be negatively impacted, which could reduce the price of the shares of our common stock.

We may invest a portion of our assets in foreign securities. Investing in foreign securities typically involves more risks than investing in U.S. securities. These risks can increase the potential for losses by us and negatively affect our stock price.

Foreign securities may be issued and traded in foreign currencies. As a result, changes in exchange rates between foreign currencies may affect their values in U.S. dollar terms. For example, if the value of the U.S. dollar goes up, compared to a foreign currency, a loan payable in that foreign currency will go down in value because it will be worth fewer U.S. dollars.

The political, economic, and social structure of some foreign countries may be less stable and more volatile than those in the United States. Investments in these countries may be subject to the risks of internal and external conflicts, currency devaluations, foreign ownership limitations and tax increases. A government may take over assets or operations of a company or impose restrictions on the exchange or export of currency or other assets. Some countries also may have different legal systems that may make it difficult for us to vote proxies, exercise stockholder rights, and pursue legal remedies with respect to foreign investments. Diplomatic and political developments, including rapid and adverse political changes, social instability, regional conflicts, terrorism and war, could affect the economies, industries and securities and currency markets, and the value of our investments, in non-U.S. countries. These factors are extremely difficult, if not impossible, to predict and to take into account with respect to our investments in foreign securities.

Brokerage commissions and other fees generally are higher for foreign securities. Government supervision and regulation of foreign stock exchanges, currency markets, trading systems and brokers may be less than in the United States. The procedures and rules governing foreign transactions and custody (holding of our assets) may involve delays in payment, delivery or recovery of money or investments.

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Foreign companies may not be subject to the same disclosure, accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices as U.S. companies. Thus, there may be less information publicly available about foreign companies than about most U.S. companies.

Certain foreign securities may be less liquid (harder to sell) and more volatile than many U.S. securities. This means we may at times be unable to sell foreign securities at favorable prices.

Dividend and interest income from foreign securities may be subject to withholding taxes by the country in which the issuer is located, and we may not be able to pass through to our stockholders foreign tax credits or deductions with respect to these taxes.

We may be subject to the risks associated with the ethanol industry.

The ethanol industry is subject to many risks that may adversely affect the market price of ethanol. For example, overcapacity in the ethanol industry may result in a decrease in the market price of ethanol if the demand for ethanol does not grow at the same pace as increases in supply. In addition, the ethanol industry is highly competitive, and other companies presently in the market, or that are about to enter the market, could adversely affect the market price of ethanol. Moreover, because corn is the principal raw material used to produce ethanol, the cost and supply of corn directly affects ethanol companies. Changes in the price and supply of corn are subject to and determined by market forces over which we have no or little control, including overall supply and demand, government programs and policies, weather, and other factors. Furthermore, because federal and state government policies primarily drive growth and demand for ethanol, a change in government policies favorable to ethanol may cause demand for ethanol to decline. These favorable government policies include the national renewable fuels standard, and various federal ethanol tax incentives that assist the ethanol industry. The continuation of these policies is uncertain, which means that demand for ethanol may decline if these policies change or are discontinued. A decline in the demand of ethanol is likely to cause lower ethanol prices. In addition, tariffs on imported ethanol, which currently effectively limit imported ethanol into the United States, could be reduced or eliminated, which may in turn negatively affect the demand for domestic ethanol and the price at which domestic ethanol is sold.

Risks Related to Our Manager

Our management team may provide services to other investors, which could reduce the amount of time and effort that they devote to us, which could negatively affect our performance.

Our Investment Advisory Agreement does not restrict the right of our Manager, NGP, or any persons working on our behalf, to carry on their respective businesses, including providing advice to others with respect to the purchase of securities that would meet our investment objectives. Although the officers of our Manager devote full time to the management of our business, our Investment Advisory Agreement does not specify a minimum time period that representatives of NGP who are serving as directors or members of our Manager’s investment committee must devote to managing our investments. Each of Messrs. Hersh and Albin (who serve as members of our Board of Directors), and Messrs. Quinn and Covington (who serve as members of our Manager’s investment committee) continue to have substantial responsibilities in connection with their roles managing other NGP-affiliated funds. Our portfolio companies may request managerial assistance from our Manager and its management team. The ability of these parties to engage in these other business activities, including managing assets for third parties, could reduce the time and effort they spend managing our portfolio, which could negatively affect our performance.

Our future success depends upon the members of our management team and their access to investment professionals of our Manager’s affiliates and the loss of any of them could detrimentally affect our operations.

We depend on the diligence, experience, skill and network of business contacts of our management team. We also depend, to a significant extent, on our Manager’s investment professionals and the information and deal flow generated by them in the course of their investment and portfolio management activities. Our management team evaluates, negotiates, structures, closes and monitors our investments. Our future success will depend on the continued service of our management team. The departure of any of the senior members of

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our management team, or of a significant number of the investment professionals of our Manager, could have a material adverse effect on our ability to achieve our investment objectives. We have not entered into employment agreements, nor do we have an employment relationship, with any of these individuals. There is competition for qualified professionals in our Manager’s industry. If our Manager is unable to hire and retain qualified personnel, we may be unable to successfully implement our investment strategy and the value of your investment could decline. In addition, we can offer no assurance that our Manager will remain our Manager or that we will continue to have access to the investment professionals of our Manager or their information and deal flow. The loss of any member of our management team could detrimentally affect our operations.

Our obligation to reimburse our Manager for certain expenses could result in a conflict of interest.

In the course of our investing activities, we pay management and incentive fees to our Manager. Also, we reimburse our Manager and our Administrator for certain expenses they incur, such as those payable to third parties in monitoring our financial and legal affairs and investments and performing due diligence on our prospective investments. Due to this arrangement, there may be times when our Manager has interests that differ from those of our stockholders, giving rise to a conflict that could negatively affect our investment returns and the value of your investment.

We pay our Manager a base management fee based upon our total assets, which may lead our Manager to cause us to incur more debt than is prudent in order to maximize its compensation.

We pay our Manager a quarterly base management fee based on the value of our total assets (including assets acquired with borrowed funds). Accordingly, our Manager has an enhanced economic incentive to increase our leverage, including through the issuance of debt securities, convertible securities and preferred stock. Increased leverage will expose us to increased risk of loss, increased cost of issuing and servicing such senior securities, and subject us to any additional covenant restrictions imposed in an indenture or by the applicable lender, which could negatively affect our business and results of operation.

We pay our Manager incentive compensation based on our portfolio’s performance. This arrangement may lead our Manager to recommend riskier or more speculative investments in an effort to maximize its incentive compensation.

In addition to its base management fee, our Manager earns incentive compensation in two parts. The first part is payable quarterly and is equal to a specified percentage of the amount by which our net investment income exceeds a hurdle rate. The second part of the incentive fee is determined and payable in arrears as of the end of each calendar year and equals (1) 20% of (a) our net realized capital gain (realized capital gains less realized capital losses) on a cumulative basis from the closing date of our initial public offering to the end of such fiscal year, less (b) any unrealized capital depreciation at the end of such fiscal year, less (2) the aggregate amount of all capital gains fees paid to our Manager in prior years.

The way in which we determine the incentive fee payable to our Manager may encourage our Manager to use leverage to increase the return on our investments. Under certain circumstances, the use of leverage may increase the likelihood of default, which would adversely affect our stockholders because their interests would be subordinate to those of debtholders. In addition, our Manager receives the incentive fee based, in part, upon net capital gains realized on our investments. Unlike the portion of the incentive fee based on income, there is no hurdle rate applicable to the portion of the incentive fee based on net capital gains. As a result, our Manager may have a tendency to invest more in investments that are likely to result in capital gains as compared to income-producing securities. Other key criteria related to determining appropriate investments and investment strategies, including the preservation of capital, might be under-weighted if our Manager focuses exclusively or disproportionately on maximizing its income. Such a practice could result in our investing in more speculative securities than would otherwise be the case, which could result in higher investment losses.

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The payment of part of the incentive compensation on a quarterly basis may lead our Manager to accelerate or defer interest payable by our portfolio companies in a manner that could result in fluctuations in the timing and amount of dividends.

Our Manager receives a quarterly incentive fee based, in part, on our net investment income, if any, for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter. To the extent our Manager exerts influence over our portfolio companies, the quarterly incentive fee may provide our Manager with an incentive to induce our portfolio companies to accelerate or defer payments for interest or other obligations owed to us from one fiscal quarter to another. This could result in greater fluctuations in the timing and amount of dividends that we pay.

We may be obligated to pay our Manager incentive compensation even if we incur a loss.

The Investment Advisory Agreement entitles our Manager to receive incentive compensation for each fiscal quarter in an amount equal to a percentage of the excess of our net investment income for that quarter above a hurdle rate. In addition, the Investment Advisory Agreement further provides that our net investment income for incentive compensation purposes excludes unrealized capital losses that we may incur in the fiscal quarter, even if such capital losses result in a net loss on our statement of operations for that quarter. The calculation of the incentive fee includes any deferred interest accrued we have not yet received. As a result, we may be paying an incentive fee on interest, the collection of which may be uncertain or deferred. Thus, we may be required to pay our Manager incentive compensation for a fiscal quarter even if there is a decline in the value of our portfolio or we incur a net loss for that quarter.

While our management team currently does not provide advisory services to other investment vehicles that may have common investment objectives with ours, our management team may do so in the future and may face conflicts of interest in allocating investments.

Our management team does not currently provide advisory services to other investment vehicles with common investment objectives to ours. However, they are not prohibited from doing so. In addition, the NGP-affiliated funds are not precluded from making investments in securities like our targeted investments, although they have not traditionally focused on such types of investments in the past. If our management team does provide such services to other investment vehicles in the future, or if the focus of the NGP-affiliated funds were to change to include securities like our targeted investments, our management team might allocate investment opportunities to other entities, and thus might divert attractive investment opportunities away from us. In addition, our executive officers and directors, and the members of our management team, serve or may serve as officers, directors or principals of entities that operate in the same or a related line of business as we do or of investment funds managed by our affiliates. These multiple responsibilities might create conflicts of interest for our management team and NGP if they are presented with opportunities that might benefit us and their other clients, investors or stockholders.

Our Manager’s liability is limited under the Investment Advisory Agreement, and we have agreed to indemnify our Manager against certain liabilities, which may lead our Manager to act in a riskier manner on our behalf than it would when acting for its own account.

Our Manager has not assumed any responsibility to us other than to provide the services described in the Investment Advisory Agreement, and it is not responsible for any action of our Board of Directors in declining to follow our Manager’s advice or recommendations. Our Manager, its partners and, among others, their respective partners, officers and employees are not liable to us for their acts under the Investment Advisory Agreement, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard in the performance of their duties. We have agreed to indemnify, defend and protect our Manager and its managing members, officers and employees with respect to all expenses, losses, damages, liabilities, demands, charges and claims arising from acts of our Manager not constituting willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard in the performance of their duties. These protections may lead our Manager to act in a riskier manner when acting on our behalf than it would when acting for its own account.

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We are a different vehicle from any other NGP-affiliated fund.

Our investment strategies differ from those of other funds (including any NGP-affiliated fund) that are, or have been, managed by NGP or its affiliates. Investors in NGP Capital Resources Company do not own any interest in NGP or in any other NGP-affiliated fund. The historical performance of NGP is not indicative of the results that our company will achieve, and you should not rely upon such historical performance in purchasing our common stock. The rate of return we target on investments is lower than that of NGP’s private equity funds, and as a result, our expected rate of return is lower than returns sought by NGP’s private equity funds. We can provide no assurance that we will replicate the historical or future performance of NGP or its affiliated funds, and we caution you that our investment returns may be substantially lower than the returns achieved by those funds.

Legal and Tax Risks

A failure on our part to maintain our status as a BDC would significantly reduce our operating flexibility.

Failure to continue to qualify as a BDC may cause us to be regulated as a closed-end investment company under the 1940 Act, which would significantly decrease our operating flexibility.

We will be subject to corporate-level income tax if we are unable to qualify as a RIC.

