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Carlyle Secured Lending Q4 2025 earnings summary

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Q4 2025 earnings summary25 Feb, 2026

Executive summary

  • Achieved record originations in 2025, deploying over $1.2 billion at the entity and $7 billion at the platform level, with a focus on stable, high-quality credits and strategic partnerships.

  • New CEO and President appointments, maintaining core investment strategy and leveraging the broader platform.

  • Portfolio diversified across 165 companies and 25+ industries, with 94% in senior secured loans and a weighted average yield of 10.1%.

  • Announced new joint venture, Structured Credit Partners (SCP), to enhance diversification and yield.

  • Net asset value per share was $16.26 at year-end, down from $16.36 at prior quarter-end.

Financial highlights

  • Fourth quarter net investment income was $24 million, or $0.33 per share GAAP, $0.36 adjusted; total investment income for Q4 was $67 million.

  • Adjusted net investment income for Q4 2025 was $25.8 million, reflecting adjustments for non-recurring items.

  • Dividend declared for Q1 2026 at $0.40 per share, supported by $0.74 per share of spillover income.

  • Share repurchases totaled $14 million in Q4 and $14 million in Q1 to date, accreting $0.12 per share to NAV.

  • Net realized and unrealized losses for Q4 2025 totaled $6.6 million.

Outlook and guidance

  • Earnings expected to trough in H1 2026 due to base rate cuts, with improvement anticipated as JV portfolios ramp.

  • Active origination pipeline for Q1 2026, with expectations for increased M&A activity and deal flow.

  • SCP JV expected to be highly accretive to return on equity, with fee-free structure providing 400-500 bps uplift.

  • Board approved an upsize of the stock repurchase program by $100 million to $300 million in February 2026.

  • Increased capital commitment to the Credit Fund by $75 million per member, aiming for continued portfolio growth.

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TCG BDC, Inc. is a business development company specializing in first lien debt, senior secured loans, second lien senior secured loans, unsecured debt and investments in equity of small-and micro-cap companies. The firm invests in the form of first lien cash flow term loan, stretch tranche debt investments, unitranche investments, second lien senior secured loan investments and subordinated unsecured convertible debenture investments with warrants or separately. It may invest between $5 million to $25 million in portfolio companies with an enterprise value ranging from $15 million to $100 million. The firm prefers to invest in manufacturing, aerospace, building products and construction materials, chemicals and materials, consumer products and services and contracting services sectors.

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