CION Investment Corporation · NYSE:CION
CION Investment — Q2 2022 Earnings Presentation
30 slides from CION Investment's earnings presentation, September 2022
Slide 1: CION Investment Corporation Investor Presentation Second Quarter 2022
CION Investment Corporation Investor Presentation Second Quarter 2022
Slide 2: Disclosures and Forward-Looking Statements
Disclosures and Forward-Looking Statements This presentation has been prepared by CĪON Investment Corporation (NYSE: CION) (the “Company” or “CION”) and may be used for information purposes only. This presentation shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy any secu
Slide 3: CION Investment Corporation (CION) at a glance
CION Investment Corporation (CION) at a glance NYSE: CION Size & Scale Strategy Focus • Externally managed • Origination via proprietary • High quality senior secured business development sources and a strong debt financings, primarily company (BDC) with a network of public and first lien market cap
Slide 4: CION Platform Overview
CION Platform Overview CION Investment Group is a vertically integrated alternative investment manager and retail distribution organization founded in 2011 Key Products CION Investment CION Ares Diversified Corporation Credit Fund Profile Publicly listed business Globally diversified development com
Slide 5: Evolution of CION Investment Corporation
Evolution of CION Investment Corporation 2012 $1.15B 30+ 0.05% Inception Year Total Equity Raised Advisor Years of Annualized Loss Rate Experience Since Inception1 CION acquires Credit $1,865 Suisse Park View BDC, Inc. $1,765 $1,805 $1,714 $1,754 $1,569 Apollo Investment Management (“AIM”) engaged a
Slide 6: History of Value Creation
History of Value Creation $30.00 29.09 29.06 28.66 28.95 28.22 27.73 27.04 26.85 26.50 26.56 26.52 26.23 26.13 26.41 26.02 25.56 25.91 24.85 25.22 25.18 25.46 $25.00 24.04 24.33 23.49 22.67 21.96 22.29 22.25 21.78 21.86 12.14 12.61 12.89 13.17 21.15 21.33 7.65 8.01 8.38 8.75 9.11 9.48 11.61 11.88 20
Slide 7: Credit Portfolio is Focused on First Lien Loans
Credit Portfolio is Focused on First Lien Loans Senior Secured First Lien Loans Senior Secured Second Lien Loans Other Investments $2.0b $1.85b $1.80b $1.81b $1.80b $1.82b $1.79b $1.75b $1.74b $1.74b $1.68b $1.67b $1.63b $1.55b $1.58b $1.58b $1.54b $1.54b $1.52b $1.53b $1.51b $1.50b $1.5b $ (Billion
Slide 8: Differentiated Investment Platform
Differentiated Investment Platform CION’s unique platform drives selectivity, efficiency and focus ▪ Direct first lien and club investments based on deep, long-standing relationships with like-minded Sourcing Powered partners, including other leading private and public lenders by Strong Network ▪ In
Slide 9: Sourcing Strategy Drives Selectivity
Sourcing Strategy Drives Selectivity CION’s open architecture origination approach capitalizes on a deep and diverse network of highly experienced and like-minded partners: ▪ Relationships are deep, long-term and ▪ Private and Public Lenders personal; often date back for decades ▪ Select middle mark
Slide 10: Investment Strategy
Investment Strategy CION drives investor returns primarily through a first lien focus supplemented with select, opportunistic investments ▪ First lien primarily, with unitranche and second lien CORE ▪ Companies with EBITDA between $25-$75 million; target $20 million initial hold sizes ▪ 94% senior s
Slide 11: Fund Flexibility and Scale are Highly Advantageous
Fund Flexibility and Scale are Highly Advantageous CION has attractive scale within its niche market along with investing flexibility ▪ At $1.9 billion in total assets(1), CION is a scaled BDC with enough influence to have “a voice at the table” ▪ Flexibility to invest across a borrower’s capital st
Slide 12: Solid Performance and Current Valuation
Solid Performance and Current Valuation Senior Secured1 Portfolio Yield2 Leverage3 100.0% 10.00% 130.0% 94.2% 117.7% 95.0% 9.50% 9.06% 120.0% 8.90% 90.0% 86.3% 9.00% 104.7% 110.0% 85.0% 8.50% 80.0% 8.00% 100.0% 75.0% 7.50% 90.0% 70.0% 7.00% 80.0% 65.0% 6.50% 70.0% 60.0% 6.00% 55.0% 5.50% 60.0% 50.0%
Slide 13: Recent Developments
Recent Developments ▪ On December 21, 2021, CION entered into a joint venture partnership with EagleTree Capital: ▪ The joint venture was initially capitalized through the contribution of nearly a $100 million portfolio of junior capital investments from CION and proprietary Firm-level cash from Eag
Slide 14: Conclusion