To qualify as a RIC under the Code, we must meet certain source-of-income, asset diversification and annual distribution requirements. The annual distribution requirement for a RIC is satisfied if we distribute at least 90% of our “investment company taxable income” (which generally consists of ordinary income and realized net short-term capital gains in excess of realized net long-term capital losses, if any, reduced by deductible expenses) and net tax-exempt interest to our stockholders on an annual basis. Because we use debt financing, we are subject to certain asset coverage ratio requirements under the 1940 Act as a BDC, and financial covenants under our existing loan and credit agreements that could, under certain circumstances, restrict us from making distributions necessary to qualify as a RIC. If we are unable to obtain cash from other sources, we may fail to qualify as a RIC and, thus, may be subject to corporate-level income tax. To qualify as a RIC, we must also meet certain asset diversification requirements at the end of each calendar quarter. Failure to meet these tests may result in our having to dispose of certain investments quickly in order to prevent the loss of RIC status. Because most of our investments are in private companies, we could make such dispositions at disadvantageous prices that may result in substantial losses. If we fail to qualify as a RIC for any reason at any time in the future and we remain or become subject to corporate income tax, the resulting corporate taxes could substantially reduce our net assets, the amount of income available for distribution and the amount of our distributions. In addition, our distributions would be taxable to our stockholders as ordinary dividends. Such a failure would likely have a material adverse effect on our stockholders and us.

We may have difficulty paying our required distributions if we recognize income before or without receiving cash representing such income. If we are unable to pay required distributions, we may fail to qualify as a RIC and thus be subject to corporate-level income tax.

Federal income tax rules require us to include certain amounts in income that we have not yet received in cash, such as original issue discounts or payment-in-kind interest. Examples of original issue discounts are warrants, property-based equity participation rights or loan discount points we may receive in connection with the issuance or purchase of a loan. Payment-in-kind interest represents contractual interest added to the loan balance and due at the end of the loan term. We include such original issue discount or increases in loan balances from payment-in-kind arrangements in income before we receive any corresponding cash payments. These amounts could be significant relative to our company’s overall investment activities. We also may be required to include certain other amounts in income that we do not receive in cash.

Since in certain cases we may recognize income before or without receiving cash representing such income, we may have difficulty meeting the tax requirement to distribute at least 90% of the sum of our “investment company taxable income” (which generally consists of ordinary income and realized net short-term capital gains in excess of realized net long-term capital losses, if any, reduced by deductible expenses)

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and net tax-exempt interest, if any, to our stockholders on an annual basis, to maintain our status as a RIC. Accordingly, we may have to sell some of our investments at times we would not consider advantageous, raise additional debt or equity capital, borrow funds or reduce new investment originations to meet these distribution requirements. If we are not able to obtain cash from other sources, we may fail to qualify as a RIC and thus be subject to corporate-level income tax.

Regulations governing our operation as a BDC affect our ability to, and the way in which we, raise additional capital.

We have elected to be treated as a BDC under the 1940 Act. The 1940 Act imposes numerous restrictions on our activities, including restrictions on the nature of our investments, our use of borrowed funds, our issuance of securities, options, warrants, or rights. Such restrictions may prohibit the purchase of certain investments that would otherwise be suitable for investment or render such purchases inadvisable.

The provisions of the 1940 Act permit us, as a BDC, to issue senior securities only in amounts such that our asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, equals at least 200% after each issuance of senior securities. If the value of our assets declines, we may be unable to satisfy this test. If that happens, we may be required to sell a portion of our investments and, depending on the nature of our leverage, repay a portion of our indebtedness at a time when such sales may be disadvantageous and result in unfavorable prices.

We generally cannot issue and sell our common stock at a price below net asset value per share. However, we may sell our common stock, or warrants, options or rights to acquire our common stock, at prices below the current net asset value of the common stock (i) in connection with a rights offering to our existing stockholders, (ii) if our Board of Directors determines that such sale is in the best interests of our company and its stockholders, and our stockholders approve such sale or (iii) under such circumstances as the SEC may permit. In any such case, the price at which we may issue and sell our securities may not be less than a price that, in the determination of our Board of Directors, closely approximates the market value of such securities (less any distributing commission or discount). If our common stock trades at a discount to net asset value, this restriction could adversely affect our ability to raise capital.

Because there are no judicial and few administrative interpretations of the provisions of the 1940 Act pertaining to business development companies, there is no assurance that such provisions will be interpreted or administratively implemented in a manner consistent with our investment objectives and intended manner of operation. In the event that our Board of Directors determines that we cannot economically pursue our investment objective under the 1940 Act, they may at some future date decide to withdraw our election to be regulated as a BDC and convert us to a management investment company or an operating company not subject to regulation under the 1940 Act, or cause us to liquidate. These changes would require the approval of a requisite percentage of our Board of Directors and the holders of a majority of our shares.

Changes in laws or regulations governing our operations and those of our portfolio companies, our Manager or its affiliates may adversely affect our business or cause us to alter our business strategy.

We, our portfolio companies, and our Manager and its affiliates are subject to regulation by laws and regulations at the local, state and federal level. Our government may enact new legislation or new interpretations or adopt new rulings or regulations, including those governing the types of our permitted investments. These actions could retroactively harm our Manager, our stockholders and us. Such changes could result in material changes to our strategies and plans and may result in our investment focus shifting from the areas of expertise of our Manager to other types of investments in which our Manager may have less expertise or little or no experience. Thus, any such changes, if they occur, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and the value of your investment.

For example, under current federal tax laws, our portfolio companies are entitled to certain deductions relating to their operations, including deductions for intangible drilling costs, manufacturing tax deductions and depletion deductions. The President and several members of Congress have proposed to eliminate several oil and gas federal income tax incentives, including the repeal of the manufacturing tax deduction, percentage depletion allowance and expensing of intangible drilling costs for oil and natural gas, among other proposed tax increases specific to the energy industry. In addition, regulatory costs and requirements associated with offshore drilling in the United States have increased significantly in the wake of the blowout and oil spill

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involving the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. It is not possible at this time to predict how any future legislation or new regulations adopted to address these proposals would impact our business or the businesses of our portfolio companies, but any such future laws and regulations could adversely affect our results of operations and the value of your investment.

Certain regulations restrict our ability to enter into transactions with our affiliates.

The 1940 Act prohibits us from knowingly participating in certain transactions with our affiliates without the prior approval of our independent directors and, in certain cases, the SEC. Any person that owns, directly or indirectly, 5% or more of our outstanding voting securities is our affiliate for purposes of the 1940 Act, and the 1940 Act generally prohibits us from buying or selling any security from or to such affiliate, absent the prior approval of our independent directors and, in certain cases, the SEC. The 1940 Act also prohibits “joint” transactions with an affiliate, which could include investments in the same portfolio company (whether at the same or different times), without prior approval of our independent directors and, in certain cases, the SEC. If a person acquires more than 25% of our voting securities, we must obtain prior approval from the SEC before buying or selling any security from or to such person, or entering into joint transactions with such person.

Our business is subject to increasingly complex corporate governance, public disclosure and accounting requirements that could adversely affect our business and financial results.

We are subject to changing rules and regulations of federal and state government regulatory bodies as well as the stock exchange on which our common stock is listed. These entities, including the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the SEC and the Nasdaq Global Market, have issued a significant number of new and increasingly complex requirements and regulations over the course of the last several years and continue to develop additional regulations and requirements in response to laws enacted by Congress. On July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Protection Act, or the Dodd-Frank Act, was enacted. There are significant corporate governance and executive compensation-related provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act that require the SEC to adopt additional rules and regulations. Prior to full implementation, it will be difficult to assess the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on our company and our Manager. Our efforts to comply with these requirements have resulted in, and are likely to continue to result in, an increase in expenses and a diversion of management’s time from other business activities.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

Not applicable.

Item 2. Properties.

We do not own any real estate or other physical properties materially important to our operation. Our headquarters are located in Houston, Texas, where we occupy office space pursuant to our Administration Agreement with our Administrator. We believe that our office facilities are suitable and adequate for our business as presently conducted.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

From time to time, we are involved in various legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. While we cannot predict the outcome of these proceedings with certainty, we do not believe that an adverse result in any pending legal proceeding, individually or in the aggregate, would be material to our business, financial condition or cash flows.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

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PART II.

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters.

Our common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “NGPC”. On March 7, 2012, there were approximately 63 record holders and 10,644 beneficial holders (held in street name) of our common stock, according to our transfer agent. The following table sets forth the range of high and low sales prices of our common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market and our dividends declared for the periods indicated.

		NAV(1)				Price Range								Ratio of High Sales Price to NAV				Ratio of Low Sales Price to NAV				Cash Dividend per Share(2)
						High				Low
Fiscal 2011
Fourth quarter		$	9.26			$	7.81			$	5.75				84	%			62	%		$	0.18
Third quarter			9.45				9.12				6.21				97	%			66	%			0.18
Second quarter			9.63				9.70				7.70				101	%			80	%			0.18
First quarter			10.57				10.19				8.94				96	%			85	%			0.18
Fiscal 2010
Fourth quarter			10.90				10.89				8.60				100	%			79	%			0.18
Third quarter			11.01				9.20				7.07				84	%			64	%			0.17
Second quarter			11.18				8.65				6.73				77	%			60	%			0.17
First quarter			11.17				9.37				7.39				84	%			66	%			0.17

Since the first full quarter following our initial public offering, we have distributed, and currently intend to continue to distribute in the form of dividends, a minimum of 90% of our investment company taxable income on a quarterly basis to our stockholders. We may retain long-term capital gains and treat them as deemed distributions for tax purposes. We determine the timing and characterization of certain income and capital gains distributions annually in accordance with federal tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences primarily relate to items recognized as income for financial statement purposes and realized gains for tax purposes. As a result, net investment income and net realized gain (loss) on investments for a reporting period may differ significantly from distributions during such period. Accordingly, we may periodically make reclassifications among certain of our capital accounts without impacting our net asset value. We report the estimated tax characteristics of each dividend when declared, and we report the actual tax characteristics of dividends annually to each stockholder on Form 1099-DIV, prepared by our stock transfer agent. Qualified dividend income is generally taxed to stockholders at the rates that apply to net capital gains. There is no assurance that we will achieve investment results or maintain a tax status that will permit any specified level of cash distributions or year-to-year increases in cash distributions. We have not purchased any of our shares of common stock, nor have we sold any equity securities during the quarter ended December 31, 2011.

We classified 100% of our taxable dividends declared for the year ended December 31, 2011 as non-qualifying dividends and as ordinary income for their characterization for income tax purposes. For tax purposes, approximately 27% or $0.05 per share of the $0.18 dividend paid on January 7, 2011 was treated as arising in 2010 and approximately 73% or $0.13 was treated as arising in 2011. Approximately 46% or $0.08 per share of the $0.18 dividend paid on January 6, 2012 was treated as arising in 2011 and approximately 54% or $0.10 was treated as arising in 2012.

Our stock transfer agent, registrar and dividend reinvestment plan administrator is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company. You should direct information requests for American Stock Transfer & Trust Company to Operations Center, 6201 15^th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Their telephone number for shareholder or dividend reinvestment services is 1-800-937-5449.

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We have established an “opt out” dividend reinvestment plan, or DRIP plan, for our common stockholders. As a result, if we declare a cash dividend, our plan agent automatically reinvests a stockholder’s cash dividend in additional shares of our common stock unless the stockholder, or his or her broker, specifically “opts out” of the dividend reinvestment plan and elects to receive cash dividends. It is customary practice for many brokers to opt out of dividend reinvestment plans on behalf of their clients unless specifically instructed otherwise. Our DRIP plan provides for the plan agent to purchase shares in the open market for credit to the accounts of plan participants unless the average of the closing sales prices for the shares for the five days immediately preceding the payment date exceeds 110% of the most recently reported net asset value per share.

Stock Repurchase Plan

In November 2011, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase plan, pursuant to which we may, from time to time, repurchase up to $10.0 million of our common stock in the open market at prices not to exceed the net asset value of our shares during our open trading periods. Any share repurchases are subject to timing restrictions and other applicable regulations. We have not repurchased any shares of our common stock under this plan.

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Performance Graph

The following Performance Graph is not “soliciting material,” is not deemed filed with the SEC, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any of our filings under the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, respectively.

