MVC Capital Inc

(NYSE: MVC)

12.80

+0.10 +0.79%

COMPANY INFORMATION


Exchange:	New York Stock Exchange
Stock:	MVC Capital, Inc.
Industry:	Asset Management
Employees:	20

DESCRIPTION


MVC Capital, Inc. formerly known as meVC Draper Fisher Jurvetson Fund I, Inc., organized on December 2, 1999 which commenced operations on March 31, 2000. On December 4, 2002, the Company announced that it had commenced doing business under the name MVC Capital, Inc. The company is an externally managed, non-diversified closed-end management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company. It provides equity and debt investment capital to fund growth, acquisitions and recapitalization of small and middle-market companies in a variety of industries primarily located in the United States. The Company's investment objective is to seek to maximize total return from capital appreciation and/or income. It seeks to achieve its investment objective by providing equity and debt financing to companies that are, for the most part, privately owned. The Company's current investments in Portfolio Companies consist of senior and subordinated loans, venture capital, mezzanine and preferred instruments and private equity investments. It continue to perform due diligence and seek new investments that are consistent with objective of maximizing total return from capital appreciation and/or income. The Company is currently working on an active pipeline of potential new investment opportunities. Its portfolio company investments are typically illiquid and are made through privately negotiated transactions. It generally seeks to invest in companies with a history of strong, predictable, positive net income before net interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization. It has developed and maintain relationships with intermediaries, including investment banks, industry executives, financial services companies and private mezzanine and equity sponsors, through which it source investment opportunities. Through these relationships, it has been able to strengthen its position as an investor. For the transactions in which it might provide debt capital, an equity sponsor could provide a source of additional equity capital if a portfolio company requires additional financing. Prospective investments are evaluated by the investment team based upon criteria that might be modified from time to time. It monitors its portfolio companies closely to determine whether or not they continue to be attractive candidates for further investment. It faces competition in its investing activities from private equity funds, other business development companies, investment banks, investment affiliates of industrial, technology, service and financial companies, small business investment companies, wealthy individuals and foreign investors. The Company and its portfolio companies are subject to regulation by laws at the local, state and federal levels, including federal securities law and federal taxation law.

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