PennantPark Investment Corporation : Announces Quarterly Distribution of $0.18 per Share
March 02, 2017 at 09:05 pm
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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Mar 2, 2017) - PennantPark Investment Corporation (the "Company") (NASDAQ: PNNT) declares second fiscal quarter 2017 distribution of $0.18 per share, payable on April 3, 2017 to stockholders of record as of March 22, 2017. Distributions are paid from taxable earnings and may include a return of capital and/or capital gains. The specific tax characteristics of the distribution will be reported to stockholders on Form 1099 after the end of the calendar year and in the Company's periodic report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ABOUT PENNANTPARK INVESTMENT CORPORATION
PennantPark Investment Corporation is a business development company which principally invests in U.S. middle-market private companies in the form of senior secured loans, mezzanine debt and equity investments. PennantPark Investment Corporation is managed by PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release are forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. PennantPark Investment Corporation undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made herein. You should not place undue influence on such forward-looking statements as such statements speak only as of the date on which they are made.
PennantPark Investment Corporation is a closed-end, externally managed, non-diversified investment company. The Companyâs objectives are to generate both current income and capital appreciation while seeking to preserve capital through debt and equity investments primarily made to United States middle-market companies in the form of first lien secured debt, second lien secured debt, subordinated debt and equity investments. The Company invests primarily in United States middle-market companies in the form of first lien secured debt, second lien secured debt, subordinated debt and, to a lesser extent, equity investments. The Companyâs portfolio generally consists of illiquid securities, including debt and equity investments. It invests in sectors, including media, hotels, motels, inns and gaming, aerospace and defense, building materials, environmental services, healthcare, education and childcare, consumer products, printing and publishing, and the auto sector, among others.