The following line graph compares the cumulative total return on an investment in our common stock against the cumulative total return of the NASDAQ Financial 100 Index, the NASDAQ U.S. Stock Market Total Return Index and an index of peer companies (selected by us) for the five years ended December 31, 2011. The graph assumes that $100 was invested in our common stock and each index on December 31, 2006, and that dividends were reinvested. We selected the peer group in good faith and it consists of the following eight business development companies: Gladstone Capital Corporation, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc., Kohlberg Capital Corporation, Main Street Capital Corporation, MCG Capital Corporation, PennantPark Investment Corporation, TICC Capital Corporation and Triangle Capital Corporation. The changes in our peer group of 13 business development companies in 2010 are the omission of Kayne Anderson Energy Development Company, as it is no longer a business development company and the omissions of American Capital, Ltd., Apollo Investment Corporation, Ares Capital Corporation and Prospect Capital Corporation, all of which are considerably larger than us, each with market capitalizations of over $1 billion. Our revised peer group includes business development companies with market capitalizations between $100 million and $600 million and initial public offering dates in 2008 or earlier. We are adding the NASDAQ Financial 100 Index to our graph as it is a published industry index that more closely corresponds with our line of business than the NASDAQ U.S. Stock Market Total Return Index. This historic stock price Performance Graph and the related textual information are not necessarily indicative of future performance.

Prepared by Zacks Investment Research, Inc. Used with permission. All rights reserved. Copyright 1980 – 2012.

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data.

The following table contains our selected financial and operating data, as of and for the dates and periods indicated. We derived the selected financial data from our audited financial statements and you should read it in conjunction with our financial statements and notes thereto and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

We corrected our method of categorizing income tax provision (benefit) among the income categories on our consolidated statements of operations, which resulted in immaterial changes to previously reported amounts for net investment income, net realized capital gain (loss) on investments and net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments for periods from January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2011. See Note 3 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further discussion of the impact on amounts reported for 2010 and 2009. Previously reported amounts for the year ended December 31, 2008, for net investment income, net realized capital gain on investments, net increase in unrealized depreciation on investments, net investment income per share and net realized and unrealized loss on investments were $18.3 million, $14.7 million, $(46.4) million, $0.84 and $(1.44), respectively.

		Year ended December 31,
		2011				2010				2009				2008				2007
		(In Thousands, Except Per Share Data and Other Data)
Income Statement Data
Total investment income		$	27,903			$	23,585			$	24,520			$	37,461			$	37,499
Total operating expenses			12,034				12,091				14,601				18,814				18,237
Net investment income			15,809				11,440				9,728				18,647				19,206
Net realized capital gain (loss) on investments			(30,614	)			(33,276	)			(14,329	)			16,215				6,581
Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments			(5,083	)			32,310				(4,218	)			(48,281	)			2,237
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations		$	(19,888	)		$	10,474			$	(8,819	)		$	(13,419	)		$	28,024
Per Share Data
Net investment income		$	0.73			$	0.53			$	0.45			$	0.86			$	1.10
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments			(1.65	)			(0.04	)			(0.86	)			(1.46	)			0.52
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations			(0.92	)			0.49				(0.41	)			(0.60	)			1.62
Dividends declared			(0.72	)			(0.69	)			(0.64	)			(1.61	)			(1.44	)
Net asset value per share		$	9.26			$	10.90			$	11.10			$	12.15			$	14.14
Balance Sheet Data
Total investments		$	145,057			$	216,063			$	200,105			$	258,792			$	457,110
Cash and cash equivalents			106,570				68,457				108,288				133,806				18,437
Total assets			256,581				291,589				316,931				398,994				478,277
Long-term debt			50,000				50,000				67,500				45,000				216,000
Total net assets			200,266				235,726				240,175				262,836				247,416
Other Data
Weighted average yield on targeted portfolio investments(1)			11.6	%			10.4	%			5.4	%			9.0	%			11.9	%
Number of portfolio companies			19				20				16				19				15
Expense ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):
Interest expense and bank fees			0.7	%			0.5	%			1.1	%			2.6	%			3.0	%
Other operating expenses			4.8	%			4.6	%			4.7	%			4.8	%			4.4	%
Total operating expenses			5.5	%			5.1	%			5.8	%			7.4	%			7.4	%

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

You should read the following analysis of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this report that relate to estimates or expectations of our future performance or financial condition may constitute “forward-looking statements” as defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results and conditions to differ materially from those projected, including, but not limited to,

We may use words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “intends,” “plans,” “expects,” “projects,” “estimates,” “will,” “should,” “may” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Certain factors could cause actual results and conditions to differ materially from those projected and our historical experience. You should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to update our forward-looking statements made herein, unless required by law.

Revisions of Previously Issued Financial Statements

As discussed in Note 3 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere herein, during the third quarter of 2011, we corrected our method of categorizing income tax provision (benefit) among the income categories on our consolidated statement of operations (namely, net investment income, realized capital gains (losses) on investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments) to appropriately reflect the income tax consequences among the income categories for each of the fiscal quarters (i) in the six-month period ended June 30, 2011 and (ii) in the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008. The change in methods had no impact on any periods prior to 2008 and no impact on the total income tax provision (benefit) or on net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations or net asset value for any period. The financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K reflect these revisions.

Overview

We are a financial services company created to invest primarily in debt securities of small and mid-size private energy companies. In early 2012, we expanded our investment strategy to also include middle market companies not engaged in the energy industry. We have elected to be regulated as a business development company, or BDC, under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and, as such, we are required to comply with certain regulatory requirements. For instance, we generally have to invest at least 70% of our total assets in “qualifying assets,” which include securities of private U.S. companies, U.S. companies whose securities are

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listed on a national securities exchange but whose market capitalization is less than $250 million, cash, cash equivalents, U.S. government securities and high-quality debt investments that mature in one year or less. In addition, for federal income tax purposes we operate so as to be treated as a regulated investment company, or RIC, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Pursuant to these elections, we generally do not have to pay corporate-level taxes on any income and capital gains we distribute to our stockholders. We have several direct and indirect subsidiaries that are single member limited liability companies and wholly-owned limited partnerships established to hold certain portfolio investments or provide services to us in accordance with specific rules prescribed for a company operating as a RIC. We consolidate the financial results of our subsidiaries for financial reporting purposes, and do not consolidate the financial results of our portfolio companies.

Our investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation primarily through debt investments with certain equity components. A key focus area for our targeted investments in the energy industry is domestic upstream businesses that produce, develop, acquire and explore for oil and natural gas. We also evaluate investment opportunities in such businesses as coal, power and energy services. Beginning in 2012, we are also seeking middle market investments within diversified industry sectors, including manufacturing, value-added distribution, business services, healthcare products and services, consumer services and select other sectors. Our investments generally range in size from $10 million to $40 million; however, we may invest more or less depending on market conditions and our Manager’s view of a particular investment opportunity. Our targeted investments primarily consist of debt instruments, including senior and subordinated loans combined in one facility, sometimes with an equity component, and subordinated loans, sometimes with equity components. We may also invest in preferred stock and other equity securities on a stand-alone basis.

We generate revenue in the form of interest income on the debt securities, limited-term royalty interests and net profits interests that we own, dividend income on any common or preferred stock that we own, royalty income on any royalty interests that we own and capital gains or losses on any debt or equity securities that we acquire in portfolio companies and subsequently sell. Our investments, if in the form of debt securities, typically have a term of three to seven years and bear interest at a fixed or floating rate. To the extent achievable, we seek to collateralize our investments by obtaining security interests in our portfolio companies’ assets. We also may acquire minority or majority equity interests in our portfolio companies, which may pay cash or paid-in-kind, or PIK, dividends on a recurring or otherwise negotiated basis. In addition, we may generate revenue in other forms including commitment, origination, structuring, administration or due diligence fees; fees for providing managerial assistance; and possibly consultation fees. We recognize any such fees generated in connection with our investments as earned.

Our level of investment activity can and does vary substantially from period to period depending on many factors. Some of these factors are the amount of debt and equity capital available to energy companies, the level of acquisition and divestiture activity for such companies, the level and volatility of energy commodity prices, the general economic environment and the competitive environment for the types of investments we make, and our own ability to raise capital to fund our investments, both through issuance of debt and equity securities. While we currently have capital available to invest, we do not have unlimited capital. We remain committed to our underwriting and investment disciplines in selectively investing in appropriate risk-reward opportunities within the energy and middle market sectors.

Portfolio and Investment Activity

In December 2011, we advanced an additional $15.0 million to ATP Oil & Gas Corporation, or ATP, of Houston, Texas, under our limited-term overriding royalty interest in certain offshore oil and gas producing properties operated by ATP in the Gulf of Mexico. In June 2011, we advanced $25.0 million to ATP under this arrangement. Our total investment in the ATP limited-term overriding royalty interest was $28.4 million as of December 31, 2011. As part of the additional advance, we increased the contractual rate of return on the total investment from 13.0% to 14.0%, effective January 1, 2012. In September 2011, ATP fully repaid the remaining outstanding balance on our second limited-term royalty interest agreement, including a $0.7 million “make-whole” payment to satisfy the guaranteed 16% return in the agreement.

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Also in September 2011, DeanLake Operator, LLC, or DeanLake, sold its oil and gas assets, and we sold our royalty interest in DeanLake, to a third party for combined proceeds of $0.5 million. In addition, the wind-down of TierraMar Energy, LP, or TierraMar, was completed in September and TierraMar was dissolved. The DeanLake and TierraMar transactions resulted in net realized losses totaling $29.2 million in the third quarter of 2011, substantially offset by the reversal of previously recorded net unrealized losses totaling $28.8 million.

In August 2011, we funded $27.5 million toward a $55.0 million Senior Secured First Lien Term Loan, or Term Loan, to Castex Energy Development Fund, LP, or Castex, a private company operating onshore in the Gulf Coast area and in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico. An unrelated private investment firm funded the remaining $27.5 million of the Term Loan. The Term Loan earns interest payable monthly at an annual rate of 11.5% or LIBOR + 10.5%, whichever is greater. Proceeds of the Term Loan were used by Castex to acquire certain oil and gas properties in various stages of production and development. The Term Loan is secured by all of Castex’s assets and matures on December 31, 2014. As partial consideration for providing the Term Loan, the other lender and we each received 5% of the limited partnership interest in Castex which becomes effective at maturity or when the underlying Castex assets are sold.

In August 2011, we purchased an additional $8.0 million face amount of GMX Resources, Inc., or GMX, 5% Senior Convertible Notes due February 1, 2013, for an aggregate cost of $6.9 million. Estimated yield-to-maturity on the GMX Notes purchased in 2011 is approximately 16.3%. Our total position in GMX Notes at December 31, 2011 was a face amount of $12.7 million with a fair value of $8.1 million.

Also in August 2011, Tammany Oil & Gas, LLC, or Tammany, repaid $6.0 million of its Senior Secured Term Loan, and repurchased its 5% after-payout overriding royalty interest and 50% of our warrant position for $2.0 million. We retained our 3% overriding royalty interest and warrants to purchase 5% of Tammany’s equity. As a result of this transaction, we realized a capital gain of approximately $2.0 million in the third quarter of 2011. This transaction followed an acquisition by Tammany that significantly improved its cash flow and total enterprise value.

On July 28, 2011, we sold all of our interests in Alden Resources, LLC, or Alden, and Gatliff Services, LLC, or Gatliff, for $73.2 million in cash, subject to working capital adjustment, and a contingent earn-out payment of up to $6.8 million. This transaction resulted in the recognition of $4.5 million of previously unrecognized PIK interest income on Tranche B of Alden’s Term Loan in the second quarter of 2011, and the recognition of previously unamortized original issue discount, or OID, of $1.1 million in the third quarter of 2011. The contingent earn-out payment, to be paid by Globe BG, LLC, is dependent upon Alden’s sales volume and operating efficiency levels during the three-year period ending July 2014, and is valued at $3.3 million at December 31, 2011. The combined investments in Alden and Gatliff, since inception, generated an all in, cash-on-cash return in excess of 16% per annum.

We reduced the carrying value of our investments in BioEnergy Holding LLC, or BioEnergy, and its affiliate, Bionol Clearfield LLC, or Bionol, by approximately 50% in the first quarter of 2011, and to zero during the second quarter of 2011, for a total write-down of $21.8 million, or $1.01 per share. The ethanol and bio-fuels markets in which these portfolio companies participate deteriorated further during 2011. On July 20, 2011, BioEnergy and Bionol filed a voluntary petition for protection under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the intention of selling Bionol’s ethanol plant. Bionol is involved in litigation in connection with a contractual dispute with the former primary purchaser of its ethanol; however, it is uncertain whether the ultimate outcome of this litigation, the bankruptcy proceedings and cash flows from these businesses will provide any significant realization on our investment.