Conclusion CION offers investors a differentiated investment platform and strategy built over nearly a decade of operations High-quality portfolio focused on senior secured loans, primarily first lien Sourcing, origination & investment pipeline product of strong network not easily replicated Underwr
Slide 15: Second Quarter 2022
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Slide 16: Second Quarter and Other Highlights – Ended June 30, 2022
Second Quarter and Other Highlights – Ended June 30, 2022 The Company completed a 2-to-1 reverse stock split effective September 21, 2021. Accordingly, share and per share amounts in this presentation have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the 2-to-1 reverse stock split. ▪ Net investment income
Slide 17: Selected Financial Highlights
Selected Financial Highlights ($ in millions) Q2 2022 Q1 2022 Q4 2021 Q3 2021 Q2 2021 Investment portfolio, at fair value(1) $1,791 $1,740 $1,666 $1,630 $1,676 Total debt outstanding(2) $948 $875 $830 $805 $805 Net assets $905 $922 $931 $941 $926 Ending debt-to-equity 1.05x 0.95x 0.89x 0.86x 0.87x T
Slide 18: Investment Activity
Investment Activity ▪ New investment commitments for the quarter were $184 million, of which $165 million were funded and $19 million were unfunded. ▪ New investment commitments were made across 10 new portfolio companies and 9 existing portfolio companies. ▪ Fundings of previously unfunded commitme
Slide 19: Portfolio Asset Composition
Portfolio Asset Composition End of Period Investments New Investment Commitments (in millions) (in millions) $1,791 $353 4% 2% $1,740 4% 2% $1,666 $1,676 6% 1% 0%* 4% 2% $1,630 2% 0%* 5% 0%* 6% 0%* 6% 2% 0%* 1% 6% 1% 8% $231 $184 1% $179 1% 2% 93% 92% $155 92% 88% 88% 84% 100% 98% 98% 99% Q2 2022 Q1
Slide 20: Credit Quality of Investments
Credit Quality of Investments INTERNAL INVESTMENT RISK RATINGS(1) Q2 2022 NON-ACCRUAL %(1) (% of Total Portfolio, Fair Value) Higher Credit Quality Rating Q2 2022 Q1 2022 Q4 2021 Q3 2021 Q2 2021 1 7.3% 2.6% 2.8% 5.3% 7.3% 2 82.8% 86.2% 82.5% 79.7% 75.5% 3.55% 3 8.4% 10.6% 14.0% 14.1% 16.7% 4 1.5% 0.
Slide 21: Portfolio Summary
Portfolio Summary Portfolio Characteristics (as of June 30, 2022) PORTFOLIO BY SECURITY TYPE(4) Investment Portfolio 94% Senior 0.1% 1.6% 4.1% Total investments and unfunded commitments $1,892.1 million Secured Debt 1.5% Unfunded commitments $101.1 million Investments Investments at fair value $1,79
Slide 22: Q2 2022 Net Asset Value Bridge
Q2 2022 Net Asset Value Bridge Per Share Data * * * - Less than $0.01 per share. 22
Slide 23: Debt Summary
Debt Summary $82 million in available capacity within existing senior secured facilities DEBT SCHEDULE DEBT MATURITIES ($ in millions) ($ in millions) Total Principal Commitment Amount Interest Maturity Amount Outstanding Rate Date JPM Credit Facility $675 $600 L + 3.10%(2) 5/15/2024 UBS Facility 15
Slide 24: Distribution Per Share and Distribution Coverage
Distribution Per Share and Distribution Coverage Q3 2020 Q4 2020 Q1 2021 Q2 2021 Q3 2021 Q4 2021 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Net Investment Income $0.38 $0.38 $0.31 $0.33 $0.35 $0.32 $0.34 $0.34 (per share) Distribution $0.181 $0.57 $0.26 $0.26 $0.26 $0.46 $0.28 $0.28 (per share) Distribution coverage 2.14x 0.6
Slide 25: Quarterly Operating Results
Quarterly Operating Results Q2 2022 Q1 2022 Q4 2021 Q3 2021 Q2 2021 Investment income Interest income(1) $ 40,932 $ 40,195 $ 37,695 $ 37,206 $ 36,117 Dividend income 53 46 138 3,871 1,024 Fee income 2,567 1,442 2,571 1,543 880 Total investment income $ 43,552 $ 41,683 $ 40,404 $ 42,620 $ 38,021 Expe
Slide 26: Quarterly Balance Sheet
Quarterly Balance Sheet Q2 2022 Q1 2022 Q4 2021 Q3 2021 Q2 2021 Assets Investments, at fair value $1,805,452 $1,755,297 $1,754,039 $1,746,298 $1,724,038 Cash 42,542 17,500 3,774 2,159 1,496 Interest receivable on investments 21,962 21,298 21,549 21,283 20,279 Receivable due on investments sold 2,713
Slide 27: Appendix
Appendix clon
Slide 28: CION Team Overview
CION Team Overview Years of Relevant Executive Team Experience Years at CION Background Mark Gatto • Co-Founder, CION Investment Group, LLC 17 10 • Attorney, private practice in NJ Co-Chief Executive Officer • B.A., Montclair State University; J.D. and M.B.A, Seton Hall University Michael A. Reisner
Slide 29: Corporate Information
Corporate Information Board of Directors Senior Management Corporate Headquarters Research Coverage Mark Gatto Mark Gatto 3 Park Avenue, 36th Floor Finian O’Shea Co-Chairman of the Board Co-Chief Executive Officer New York, NY 10016 Wells Fargo Michael A. Reisner Michael A. Reisner Co-Chairman of th
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