FARMINGTON, Conn., February 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: HRZN) (“Horizon” or the “Company”), a leading specialty finance company that provides capital in the form of secured loans to private equity-backed companies. risk in the technology, life sciences, health information and services, and sustainability sectors, today announced that Horizon Secured Loan Fund I LLC, the wholly owned subsidiary of ‘Horizon (“HSLF”), amended its senior secured credit facility with a major US-based insurance company. Under the amended agreement, the commitment to HSLF has increased by $100 million to allow HSLF to transmit up to $200 million guaranteed tickets.
The amendment to the credit facility extends the investment period to June 2023 and the due date June 2028. In addition, the amendment reduces, among other things, the applicable margin used to calculate the credit facility interest rate on the Company’s borrowings above $100 million. These borrowings will be priced at the average three-year US market swap rate plus 3.00%. The facility is secured by certain of the Company’s assets.
“We are pleased to further strengthen our capital resources and expand our lending capacity, which allows us to further grow our risky debt portfolio while lowering our cost of capital,” said Daniel R. Trolio, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Horizon. “We look forward to using this facility to more effectively deploy our capital resources and continue to diversify our sources of debt. We believe we remain well positioned to continue to create value for our shareholders.”
About Horizon Technology Financing
Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: HRZN) is a leading specialty finance company that provides capital in the form of secured loans to venture-backed companies in the technology, life sciences, health information and services and sustainability. HRZN’s investment objective is to maximize the return on its investment portfolio by generating current income from the debt investments it makes and capital appreciation from the warrants it receives when of these debt investments. Horizon Technology Finance Management LLC is headquartered in Farmington, Connecticutwith a regional office in Pleasanton, Californiaand investment professionals located in Portland, Maine, Austin, TXand Reston, Virginia. To learn more, please visit www.horizontechfinance.com.
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