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In April 2011, we entered into a $13.5 million Senior Secured Credit Facility with Spirit Resources, LLC, or Spirit, a private oil and gas company based in Fort Worth, Texas. Initial availability under the Spirit facility is $12.3 million, which we have fully funded as of December 31, 2011. The Spirit facility is secured with first liens on substantially all of Spirit’s assets, pays interest at an annual rate of 12.0%, and matures on April 27, 2015. Spirit is using proceeds from the facility to acquire and develop oil and gas properties in Texas and Oklahoma. As partial consideration for providing the Spirit facility, we received warrants to acquire a 33% equity interest in Spirit.

In April 2011, Greenleaf Investments, LLC, or Greenleaf, repaid its entire $8.1 million Senior Secured Term Loan. Concurrently, we sold our overriding royalty interest in Greenleaf for $1.0 million, resulting in a realized gain of $1.0 million, and the reversal of previously recorded unrealized gains of $0.4 million. Our combined investments in Greenleaf generated a total return of approximately 18% per annum.

In March 2011, we sold 41.2% of our investment in GMX 5% Senior Convertible Notes for $3.3 million, and we sold our entire position in Pioneer Natural Resources Co., or PXD, for $10.5 million, including accrued interest. These investments in the GMX and PXD debt instruments generated returns of approximately 65% and 4% per annum, respectively. Also in March 2011, TierraMar sold substantially all of its assets for cash consideration of $1.0 million.

In January 2011, we closed a $10.0 million participation in a $20.0 million Term Loan issued by Resaca Exploitation, Inc., or Resaca. The Resaca Term Loan earns cash interest of 9.5% (12% if paid-in-kind), is unsecured and entitles us to purchase up to 2.42 million additional shares of Resaca common stock at a strike price of $1.92 per share. Resaca used the proceeds of this Term Loan and a new revolving credit facility to repay amounts outstanding under its revolving credit facility and to provide capital for additional development of its oil and gas properties.

From commencement of investment operations in November 2004 through December 31, 2011, we have invested $872.9 million in 39 portfolio companies, all energy-related, and received principal repayments, realizations and settlements of $697.9 million. The following table summarizes our investment activity for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 (dollars in millions):

		2011				2010				2009
Investment portfolio, beginning of year		$	242.6			$	242.7			$	296.0
New investments			51.4				59.4				—
Additional investments in existing clients			61.8				18.1				58.5
Transfer of corporate notes to investment portfolio			—				10.0				—
Principal repayments, realizations and settlements			(180.8	)			(87.6	)			(111.8	)
Investment portfolio, end of year		$	175.0			$	242.6			$	242.7
Number of portfolio companies at end of year			19				20				16

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The table below shows our investment portfolio by type as of December 31, 2011 and 2010. We compute yields on investments using interest rates as of the balance sheet date and include amortization of loan discount points, original issue discount and market premium or discount, royalty interest income, net profits income and other similar investment income, weighted by their respective costs when averaged. We compute the yield on income from derivatives using estimated derivative income, net of expired options costs.

		December 31, 2011												December 31, 2010
		Weighted Average Yields				Percentage of Portfolio								Weighted Average Yields				Percentage of Portfolio
						Cost				Fair Value								Cost				Fair Value
Senior secured debt			11.0	%			62.8	%			58.6	%			11.5	%			64.9	%			71.6	%
Senior unsecured debt			12.7	%			6.4	%			7.8	%			0.0	%			0.0	%			0.0	%
Senior convertible notes			15.6	%			6.5	%			5.6	%			16.1	%			2.7	%			3.1	%
Senior corporate notes			0.0	%			0.0	%			0.0	%			5.8	%			4.8	%			4.9	%
Limited term royalties			12.3	%			16.5	%			19.6	%			16.0	%			2.8	%			3.0	%
Net profits interests			11.1	%			1.9	%			2.4	%			13.5	%			4.0	%			4.6	%
Contingent earn-out			0.0	%			0.0	%			2.2	%			0.0	%			0.0	%			0.0	%
Commodity derivative instruments			0.0	%			0.2	%			0.3	%			0.0	%			0.0	%			0.0	%
Royalty interests			821.2	%			0.1	%			0.8	%			109.6	%			1.1	%			5.5	%
Equity securities
Membership and partnership units			0.0	%			1.0	%			0.6	%			0.0	%			16.5	%			6.0	%
Participating preferred stock			0.0	%			2.5	%			0.3	%			0.0	%			1.8	%			0.3	%
Common stock			0.0	%			1.9	%			0.8	%			0.0	%			1.4	%			1.0	%
Warrants			0.0	%			0.2	%			1.0	%			0.0	%			0.0	%			0.0	%
Total equity securities			0.0	%			5.6	%			2.7	%			0.0	%			19.7	%			7.3	%
Total investments			11.6	%			100.0	%			100.0	%			10.4	%			100.0	%			100.0	%

As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, the total fair value of our investment portfolio was $145.1 million and $216.1 million, respectively. Of those fair value totals, approximately $135.3 million, or 93%, and $196.8 million, or 91%, are measured using significant unobservable (i.e., Level 3) inputs.

Results of Operations

The following sections analyze our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to 2010 and for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared to 2009.

Investment Income

During 2011, our total investment income was $27.9 million, increasing $4.3 million, or 18%, compared to 2010. The increase in 2011 is largely attributable to the recognition of $4.5 million of previously unrecognized PIK interest on Tranche B of Alden’s Term Loan.

During 2010, our total investment income was $23.6 million, which represents a $0.9 million or 3.8% decrease from 2009. The decrease resulted primarily from lower portfolio loan balances due to repayments and settlements late in 2009. Also, commodity derivative income decreased due to the expiration of our option contracts in January 2010, offset by increases in royalty income, advisory fees and forfeited commitment fees.

Our portfolio balance, on a cost basis, decreased from $253.7 million at December 31, 2009 to $238.5 million at December 31, 2010 and to $172.6 million at December 31, 2011, primarily as a result of the July 2011 sale of our Alden and Gatliff investments and other net redemptions and settlements in excess of new investments.

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On a cost basis, the balance of non-accruing and non-income producing investments decreased from $102.4 million at December 31, 2009 to $66.5 million at December 31, 2010 and $30.5 million at December 31, 2011. On a fair value basis, the balance of non-accruing and non-income producing investments decreased from $50.1million at December 31, 2009 to $35.5 million at December 31, 2010 and $7.6 million at December 31, 2011. The table below summarizes our non-accruing and non-income producing investments:

		December 31,
		2011								2010								2009
(Dollars in thousands)		Cost				Fair Value				Cost				Fair Value				Cost				Fair Value
Non-accruing investments
BioEnergy Holdings, LLC (non-accrual at March 1, 2011)		$	15,511			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—
Bionol Clearfield, LLC (non-accrual at March 1, 2011)			4,950				—				—				—				—				—
Chroma Exploration & Production, Inc.			4,312				500				4,312				750				4,312				500
Alden Resources, LLC Tranche B (sold July 28, 2011)			—				—				19,520				19,520				19,520				19,520
Formidable, LLC (sold October 4, 2010)			—				—				—				—				38,780				5,600
Total non-accruing investments			24,773				500				23,832				20,270				62,612				25,620
Non-income producing investments
BioEnergy Holdings, LLC units			1,297				—				1,297				1,297				1,297				1,297
Black Pool Energy Partners, LLC warrants			10				—				10				10				10				10
BP Corporation NA, Inc. put options			417				417				—				—				—				—
BSR Holdings, LLC units (all assets sold October 22, 2010)			—				—				—				—				300				300
Castex Energy Development Fund, LLC units			0				0				—				—				—				—
Globe BG, LLC (contingent Alden Resources royalty earn-out)			—				3,270				—				—				—				—
Myriant Technologies, LLC warrants and units			468				770				468				468				468				468
Resaca Exploitation, Inc. common stock and warrants			3,485				1,463				3,235				2,153				3,235				4,087
Spirit Resources, LLC warrants			25				25				—				—				—				—
Tammany Oil & Gas, LLC warrants and after pay-out overriding royalty			5				1,000				20				20				—				—
DeanLake Operator, LLC preferred units (sold September 20, 2011)			—				150				14,050				3,500				10,400				6,500
Alden Resources, LLC Class E Units (sold July 28, 2011)			—				—				5,800				5,800				5,800				5,800
Gatliff Services, LLC units (sold July 28, 2011)			—				—				1,100				1,100				—				—
TierraMar Energy, LP preferred units (sold March 16, 2011)			—				—				16,711				900				17,711				6,000
Formidable, LLC warrants (sold October 4, 2010)			—				—				—				—				500				—
Formidable, LLC units (sold October 4, 2010)			—				—				—				—				10				—
BioEnergy Holdings, LLC warrants (expired August 15, 2010)			—				—				—				—				35				35
Total non-income producing investments			5,707				7,095				42,691				15,248				39,766				24,497
Total non-accruing and non-income producing investments		$	30,480			$	7,595			$	66,523			$	35,518			$	102,378			$	50,117

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Although LIBOR rates remained low in 2011, as in 2010, they had minimal effect on our targeted investment income because of LIBOR floors established for new clients and certain other existing clients beginning in 2008. Additionally, the continued downward pressure on U.S. Treasury Bill interest rates during 2011 and 2010 reduced interest from cash and cash equivalents.

At December 31, 2011, the weighted average yield on portfolio investments, exclusive of capital gains, was 11.6%, compared to 10.4% at December 31, 2010 and 5.4% at December 31, 2009. This improvement in yield is primarily attributable to the reduction in non-accruing investments, as reflected in the table above, and a generally more favorable mix of investments in our portfolio. We compute yields on investments using interest rates and effective yields as of the balance sheet date and include amortization of loan discount points, or OID, and market premium or discount, royalty interest income, net profits income and other similar investment income, weighted by their respective costs when averaged. These yields do not include income from any investments on non-accrual status, but do include the cost basis of such investments in the denominator. Such weighted average yields are not necessarily indicative of expected total returns on a portfolio.

Operating Expenses

The table below summarizes the components of our operating expenses (in millions):

		For the years ended												Changes
		12/31/2011				12/31/2010				12/31/2009				2011 vs. 2010				2010 vs. 2009
Interest expense and bank fees		$	1.5			$	1.3			$	2.9			$	0.2			$	(1.6	)
Management and incentive fees			5.4				5.5				6.4				(0.1	)			(0.9	)
Professional fees, insurance expenses and other G&A			5.1				5.3				5.3				(0.2	)			—
Total operating expenses		$	12.0			$	12.1			$	14.6			$	(0.1	)		$	(2.5	)

For the year ended December 31, 2011, operating expenses were $12.0 million, decreasing $0.1 million, or less than 1%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2010. Operating expenses for 2010 of $12.1 million decreased $2.5 million, or 17%, compared to 2009. Management and incentive fees were $0.1 million lower in 2011 at $5.4 million, compared to $5.5 million in 2010, primarily as a result of investment income incentive fees totaling $0.3 million earned in the second and third quarters of 2011, offset by lower base management fees due to lower average total asset balances. Management and incentive fees decreased $0.9 million in 2010 compared to 2009 primarily as a result of lower average total asset balances. Professional fees, insurance expense and other general and administrative expenses decreased slightly to $5.1 million for 2011, compared to $5.3 million in 2010 and 2009. Interest expense and fees on our credit facilities increased slightly to $1.5 million for 2011 compared to $1.3 million for 2010, due to increased average borrowing levels. Interest expense and bank fees decreased from $2.9 million in 2009 to $1.3 million in 2010, primarily as a result of lower average borrowing levels.

Operating expenses include our allocable portion of the total organizational and operating expenses incurred by us, our Manager and our Administrator, as determined by our Board of Directors and representatives of our Manager and our Administrator. According to the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement, we calculate the base management fee quarterly as 0.45% of the average of our total assets as of the end of the two previous quarters. Other general and administrative expenses include our allocated share of employee, facilities, stockholder services and marketing costs incurred by our Administrator.

Net Investment Income

For the year ended December 31, 2011 net investment income was $15.8 million compared to $11.4 million for 2010. The 38%, or $4.4 million, increase was primarily attributable to the $4.3 million increase in investment income which, in turn, was largely due to the recognition of $4.5 million of previously unrecognized PIK interest on Tranche B of Alden’s Term Loan.

For the year ended December 31, 2010 net investment income was $11.4 million compared to $9.7 million for 2009. The 18%, or $1.7 million, increase was primarily due to decreased interest expense, as a result of lower average debt outstanding.

