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Orlando, Fla., April 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CNL Strategic Capital, LLC ("CNL Strategic Capital,” the "Company” or "we”) seeks to provide current income and long-term appreciation to investors by acquiring controlling equity stakes in combination with loan positions in privately owned middle-market businesses. The Company announced its operating results for the year ended Dec. 31, 2024.
Highlights:
- As of Dec. 31, 2024, CNL Strategic Capital's portfolio consisted of equity and debt investments in 16 portfolio companies and approximately $1.3 billion in total assets, compared with 13 portfolio companies and approximately $1.0 billion in total assets as of Dec. 31, 2023.
- For the year ended Dec. 31, 2024, the Company recognized a net change in unrealized appreciation on investments, including unrealized foreign currency gain of approximately $88.7 million and had total investment income of approximately $71.7 million. That compares with a net change in unrealized appreciation on investments of $41.7 million and total investment income of approximately $59.5 million in 2023.
- The cumulative total investment return based on net asset value (NAV) since inception and through Dec. 31, 2024, was approximately 105.5% for Class FA shares, 89.5% for Class A shares, 77.2% for Class T shares, 79.8% for Class D shares, 91.1% for Class I shares and 73.5% for Class S shares.1 These returns are prior to any applicable sales load and assume shareholders reinvested their distributions.
- For the year ended Dec. 31, 2024, CNL Strategic Capital received approximately $237.5 million in net offering proceeds, including approximately $18.1 million received through the distribution reinvestment plan. Since beginning operations in February 2018 through March 24, 2025, CNL Strategic Capital has raised approximately $1.2 billion, including $49.8 million received through the distribution reinvestment plan.
Cash distributions declared net of distributions reinvested during the periods presented were funded from the following sources (in thousands):
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| Year Ended Dec. 31, | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Amount | % of Cash Distributions Declared Net of Distributions Reinvested | Amount | % of Cash Distributions Declared Net of Distributions Reinvested | ||||||||||
| Net investment income before reimbursement of expense support (reimbursement) | $ | 21,065 | 106.6 | % | $ | 23,110 | 133.5 | % | |||||
| Expense Support (reimbursement) | 20 | 0.1 | (644) | (3.7) | |||||||||
| Net investment income | $ | 21,085 | 106.7 | % | $ | 22,466 | 129.8 | % | |||||
| Cash distributions declared, net of distributions reinvested2 | $ | 19,754 | 100.0 | % | $ | 17,304 | 100.0 | % | |||||
Sources of declared distributions on a GAAP basis (in thousands):
| Year Ended Dec. 31, | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Amount | % of Distributions Declared | Amount | % of Distributions Declared | ||||||||||
| Net investment income3 | $ | 21,085 | 55.6 | % | $ | 22,466 | 74.7 | % | |||||
| Distributions in excess of net investment income4 | 16,814 | 44.4 | 7,597 | 25.3 | |||||||||
| Total distributions declared | $ | 37,899 | 100.0 | % | $ | 30,063 | 100.0 | % | |||||
Total investment return based on net asset value (NAV) after total return incentive fees per share for the year ended Dec. 31, 20241:
| Class FA | Class A | Class T | Class D | Class I | Class S |
| 11.20% | 10.23% | 9.32% | 9.91% | 9.93% | 11.20% |
(These returns are prior to any applicable sales load and assume shareholders reinvested their distributions. These are not actual shareholder returns. Actual returns may vary materially.)
Cumulative total investment return based on NAV after sales fees since inception through Dec. 31, 20241:
| Class FA (2/7/18-12/31/24) | Class A
(4/10/18-12/31/24) | Class T (5/25/18-12/31/24) | Class D (6/26/18-12/31/24) | Class I (4/10/18-12/31/24) | Class S
(3/31/20-12/31/24) |
| 105.5% | 89.5% | 77.2% | 79.8% | 91.1% | 73.5% |
(These returns are prior to any applicable sales load and assume shareholders reinvested their distributions. These are not actual shareholder returns. Actual returns may vary materially.)
1This is not shareholder returns. Total investment return is calculated for each share class as the change in the net asset value for such share class during the period and assuming all distributions are reinvested. Amounts are not annualized and are not representative of total return as calculated for purposes of the total return incentive fee. Since there is no public market for the Company's shares, terminal market value per share is assumed to be equal to net asset value per share on the last day of the period presented. The Company's performance changes over time and currently may be different than that shown above. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment performance is presented without regard to sales load that may be incurred by shareholders in the purchase of the Company's shares. For the period from the date the first share was issued for each respective share class through Dec. 31, 2024. 2Excludes $18,145 and $12,759 of distributions reinvested pursuant to the Company's distribution reinvestment plan during the year ended Dec. 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. 3Net investment income includes expense support (reimbursement) of $20 and $(644) for the years ended Dec. 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. 4Consists of distributions made from offering proceeds for the periods presented.
About CNL Strategic Capital
CNL Strategic Capital is a publicly registered, non-traded limited liability Company that seeks to provide current income and long-term appreciation to individuals by acquiring controlling equity stakes in combination with loan positions in durable and growing middle-market businesses. The Company is externally managed by CNL Strategic Capital Management, LLC and Levine Leichtman Strategic Capital, LLC (LLSC). For additional information, please visit cnlstrategiccapital.com.
About CNL Financial Group
CNL Financial Group (CNL) is a leading private investment management firm providing alternative investment opportunities. Since inception in 1973, CNL and/or its affiliates have formed or acquired companies with more than $36 billion in assets. CNL is headquartered in Orlando, Florida. For more information, visit cnl.com.
About Levine Leichtman Strategic Capital
LLSC is an affiliate of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, LLC (LLCP), a middle-market private equity firm with a 40-year track record of investing across various targeted sectors, including Franchising & Multi-unit, Business Services, Education & Training and Engineered Products & Manufacturing. LLCP utilizes a differentiated Structured Private Equity investment strategy, combining debt and equity capital investments in portfolio companies. LLCP believes that by investing in a combination of debt and equity securities, it offers management teams growth capital in a highly tailored, flexible investment structure that can be a more attractive alternative than traditional private equity.
LLCP's global team of dedicated investment professionals is led by ten partners who have worked at LLCP for an average of 20 years. Since inception, LLCP has managed approximately $15.6 billion of institutional capital across 15 investment funds and has invested in over 100 portfolio companies. LLCP currently manages $10 billion of assets and has offices in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Miami, London, Amsterdam, Stockholm, and Frankfurt. For additional information, please visit llcp.com.
The information in this press release may include "forward-looking statements.” These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of CNL Strategic Capital's management and on the information currently available to management at the time of such statements. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the words "believes,” "expects,” "intends,” "plans,” "estimates” or similar expressions that indicate future events. Forward-looking statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond CNL Strategic Capital's control. Important risks, uncertainties and factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include the risks associated with the Company's ability to pay distributions and the sources of such distribution payments, the Company's ability to locate and make suitable investments and other risks described in the "Risk Factors” section of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and the other documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities.
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CONTACT: Colleen Johnson
Senior Vice President
Marketing and Communications
CNL Financial Group
407-650-1223
