CION Investment Corporation Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results

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Declares Second Quarter 2025 Base Distribution of $0.36 per Share

NEW YORK, May 08, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CION Investment Corporation (NYSE: CION) ("CION" or the "Company") today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025 and filed its Form 10-Q with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

CION also announced that, on May 5, 2025, its co-chief executive officers declared a second quarter 2025 base distribution of $0.36 per share, payable on June 16, 2025 to shareholders of record as of June 2, 2025.

FIRST QUARTER AND OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Net investment income and earnings per share for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 were $0.36 per share and $(0.80) per share, respectively;

  • Net asset value per share was $14.28 as of March 31, 2025 compared to $15.43 as of December 31, 2024, a decrease of $1.15 per share, or 7.5%. The decrease was primarily due to mark-to-market price declines to the Company’s portfolio during the quarter ended March 31, 2025;

  • As of March 31, 2025, the Company had $1.12 billion of total principal amount of debt outstanding, of which 38% was comprised of senior secured bank debt and 62% was comprised of unsecured debt. The Company’s net debt-to-equity ratio was 1.39x as of March 31, 2025 compared to 1.27x as of December 31, 2024;

  • As of March 31, 2025, the Company had total investments at fair value of $1.79 billion in 104 portfolio companies across 24 industries. The investment portfolio was comprised of 87.0% senior secured loans, including 86.9% in first lien investments;1

  • During the quarter, the Company funded new investment commitments of $55 million, funded previously unfunded commitments of $10 million, and had sales and repayments totaling $49 million, resulting in a net increase to the Company's funded portfolio of $16 million;

  • As of March 31, 2025, investments on non-accrual status amounted to 1.20% and 3.16% of the total investment portfolio at fair value and amortized cost, respectively, which are down from 1.41% and 3.22%, respectively, as of December 31, 2024;

  • During the quarter, the Company repurchased 185,862 shares of its common stock under its 10b5-1 trading plan at an average price of $11.68 per share for a total repurchase amount of $2.2 million. Through March 31, 2025, the Company repurchased a total of 3,955,033 shares of its common stock under its 10b5-1 trading plan at an average price of $10.23 per share for a total repurchase amount of $40.5 million; and

  • On February 13, 2025, the Company terminated its existing senior secured repurchase facility with UBS AG ("UBS") and simultaneously entered into a new 3-year, $125 million senior secured credit facility with UBS, under which the floating interest rate payable by the Company on all advances was reduced by 0.45% per year, from the three-month SOFR plus a credit spread of 3.20% per year to SOFR plus a credit spread of 2.75% per year.