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Net Realized Losses

For the year ended December 31, 2011, net realized capital losses were $30.6 million, resulting primarily from realized losses on the sale of our investments in Alden and Gatliff, $3.9 million; DeanLake, $13.9 million; TierraMar, $15.2 million; and PXD, $1.1 million; partially offset by realized gains from the sales of the overriding royalty interest associated with Greenleaf, $1.0 million; gain on the sale of a portion of our investment in GMX Resources, Inc., $0.5 million; and the after pay-out overriding royalty interest and 50% of our warrants of Tammany of $2.0 million.

For the year ended December 31, 2010, we realized net capital losses of $33.3 million on the sale of our investment in Formidable.

For the year ended December 31, 2009, we realized net capital losses of $14.3 million, consisting of a $14.8 million loss from the write-off of our investment in Nighthawk and a $0.5 million loss resulting from expenses related to our investment in Rubicon Energy Partners, LLC, or Rubicon. Partially offsetting these losses were gains of $0.4 million on the exercise of our BSR Loco Bayou, LLC warrants, $0.3 million on the sale of our Venoco, Inc., bonds and $0.3 million on the sale of our overriding royalty interests associated with our investment in Crossroads Energy, LP.

Unrealized Appreciation or Depreciation on Investments

The table below summarizes the components of our unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 (in millions):

		Year ended December 31,												Changes
		2011				2010				2009				2011 vs. 2010				2010 vs. 2009
Targeted portfolio investments		$	(5.1	)		$	31.2			$	1.8			$	(36.3	)		$	29.4
Investments in commodity derivative instruments			—				—				(7.4	)			—				7.4
Income tax benefit (provision), net			—				1.1				1.4				(1.1	)			(0.3	)
Total unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)		$	(5.1	)		$	32.3			$	(4.2	)		$	(37.4	)		$	36.5

For the year ended December 31, 2011, net unrealized depreciation was $5.1 million, primarily due to decreases in the estimated fair value of our investments in BioEnergy and Bionol of $21.5 million, Black Pool of $3.7 million, GMXR of $3.4 million and the reversal, due to realizations, of prior period unrealized net appreciation associated with our investments in Alden of $4.4 million, partially offset by the reversal of prior period unrealized depreciation associated with our investments in DeanLake of $10.7 million and TierraMar of $15.7 million which were exited in 2011. Net increases in the estimated fair value of our remaining investments totaled $1.5 million in 2011.

For the year ended December 31, 2010, net unrealized appreciation before income taxes was $31.2 million, consisting primarily of the reversal of previously recorded unrealized depreciation on our investment in Formidable of $33.7 million, which was sold in 2010. Net decreases in the estimated fair value of our remaining investments totaled $2.5 million in 2010.

For the year ended December 31, 2009, net unrealized depreciation before income taxes was $5.6 million, primarily as a result of the reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation on our commodity derivative instruments of $7.4 million, due to realizations. Net increases in the estimated fair value of our remaining investments totaled $1.8 million in 2009.

Net Increase or Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2011, we recorded a net decrease in net assets resulting from operations of $19.9 million, or $0.92 per share, compared to a net increase in net assets of $10.5 million, or $0.49 per share for the year ended December 31, 2010. The $30.4 million, or $1.41 per share, net change between the two periods was primarily attributable to the $34.7 million increase in net realized and unrealized losses on our investments in 2011, partially offset by a $4.4 million increase in net investment income in 2011.

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For the year ended December 31, 2010, we recorded net increases in net assets resulting from operations of $10.5 million, or $0.49 per share, compared to a net decrease in net assets of $8.8 million, or $0.41 per share, for the year ended December 31, 2009.

Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources

During the year ended December 31, 2011, we generated cash from operations of $8.7 million, excluding net purchases of investments, compared to $14.2 million in 2010 and $16.5 million in 2009. The lower amounts of cash generated from operations are primarily attributable to a smaller investment portfolio which has resulted from net redemptions in excess of new investments, net realized losses on portfolio securities and net reduction in the fair value of certain investments. In 2011, we received cash repayments and realizations totaling $151.5 million; and we reinvested $106.6 million in new investments. At December 31, 2011, we had cash and cash equivalents totaling $106.6 million. The amount outstanding under our Investment Facility at December 31, 2011 was $50.0 million and an additional $19.1 million was available for borrowing. We repaid the $50.0 million balance outstanding on our Investment Facility in January 2012. In September 2011, we redeemed our $30.6 million in U.S. Treasury Bills and used the proceeds to repay the outstanding borrowings under our Treasury Facility. As of December 31, 2011, we had no outstanding indebtedness under the Treasury Facility and the entire $30.0 million was available for borrowing.

Our net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2011 was $53.7 million, compared to $7.6 million of net cash used in operating activities in 2010 and $46.0 million of net cash provided by operations in 2009. This increase in 2011 was primarily due to higher redemptions of investments in portfolio securities. Purchases of portfolio securities were $106.6 million during 2011, a significant increase compared to the $64.2 million in purchases during 2010 and $49.8 million in 2009. Purchases in 2011 included Resaca, $10.0 million; ATP, $40.0 million; Spirit, $12.0 million; Castex, $27.0 million and other purchases totaling $17.6 million. Purchases in 2010 included Gatliff membership units, $12.8 million; Gatliff senior note, $11.7 million; Pallas Contour Mining, LLC, $15.1 million; Crestwood Holdings, LLC, $8.8 million and other purchases totaling $15.8 million. Purchases in 2009 included Black Pool, $17.5 million; ATP, $15.0 million; Alden, $9.0 million and others totaling $8.3 million. The increase in new investment activity is primarily a result of generally more favorable conditions and outlook in the U.S. oil and gas industry, providing more opportunities for us to invest on reasonable terms given the level of risk assumed. Proceeds from the redemption of investments increased $109.1 million in 2011 to $151.5 million, compared to $42.4 million in 2010 and $79.3 million in 2009. Redemptions in 2011 included Resaca, $10.0 million; PXD, $10.4 million; Greenleaf, $9.6 million; ATP, $18.1 million; Tammany, $15.5 million; Alden, $55.6 million; Gatliff, $15.6 million and other redemptions totaling $16.7 million. Redemptions in 2010 included Alden, $9.5 million; Gatliff membership units, $11.7 million; ATP, $8.4 million and others totaling $12.8 million. Redemptions in 2009 included APC, $26.7 million; Resaca, $23.1 million; Venoco, $12.3 million and others totaling $17.2 million.

During the year ended December 31, 2011, we paid cash dividends totaling $15.6 million, or $0.72 per share, to our common stockholders compared to $14.7 million, or $0.68 per share, during 2010 and a total distribution of $19.0 million, or $0.88 per share in 2009, which included the return of capital of $7.0 million, or $0.33 per share. We currently intend to continue to distribute, in the form of quarterly dividends, a minimum of 90% of our annual investment company taxable income to our stockholders.

On October 31, 2011, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase plan, pursuant to which we may, from time to time, repurchase up to $10.0 million of our common stock in the open market at prices not to exceed net asset value during our open trading periods. Our Board of Directors authorized this plan, because it believes that general market trading activity may cause our common stock to be undervalued from time to time. The repurchase program does not obligate us to purchase any shares and may be discontinued at any time.

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As of December 31, 2011, we had investments in or commitments to fund loan facilities to nineteen portfolio companies totaling $180.4 million, of which $175.0 million was drawn. We expect to fund our investments and our operations in 2012 from available cash, repayments or realizations of existing investments and from borrowings under our credit facilities. In the future, we may also fund a portion of our investments with issuances of equity or senior debt securities. We expect our primary use of funds to be investments in portfolio companies, cash distributions to holders of our common stock and payment of fees and other operating expenses.

Commodity Derivative Instruments

We use commodity derivative instruments from time to time to manage our exposure to commodity price fluctuations. We do not designate these instruments as hedging instruments for financial accounting purposes, and, as a result, we recognize the change in the instruments’ fair value currently on the Consolidated Statement of Operations as net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments.

In June 2008, we acquired a limited term volume-denominated royalty interest from ATP, and the royalty payments associated with this investment were subject to fluctuations in natural gas and oil prices. To manage this risk, we purchased oil and natural gas put options on approximately 93% of our royalty interest. All of these commodity derivative instruments were expired as of January 31, 2010, and we received payment for the final volumes associated with the limited term royalty interest in September 2010.

In 2011, we acquired an additional limited term royalty interest from ATP and in December 2011 we purchased a series of oil put options to provide insurance against downside price movements. See Note 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere herein for further description of our put options.

Credit Facilities and Borrowings

On December 6, 2011, we entered into a $72.0 million Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, or the Investment Facility, which replaced our previous credit facility. The total amount outstanding under the Investment Facility and our previous facility was $50.0 million as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Substantially all of our assets except our investments in U.S. Treasury Bills are collateral for the obligations under the Investment Facility. The Investment Facility matures on August 31, 2014, and bears interest, at our option, at either (i) LIBOR plus 325 to 475 basis points, or (ii) the base rate plus 225 to 375 basis points, both based on our amounts outstanding. As of December 31, 2011, the interest rate on our outstanding balance of $50.0 million was 5.5% (base rate plus 225 basis points). We repaid the entire $50.0 million balance in January 2012. As of December 31, 2011, we had a letter of credit outstanding of $2.9 million, and the amount available to us for borrowing under the Investment Facility was $19.1 million.

On March 31, 2011, we entered into a $30.0 million Treasury Secured Revolving Credit Agreement, or the Treasury Facility. Our investments in U.S. Treasury Bills secure our borrowings under the Treasury Facility. Proceeds from the Treasury Facility facilitate the growth of our investment portfolio and provide flexibility in the sizing of our portfolio investments. The Treasury Facility has a 364-day term and bears interest, at our option, at either (i) LIBOR plus 50 basis points or (ii) the base rate. We have the right at any time to prepay the loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty. As of December 31, 2011, we had no outstanding indebtedness under the Treasury Facility and the entire $30.0 million was available. We intend to renew this facility in 2012 prior to its expiration date.

The Investment and Treasury Facilities contain affirmative and reporting covenants and certain financial ratio and restrictive covenants that apply to our subsidiaries and us. We complied with these covenants throughout 2011 and had no events of default under either facility. The most restrictive covenants are:

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In addition to our Investment Facility, we may also fund a portion of our investments with issuances of equity or senior debt securities. We may also securitize a portion of our investments in mezzanine or senior secured loans or other assets. We expect our primary use of funds to be investments in portfolio companies, cash distributions to holders of our common stock and payment of fees and other operating expenses.

Dividends

We have elected to operate our business so as to be taxable as a RIC for federal income tax purposes. As a RIC, we generally may not pay corporate-level federal income taxes on any ordinary income or capital gains that we distribute to our stockholders as dividends. To maintain our RIC status, we must meet specific source-of-income and asset diversification requirements and distribute annually an amount equal to at least 90% of our “investment company taxable income” (which generally consists of ordinary income and realized net short-term capital gains in excess of realized net long-term capital losses, if any, reduced by deductible expenses) and net tax-exempt interest. In order to avoid certain excise taxes imposed on RICs, we must distribute during each calendar year an amount at least equal to the sum of (1) 98% of our ordinary income for the calendar year, (2) 98.2% of our capital gain net income (i.e., realized capital gains in excess of realized capital losses) for the one-year period ending on October 31 of that calendar year, and (3) 100% of any ordinary income or capital gain net income not distributed in prior years. We currently intend to make sufficient distributions to satisfy the annual distribution requirement and to avoid the excise taxes.

Although we currently intend to distribute realized net capital gains (i.e., net long-term capital gains in excess of short-term capital losses), if any, at least annually, we may in the future decide to retain such capital gains for investment and designate such retained amount as a deemed distribution.

We have established an “opt out” dividend reinvestment plan, or DRIP, that provides for reinvestment of our dividends and distributions on behalf of our stockholders, unless a stockholder elects to receive cash as provided below. As a result, if our Board of Directors authorizes, and we declare, a cash dividend, then our plan agent automatically reinvests a stockholder’s cash dividend in additional shares of our common stock unless the stockholder, or his or her broker, specifically “opts out” of the dividend reinvestment plan and elects to receive cash dividends.

No action is required on the part of a registered stockholder to have the stockholder’s dividend reinvested in shares of our common stock. The plan administrator will set up an account for shares acquired through the DRIP for each stockholder who has not elected to receive dividends in cash, a participant, and hold such shares in non-certificated form. A registered stockholder may terminate participation in the DRIP at any time and elect to receive dividends in cash by notifying the plan administrator in writing so that such notice is received by the plan administrator no later than 10 days prior to the record date for dividends to stockholders. Participants may terminate participation in the plan by notifying the plan administrator via its website at www.amstock.com, by filling out the transaction request form located at the bottom of their statement and sending it to the plan administrator at American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, Operations Center, 6201 15^th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219 or by calling the plan administrator at 1-800-937-5449. Within 20 days following receipt of a termination notice by the plan administrator and according to a participant’s instructions, the plan administrator will either: (a) maintain all shares held by such participant in a plan account designated to receive all future dividends and distributions in cash; (b) issue certificates for the whole shares credited to such participant’s plan account and issue a check representing the value of any fractional shares to such participant; or (c) sell the shares held in the plan account and remit the proceeds of the sale, less any brokerage commissions that may be incurred and a $15.00 transaction fee, to such participant at his or her address of record at the time of such liquidation. A stockholder who has elected to receive dividends in cash may re-enroll in the DRIP at any time by providing notice to the plan administrator.

Those stockholders whose shares are held by a broker or other financial intermediary may receive dividends in cash by notifying their broker or other financial intermediary of their election.

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We intend, when permitted by the DRIP, to primarily use newly issued shares for reinvested dividends under the DRIP. However, we reserve the right to purchase shares in the open market in connection with the DRIP. The number of newly issued shares to be issued to a stockholder is determined by dividing the total dollar amount of the dividend payable to such stockholder by the average market price per share of our common stock at the close of regular trading on the exchange or market on which our shares of common stock are listed for the five trading days preceding the valuation date for such dividend. We can not calculate the number of shares of our common stock to be outstanding after giving effect to payment of the dividend until the value per share at which additional shares will be issued has been determined and elections of our stockholders have been tabulated.

We may not use newly issued shares to pay a dividend if the market price of our shares is less than our net asset value per share. In such event, the cash dividend will be paid to the plan administrator who will purchase shares in the open market for credit to the accounts of plan participants unless the average of the closing sales prices for the shares for the five days immediately preceding the payment date exceeds 110% of the most recently reported net asset value per share. The allocation of shares to the participants’ plan accounts will be based on the average cost of the shares so purchased, including brokerage commissions. The plan administrator will reinvest all dividends and distributions as soon as practicable, but no later than the next ex-dividend date, except to the extent necessary to comply with applicable provisions of the federal securities laws. The plan will not pay interest on any uninvested cash payment.

There are no brokerage charges or other charges to stockholders who participate in the DRIP. We pay the plan administrator’s fees.

We may terminate the DRIP upon notice in writing mailed to each participant at least 30 days prior to any record date for the payment of any dividend by us. When a participant withdraws from the DRIP or when the DRIP is terminated, the participant will receive a cash payment for any fractional shares of our common stock based on the market price on the date of withdrawal or termination. Participants and interested stockholders should direct all correspondence concerning the DRIP to the plan administrator by mail at American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, Operations Center, 6201 15^th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219.

The automatic reinvestment of dividends and distributions will not relieve a participant of any income tax liability associated with such dividend or distribution. A U.S. stockholder participating in the DRIP will be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as having received a dividend or distribution in an equal amount to the cash that the participant could have received instead of shares. The tax basis of such shares will equal the amount of such cash. A participant will not realize any taxable income upon receipt of a certificate for whole shares credited to the participant’s account whether upon the participant’s request for a specified number of shares or upon termination of enrollment in the DRIP. Each participant will receive each year a Form 1099 with respect to the U.S. federal income tax status of all dividends and distributions during the previous year.

A copy of our dividend reinvestment plan is available on our corporate website, www.ngpcrc.com, in the investor relations section.

As of December 31, 2011, holders of 2,230,548 shares, or approximately 10.3% of outstanding shares, were participants in the DRIP. During 2011, we declared dividends totaling $0.72 per share on our common stock for our stockholders.

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Portfolio Credit Quality

Virtually all of our portfolio investments at December 31, 2011, are in negotiated, and often illiquid, securities of energy-related businesses. We maintain a system to evaluate the credit quality of these investments. While incorporating quantitative analysis, this system is a qualitative assessment. This system is intended to reflect the overall, long-term performance of a portfolio company’s business, the collateral coverage of an investment, and other relevant factors. Our rating scale ranges from 1 to 7, with 1 being the highest credit quality. As of December 31, 2011, our average portfolio rating on a dollar-weighted fair market value basis was 4.1, compared to 4.2 as of December 31, 2010. Of the 18 rated investments in 15 portfolio companies as of December 31, 2011, compared to December 31, 2010, 2 improved in rating, 6 declined in rating, 5 retained the same rating and 5 investments were added during 2011. As of December 31, 2011, on a fair value basis, approximately 60% of our portfolio investments were in the form of senior secured debt securities. As of December 31, 2011, we had 3 investments on non-accrual status with an aggregate cost and fair value of $24.8 million and $0.5 million, respectively. Our portfolio investments at fair value were approximately 84% of the related cost basis as of December 31, 2011.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, the increase in net unrealized depreciation was $5.1 million, primarily due to decreases in the estimated fair value of our investments in BioEnergy and Bionol of $21.5 million, Black Pool of $3.7 million, GMXR of $3.4 million and the reversal, due to realizations, of prior period unrealized net appreciation associated with our investments in Alden of $4.4 million, partially offset by the reversal of prior period unrealized depreciation associated with our investments in DeanLake of $10.7 million and TierraMar of $15.7 million which were exited in 2011. Net increases in the estimated fair market value of our remaining investments totaled $1.5 million.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update 2011-04, “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRS,” or ASU 2011-04. This guidance requires additional disclosure regarding fair value measurement and sensitivity, and improves consistency between GAAP and international financial reporting standards, or IFRS. This guidance must be applied prospectively and becomes effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. We will adopt this guidance in our Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2012, and we do not believe the new guidance will have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements, other than the additional required disclosures.

Critical Accounting Policies

Valuation of Investments

The 1940 Act requires the separate identification of investments according to the percentage ownership in a portfolio company’s outstanding voting securities. The percentages and categories are as follows:

We account for all of the investments in our portfolio at fair value, following the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, Accounting Standards Codification “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” or ASC 820. ASC 820 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair values, establishes a fair value hierarchy based on the quality of inputs used to measure fair value and establishes disclosure requirements for fair value measurements.

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ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that a seller would receive for an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between independent, knowledgeable and willing market participants at the measurement date. The fair value definition focuses on exit price in the principal, or most advantageous, market and prioritizes the use of observable market inputs over unobservable entity-specific inputs. On a quarterly basis, the investment team of our Manager prepares fair value estimates for all of the investments in our portfolio utilizing the income approach and market approach in accordance with ASC 820 and presents them to our valuation committee. The valuation committee recommends its fair value estimates to our Board of Directors, which in good faith determines the final estimates of fair value for each investment. Determination of estimated fair values involves subjective judgments and estimates not susceptible of substantiation by auditing procedures. Additionally, under current auditing standards, the notes to our financial statements refer to the uncertainty with respect to the possible effect of such valuations, and any change in such valuations, on our financial statements. For more information regarding our portfolio valuation policies and procedures, see “Valuation Process” in Part I, Item 1. Business, above.

We record investments in securities for which market quotations are readily available at such market quotations in our financial statements as of the valuation date. For investments in securities for which market quotations are unavailable, or which have various degrees of trading restrictions, the investment team of our Manager prepares valuation analyses and fair value estimates, as generally described below.

Using the most recently available financial statements, forecasts and, when applicable, comparable transaction data, the investment team of our Manager prepares valuation analyses and fair value estimates for the various securities in our investment portfolio. These valuation analyses rely on estimates of the asset values and enterprise values of portfolio companies issuing securities.

The methodologies for determining asset valuations include estimates based on: the liquidation or sale value of a portfolio company’s assets, the discounted value of expected future net cash flows from the assets and third party valuations of a portfolio company’s assets, such as asset appraisal reports, futures prices and engineering reserve reports of oil and natural gas properties. The investment team of our Manager considers some or all of the above valuation methods to determine the estimated asset value of a portfolio company.

The methodologies for determining enterprise valuations include estimates based on: valuations of comparable public companies, recent sales of comparable companies, the value of recent investments in the equity securities of a portfolio company and on the methodologies used for asset valuations. The investment team of our Manager considers some or all of the above valuation methods to determine the estimated enterprise value of a portfolio company.

The methodologies for determining estimated current market values of comparable securities include estimates based on: recent initial offerings of comparable securities of public and private companies; recent secondary market sales of comparable securities of public and private companies; current market implied interest rates for comparable securities in general; and current market implied interest rates for non-comparable securities in general, with adjustments for such elements as size of issue, tenor, and liquidity. The investment team of our Manager considers some or all of the above valuation methods to determine the estimated current market value of a comparable security.

Debt Securities:  We record our investments in non-convertible debt securities at fair value. We utilize both the market approach and the income approach, as appropriate, in determining the fair value of our investments in debt securities, incorporating a variety of factors. In estimating the fair value of our debt securities, we first assess the overall financial health of the portfolio company through an evaluation of a number of factors, including, as relevant, historical and projected financial results, the portfolio company’s enterprise value, and the nature and realizable value of any collateral. Each of these factors may consider the markets in which the portfolio company operates; comparison to a peer group of publicly traded securities; the size and scope of the portfolio company and its specific strengths and weaknesses; recent purchases or sales of securities by the portfolio company; recent offers to purchase the portfolio company; the estimated value of comparable securities; and other relevant factors. Based upon this assessment, we consider the probability of collecting contractual cash flows and the appropriate yield to discount those cash flows. The collection of contractual cash flows may come from one or a combination of cash flows generated from continuing operations of the portfolio company, liquidation of collateral or sale of the portfolio company. The

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appropriateness of the yield on our investments is directly relative to our judgment of the associated risks, using observable yield or price data for similar or comparable debt investments when available. We invest primarily in illiquid debt investments in small private energy companies, many of which are in the early stages of development, or are start-up companies in need of growth development capital. There is limited activity, transparency and variable data in the markets in which we invest. We have observed that there is limited correlation in yield and price data in our principle market when compared to overall market trends based upon debt investments we have made throughout our history. In circumstances where there is limited observable price or yield data of similar or comparable securities, we base our considerations on our assessments of the credit trends and underlying performance of our portfolio companies and of the markets in which we invest, relying on the collective judgment of the investment team of our Manager, our Valuation Committee members and our Board of Directors, which is based on their extensive experience and expertise investing in public and non-public securities in energy markets. We record investments in publicly traded debt securities at market value as of the valuation date to the extent that such market quotations are readily available. We also compare each of our calculated amounts to the estimated current market values of comparable securities.

Equity Securities:  We record our investments in preferred and common equity securities (including warrants or options to acquire equity securities) at fair value based on our pro rata share of the residual equity value available after deducting all outstanding debt from the estimated enterprise value. We may also utilize an option pricing method, or OPM, in addition to our other valuation methods, to value the various preferred stock, common stock, and warrants we have in companies with complex capital structures. The OPM treats preferred stock, common stock and warrants as call options on the enterprise value, with exercise prices based on liquidation preference of the preferred stock. The OPM commonly uses the Black-Scholes model to price the call option, and considers the various terms of the stockholder agreements upon liquidation of the enterprise. In addition, the OPM implicitly considers the effect of the liquidation preference as of a future liquidation date, not as of the valuation date.

Property-Based Equity Participation Rights:  We record our investments in overriding royalty and net profits interests at fair value based on a multiple of cash flows generated by such investments, multiples from transactions involving the sale of comparable assets and/or the discounted value of expected future net cash flows from such investments. We derive appropriate cash flow multiples from the review of comparable transactions involving similar assets. We derive the discounted value of future net cash flows, when appropriate, from third party valuations of a portfolio company’s assets, such as engineering reserve reports of oil and natural gas properties.

Commodity Derivative Instruments:  We record all derivative instruments at fair value. Quoted market prices are the best evidence of estimated fair value. We estimate the fair value of crude oil and natural gas options using a combined income and market-based valuation methodology based upon forward commodity price and volatility curves. Independent pricing services provide the curves, which reflect broker market quotes.

Our Board of Directors has the final responsibility for reviewing and approving, in good faith, the fair value estimates for our investments. Due to the uncertainty inherent in the valuation process, our estimates of fair value for our investments may differ materially from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the securities existed. Additionally, changes in the market environment, portfolio company performance and other events that may occur over the lives of the investments may cause the gains or losses ultimately realized on our investments to be materially different from the valuations currently assigned. We determine the fair value of each individual investment on a quarterly basis and record changes in fair value as unrealized appreciation or depreciation.

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Securities Transactions, Interest and Dividend Income Recognition

We account for all securities transactions on a trade-date basis and we accrete premiums and discounts into interest income using the effective interest method. In conjunction with the acquisition of debt securities, we may receive detachable warrants, other equity securities or property interests such as overriding royalty interests. We record these interests separately from the debt securities at their initial estimated fair value, with a corresponding amount recorded as a discount to the associated debt security. We recognize income from overriding royalty interests as received and we amortize the recorded assets using the units of production method. We defer the portion of the loan origination fees paid that represent additional yield or discount on a loan and accrete the balance into interest income over the life of the loan using the effective interest method. Upon the prepayment of a loan or debt security, we record any unamortized loan origination fees as interest income and we record any unamortized premium or discount as a realized gain or loss on the investment. We accrete market premiums or discounts on acquired loans or fixed income investments into interest income using the effective interest method. We recognize dividend income on the ex-dividend date. We accrue interest income if we expect that we will ultimately be able to collect it. When collectability of interest or dividends is doubtful, we place the investment on non-accrual status and evaluate any existing interest or dividend receivable balances to determine if a write off is necessary. We assess the collectability of the interest and dividends on many factors, including the portfolio company’s ability to service its loan based on current and projected cash flows as well as the current valuation of the portfolio company’s assets.

Payment-in-Kind Interest and Dividends

We may have investments in our portfolio that contain payment-in-kind, or PIK, provisions. We compute PIK interest income or PIK dividend income at the contractual rate specified in each investment agreement and add that amount to the principal balance of the investment. For investments with PIK interest income or PIK dividends, we calculate our income accruals on the principal balance plus any PIK amounts. If the portfolio company’s asset valuation is not sufficient to cover the contractual interest, we do not accrue interest income or dividend income on the investment. To maintain our RIC status, we must pay out this non-cash source of income to stockholders in the form of dividends, even though we have not yet collected the cash. In 2011, we recorded PIK interest income of $7.2 million including the reversal of $2.7 million of prior year reserve, $4.5 million net of a $3.4 million reserve in 2010, and $4.3 million net of a $0.8 million reserve in 2009. We did not record any PIK dividend income in 2011, 2010 or 2009.

Net Realized Gains or Losses and Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation or Depreciation

We calculate realized capital gains on a security as the excess of the net amount realized from the sale or other disposition of such security over the amortized cost for the security. We calculate realized capital losses on a security as the amount by which the net amount realized from the sale or other disposition of such security is less than the amortized cost of such security. We consider unamortized fees, prepayment premiums, and investments charged off during the year, net of recoveries and we do not include previously recognized unrealized appreciation or depreciation.

We calculate unrealized appreciation or depreciation on a security as the amount by which the fair value of such security exceeds or is less than the amortized cost of such security, as applicable. Our Board of Directors determines, in good faith, all period-end estimated fair valuations in accordance with GAAP and the 1940 Act. Net unrealized appreciation or depreciation for the period reflects the change in estimated portfolio investment values during the reporting period, including the reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation or depreciation when we realize the settled capital gains or losses.

We do not account for our commodity derivative instruments, if any, as hedging instruments for financial accounting purposes. Net unrealized appreciation or depreciation reflects the change in derivative values during the reporting period including the reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation or depreciation when we realize the settled gains or losses.

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Contractual Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

The following table summarizes our contractual payment obligations at December 31, 2011(in thousands):

		Total				Less than 1 Year				1 – 3 Years				3 – 5 Years				More than 5 Years
Long-term debt obligations –  revolving credit facilities(1)		$	50,000			$	—			$	50,000			$	—			$	—
Total		$	50,000			$	—			$	50,000			$	—			$	—

We have certain unused commitments to extend credit to our portfolio companies. Generally, these commitments have fixed expiration dates, and we do not expect to fund the entire amounts before they expire. Therefore, these commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. In February 2010, we arranged for a letter of credit issued under the Investment Facility with respect to our investment in one of our portfolio companies. As of December 31, 2011, the letter of credit balance was $2.9 million. We do not report the unused portions of these commitments on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following table shows our unused credit commitments and letter of credit as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

		As of December 31,
		2011				2010
Unused credit commitments		$	5,379			$	8,682
Letter of credit			2,852				2,676

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Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Our business activities contain elements of risk. We consider the principal market risks to be: credit risk, risks related to the energy industry, illiquidity of individual investments in our investment portfolio, leverage risk, risks related to fluctuations in interest rates and commodity price risk.

Credit risk is the principal market risk associated with our business. Credit risk originates from the fact that some of our portfolio companies may become unable or unwilling to fulfill their contractual payment obligations to us and may eventually default on those obligations. These contractual payment obligations arise under the debt securities and other investments that we hold. They include payment of interest, principal, dividends, royalties, fees and payments under guarantees and similar instruments. Our Manager endeavors to mitigate and manage credit risk through the analysis, structure, and requirements of our investments. Prior to making an investment, our Manager evaluates it under a variety of scenarios to understand its sensitivity to changes in critical variables and assumptions and to assess its potential credit risk. The structures for our investments are designed to mitigate credit risk. For example, since the underlying assets of our portfolio companies’ debt investments are often security for some of our investments, our Manager may require that our portfolio companies enter into commodity price hedges on a portion of their production to minimize the sensitivity of their projected cash flows to declines in commodity prices; and, in many instances, there is capital junior to ours in the capital structure of our portfolio companies. Our investments generally require routine reporting, periodic appraisal of asset values, and covenant requirements designed to minimize and detect developing credit risk.

Historically, we have concentrated our investments in the securities of companies that operate in the energy industry. This industry is replete with risks that may affect individual companies or may systemically affect virtually our entire investment portfolio. The revenues, income (or losses), cash flow available for debt service or distribution, and valuations of energy companies can be significantly impacted by any one or more of the following factors: commodity pricing risk, operational risk, weather risk, depletion and exploration risk, production risk, demand risk, competition risk, valuation risk, financing risk, and regulatory risk. Elaboration of these risks is provided in “Risk Factors.” Through our credit risk management process, we endeavor to mitigate and manage these risks as they relate to individual portfolio companies and, by extension, to our entire portfolio of investments. However, we cannot be assured that our Manager’s efforts to mitigate and manage credit risk and the risks associated with the energy industry will successfully insulate us from any and all losses, either at the level of individual portfolio companies or, more broadly, for our entire investment portfolio.

We primarily invest in illiquid debt and other securities of private companies. In some cases these investments include additional equity components. Our investments generally have no established trading market or are generally subject to restrictions on resale. The illiquidity of our investments may adversely affect our ability to dispose of debt and equity securities at times when it may be otherwise advantageous for us to liquidate such investments (for example, for management of the various diversification requirements we are subject to as a BDC and as a RIC, or for management of liquidity or credit risk). The proceeds realized from such liquidation would likely be significantly less than the long-term value of the liquidated investments.

We use a combination of long-term and short-term borrowings to supplement our equity capital to finance our investing activities. We expect to use our Investment Facility as a means to bridge to long-term financing. These borrowings rank senior in our capital structure to interests of our stockholders and, thus, have a senior claim on earnings and cash flows generated by our investment portfolio. To the extent that we are able to invest borrowed money at rates in excess of the cost of that money, we will generate greater returns on our equity capital than would have been the case without leverage. However, if we have losses in our investment portfolio, we must first service or repay the borrowings. This would potentially subject our stockholders to the risk of greater loss than would have been the case without leverage. Elaboration of the risks associated with the issue of senior securities is provided in “Risk Factors.”

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Another facet of utilizing borrowed money to make investments is that our net investment income is dependent upon the difference, or spread, between the rate at which we borrow funds and the interest rate or effective yield at which we invest those funds. For example, a hypothetical 1% increase in the interest rate under our Investment Facility, when fully drawn, would result in a $0.7 million increase in our interest expense. We generally mitigate the risk of asymmetric movements in the cost of borrowing versus investment return by following a practice of funding floating rate investments with equity capital or floating rate debt. As of December 31, 2011, approximately 46% of the investments in our portfolio were at fixed rates, while approximately 54% were at variable rates. In addition, we may use interest rate risk management techniques in an effort to limit our exposure to interest rate fluctuations. Such techniques may include various interest rate hedging activities to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act.

In June 2011, we acquired an additional limited term royalty interest from ATP and on December 29, 2011, we purchased a series of oil put options to provide insurance against downside price movements. These commodity derivative instruments cover 15 months beginning in July 2012 and expiring in September 2013.

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm			57
Consolidated Balance Sheets			58
Consolidated Statements of Operations			59
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets			60
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows			61
Consolidated Schedules of Investments			62
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements			68
Schedule 12 – 14 Investments in and Advances to Affiliates			97

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
of NGP Capital Resources Company

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, including the consolidated schedules of investments, and the related consolidated statements of operations, of changes in stockholders’ equity (net assets) and of cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of NGP Capital Resources Company and its subsidiaries at December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2011 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In addition, in our opinion, the financial statement schedule listed in the accompanying index under item 15(a)(2) presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Company’s management is responsible for these financial statements and financial statement schedule, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A. Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements, on the financial statement schedule, and on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our integrated audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Our procedures included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2011 by correspondence with the issuer or other appropriate party, and where replies were not received, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, Texas
March 9, 2012

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NGP CAPITAL RESOURCES COMPANY
  
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Amounts)

		December 31, 2011				December 31, 2010
Assets
Investments in portfolio securities at fair value
Control investments – majority owned (cost: $0 and $89,503, respectively)		$	150			$	70,973
Affiliate investments (cost: $36,778 and $34,146, respectively)			13,498				33,064
Non-affiliate investments (cost: $135,824 and $114,852, respectively)			131,409				112,026
Total investments			145,057				216,063
Cash and cash equivalents			106,570				68,457
Accounts receivable and other current assets			1,442				3,096
Interest receivable			792				2,236
Prepaid assets			2,720				1,737
Total current assets			111,524				75,526
Total assets		$	256,581			$	291,589
Liabilities and net assets
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		$	739			$	526
Management and incentive fees payable			1,190				1,376
Payables for investment securities purchased			417				—
Dividends payable			3,893				3,893
Income taxes payable			66				50
Total current liabilities			6,305				5,845
Deferred tax liabilities			10				18
Long-term debt			50,000				50,000
Total liabilities			56,315				55,863
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)
Net assets
Common stock, $.001 par value, 250,000,000 shares authorized; 21,628,202 shares issued and outstanding			22				22
Paid-in capital in excess of par			255,486				295,684
Undistributed net investment income (loss)			(518	)			(7,846	)
Undistributed net realized capital gain (loss)			(30,286	)			(32,779	)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments			(24,438	)			(19,355	)
Total net assets			200,266				235,726
Total liabilities and net assets		$	256,581			$	291,589
Net asset value per share		$	9.26			$	10.90

 
 
(See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements)

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NGP CAPITAL RESOURCES COMPANY
  
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In Thousands, Except Per Share Data)

		Year Ended December 31,
		2011				2010				2009
Investment income
Interest income:
Control investments – majority owned		$	8,605			$	4,180			$	1,975
Affiliate investments			1,325				3,674				4,786
Non-affiliate investments			15,587				13,153				16,757
Royalty income (loss), net of amortization:
Control investments – majority owned			1,195				1,792				1,246
Non-affiliate investments			1,031				(845	)			(6,466	)
Commodity derivative income, net of expired options			—				16				6,000
Other income			160				1,615				222
Total investment income			27,903				23,585				24,520
Operating expenses
Interest expense and bank fees			1,473				1,261				2,861
Management and incentive fees			5,422				5,548				6,438
Professional fees			1,065				878				950
Insurance expense			728				741				791
Other general and administrative expenses			3,346				3,663				3,561
Total operating expenses			12,034				12,091				14,601
Income tax provision (benefit), net			60				54				191
Net investment income			15,809				11,440				9,728
Net realized capital gain (loss) on investments
Control investments – majority owned			(32,978	)			(33,298	)			(488	)
Non-affiliate investments			2,364				22				(13,841	)
Total net realized capital (loss) on investments			(30,614	)			(33,276	)			(14,329	)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
Control investments – majority owned			18,680				27,611				(24,271	)
Affiliate investments			(22,197	)			(1,934	)			2,993
Non-affiliate investments			(1,588	)			5,500				15,664
Benefit (provision) for taxes on unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments			22				1,133				1,396
Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments			(5,083	)			32,310				(4,218	)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations		$	(19,888	)		$	10,474			$	(8,819	)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations per common share		$	(0.92	)		$	0.49			$	(0.41	)
Dividends declared per common share		$	0.72			$	0.69			$	0.64
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic and diluted			21,628				21,628				21,628

 
 
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NGP CAPITAL RESOURCES COMPANY
  
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
(In Thousands)

		Common Stock								Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par				Undistributed Net Investment Income (Loss)				Undistributed Net Realized Capital Gain (Loss)				Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments				Total Net Assets
		Shares				Amount
Balance at December 31, 2008			21,628			$	22			$	311,520			$	(3,297	)		$	2,038			$	(47,447	)		$	262,836
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations			—				—				(7,713	)			2,153				959				(4,218	)			(8,819	)
Dividends declared			—				—				—				(3,801	)			(2,997	)			—				(6,798	)
Return of capital			—				—				(7,044	)			—				—				—				(7,044	)
Balance at December 31, 2009			21,628				22				296,763				(4,945	)			—				(51,665	)			240,175
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations			—				—				(1,079	)			12,022				(32,779	)			32,310				10,474
Dividends declared			—				—				—				(14,923	)			—				—				(14,923	)
Balance at December 31, 2010			21,628				22				295,684				(7,846	)			(32,779	)			(19,355	)			235,726
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations			—				—				(40,198	)			22,900				2,493				(5,083	)			(19,888	)
Dividends declared			—				—				—				(15,572	)			—				—				(15,572	)
Balance at December 31, 2011			21,628			$	22			$	255,486			$	(518	)		$	(30,286	)		$	(24,438	)		$	200,266

 
 
(See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements)

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In Thousands)

		Year Ended December 31,
		2011				2010				2009
Cash flows from operating activities
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations		$	(19,888	)		$	10,474			$	(8,819	)
Adjustments to reconcile net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Payment-in-kind interest			(7,230	)			(4,547	)			(4,118	)
Net amortization of premiums, discounts and fees			(2,437	)			8,276				13,313
Net realized capital loss on investments			30,614				33,276				14,329
Net unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on investments			5,105				(31,177	)			5,614
Net deferred income tax liabilities			(8	)			(5	)			645
Effects of changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable and other current assets			1,654				(980	)			(1,882	)
Interest receivable			1,444				(995	)			1,169
Prepaid assets			(983	)			465				(303	)
Payables and accrued expenses			460				(625	)			(3,482	)
Purchase of investments in portfolio securities			(106,558	)			(64,168	)			(49,780	)
Proceeds from redemption of investments in portfolio securities			151,512				42,382				79,330
Purchase of investments in U.S. Treasury Bills			(30,601	)			—				—
Proceeds from redemption of investments in U.S. Treasury Bills			30,601				—				—
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities			53,685				(7,624	)			46,016
Cash flows from financing activities
Borrowings under revolving credit facilities			160,000				224,905				139,500
Repayments on revolving credit facilities			(160,000	)			(242,405	)			(192,000	)
Dividends paid			(15,572	)			(14,707	)			(11,989	)
Return of capital			—				—				(7,044	)
Net cash used in financing activities			(15,572	)			(32,207	)			(71,533	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents			38,113				(39,831	)			(25,517	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period			68,457				108,288				133,805
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period		$	106,570			$	68,457			$	108,288
Supplemental Disclosures:
Cash paid for interest		$	442			$	412			$	1,510
Cash paid for taxes			51				67				3,654

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2011
(In Thousands, Except Share Amounts and Percentages)

Portfolio Company		Energy Industry Segment				Investment(1)				Principal				Cost				Fair Value(2)
Control Investments – Majority Owned (50% or more owned)
BSR Holdings, LLC(11)			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				100% of membership interests of BSR Holdings, LLC							$	—			$	—
DeanLake Operator, LLC(11)			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				Class A membership interests – entitled to 100% of distribution of DeanLake Operator, LLC								—				150
Rubicon Energy Partners, LLC(11)			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				4,000 LLC Units – 50% ownership of the assets of Rubicon Energy Partners, LLC								—				—
Subtotal Control Investments – Majority Owned (50% or more owned)														$	—			$	150
Affiliate Investments – (5% to 25% owned)
BioEnergy Holding, LLC(6)			Alternative Fuels and Specialty Chemicals				Senior Secured Notes (15%, due 3/06/2015)(4)			$	16,662			$	15,511			$	—
							BioEnergy Holding Units – 11.1% of outstanding units of BioEnergy Holdings, LLC								1,297				—
							Myriant Corporation – 0.55% of outstanding common shares of Myriant Corporation								419				706
							Myriant Corporation Warrants(8)								49				64
Bionol Clearfield, LLC(6)			Alternative Fuels and Specialty Chemicals				Senior Secured Tranche C 2nd Lien Term Loan (LIBOR + 7% cash, LIBOR + 9% default, due 9/06/2016)(4)				4,950				4,950				—
Resaca Exploitation Inc.			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				Senior Unsecured Term Loan (9.5% cash or 12% PIK, due 12/31/2014)(21)				11,265				11,067				11,265
							Common Stock (1,360,972 shares) – representing 6.56% of outstanding common stock of Resaca Exploitation Inc.(3)(9)								3,235				1,197
							Warrants(13)								250				266
Subtotal Affiliate Investments – (5% to 25% owned)														$	36,778			$	13,498
Non-affiliate Investments – (Less than 5% owned)
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2007-III Drilling Fund			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				Net Profits Interest (Due 4/23/2032)			$	3,183			$	3,200			$	3,483
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation-III			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				Limited Term Royalty Interest (12.35% annual interest, 13% IRR to pay-out)(19)								28,443				28,443
BP Corporation North America, Inc.			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				Put options to sell up to 141,376 Bbls of crude oil at a strike price of $65.00 per Bbl. 15 monthly contracts beginning on July 1, 2012 and expiring on September 30, 2013(3)								417				417
Black Pool Energy Partners, LLC			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				Senior Secured Term Loan (The greater of 18% or LIBOR + 14% default, due 10/24/2011)(18)				15,744				15,744				12,000
							3% Overriding Royalty Interest								8				100
							Warrants(10)								10				—
Castex Energy Development Fund, LLC			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				Senior Secured Term Loan (The greater of 11.5% or LIBOR + 10.5%, due 12/31/2014)				27,500				26,996				27,500
							Castex Class B Units – 5%(16)								—				—
Chroma Exploration & Production, Inc.			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				11,595 Shares Series A Participating Convertible Preferred Stock(4)								2,222				—
							10,589 Shares Series AA Participating Convertible Preferred Stock(4)								2,090				500
							8.11 Shares Common Stock								—				—
							Warrants(5)								—				—

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2011
(In Thousands, Except Share Amounts and Percentages)
(Continued)

Portfolio Company		Energy Industry Segment				Investment(1)				Principal				Cost				Fair Value(2)
Non-affiliate Investments – (Less than 5% owned) — Continued
Crestwood Holdings, LLC			Natural Gas Gathering and Processing				Senior Secured Term Loan (The greater of 10.5% or LIBOR + 8.5%, due 10/01/2016)			$	8,283			$	8,132			$	8,283
Globe BG, LLC			Coal Production				Contingent earn-out related to July 2011 sale of royalty interests in Alden Resources(15)				—				—				3,270
GMX Resources, Inc.(3)			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				Senior Convertible Notes (5%, due 2/1/2013)				12,661				11,332				8,103
Nighthawk Transport I, LP			Energy Services				LP Units(12)								—				—
							Warrants(12)								—				—
Pallas Contour Mining, LLC			Coal Mining				Senior Secured Term Loan (14%, due 10/14/2015)(20)				11,661				11,703				11,661
Powder River Acquisitions, LLC			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				Senior Secured Promissory Note (12% default, due 9/30/2011)(17)				3,241				3,241				3,241
Spirit Resources, LLC			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				Senior Secured Term Loan (The greater of 12% or LIBOR + 8%, due 4/27/2015)				12,250				12,018				12,250
							Warrants(14)								25				25
Tammany Oil & Gas, LLC			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				Senior Secured Term Loan (The greater of 13% or LIBOR + 8%, due 9/30/2012)				10,133				10,125				10,133
							3.33% Overriding Royalty Interest								113				1,000
							Warrants(7)								5				1,000
Subtotal Non-affiliate Investments – (Less than 5% owned)														$	135,824			$	131,409
TOTAL INVESTMENTS														$	172,602			$	145,057

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 
 
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December 31, 2011
(Continued)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — Continued

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2010
(In Thousands, Except Share Amounts and Percentages)

Portfolio Company		Energy Industry Segment				Investment(1)(2)(4)				Principal				Cost				Fair Value(3)
Control Investments – Majority Owned (50% or more owned)
Alden Resources, LLC(17)			Coal Production				Senior Secured Multiple-Advance Term Loan – Tranche A (The greater of 12.00% or LIBOR + 9.00% cash, due 1/05/2013)(18)			$	16,497			$	15,107			$	15,007
							Senior Secured Multiple-Advance Term Loan – Tranche B (The greater of 12.00% or LIBOR + 9.00% cash, 15.00% or LIBOR + 12.00% PIK, due 1/05/2013)(6)				24,330				19,520				19,520
							Senior Secured Multiple-Advance Term Loan – Revolver (The greater of 12.00% or LIBOR + 9.00% cash, 15.00% or LIBOR + 12.00% PIK, due 1/05/2013)(18)				3,000				3,000				3,000
							5.8 million Class E Units – entitled to 100% of distributions of Alden Resources until payout, 80% after payout(5)								5,800				5,800
							Royalty Interest								2,486				10,300
BSR Holdings, LLC(15)(17)			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				100% of membership interests of BSR Holdings, LLC.								—				—
DeanLake Operator, LLC(17)			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				Class A membership interests – entitled to 100% of distribution of DeanLake Operator, LLC until payout, 80% after payout(5)								14,050				3,500
							Overriding Royalty Interest								18				50
Gatliff Services, LLC(17)			Coal Processing				Senior Secured Multiple-Advance Term Loan (8.00% during construction, 12.00% after completion, due 9/30/2020)				11,696				11,696				11,696
							One Membership Unit – representing 100% ownership of Gatliff Services, LLC(5)								1,100				1,100
Rubicon Energy Partners, LLC(17)			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				4,000 LLC Units representing 50% ownership of the assets of Rubicon Energy Partners, LLC(5)								—				—
TierraMar Energy, LP(17)			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				212,637 Class A Preferred LP Units – entitled to 100% of distribution of TierraMar Energy LP until payout, 67% after payout(5)								16,711				900
							Overriding Royalty Interest								15				100
Subtotal Control Investments – Majority Owned (50% or more owned)														$	89,503			$	70,973
Affiliate Investments – (5% to 25% owned)
BioEnergy Holding, LLC(17)			Alternative Fuels and Specialty Chemicals				Senior Secured Notes (15.00%, due 3/06/2015)			$	15,485			$	14,302			$	14,302
							BioEnergy Holding Units – 11.1% of outstanding units of BioEnergy Holdings, LLC(5)								1,297				1,297
							Myriant Technologies Warrants(5)(10)								49				49
							Myriant Technologies Units – 1.9% of the outstanding units of Myriant Technologies, LLC(5)								419				419
Bionol Clearfield, LLC(8)(14)(17)			Alternative Fuels and Specialty Chemicals				Senior Secured Tranche C 2nd Lien Term Loan (LIBOR + 7.00% cash, LIBOR + 9.00% default, due 9/06/2016)(19)				4,950				4,950				4,950
Resaca Exploitation Inc.			Oil & Natural Gas Production and Development				Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility (The greater of 8.0% or LIBOR + 5.50%, due 7/01/2012)(17)				10,000				9,894				9,894
							Common Stock (1,345,595 shares) – representing 6.84% of outstanding common stock of Resaca Exploitation Inc.(5)(11)(16)								3,235				2,153
Subtotal Affiliate Investments – (5% to 25% owned)														$	34,146			$	33,064