CION Investment Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results

NEW YORK--( BUSINESS WIRE)--CION Investment Corporation (NYSE: CION) (“CION” or the “Company”) today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025 and filed its Form 10-Q with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

CION also announced that, on November 3, 2025, its co-chief executive officers declared a fourth quarter 2025 base distribution of $0.36 per share, payable on December 15, 2025 to shareholders of record as of December 1, 2025.

THIRD QUARTER AND OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

DISTRIBUTIONS

Michael A. Reisner, co-Chief Executive Officer of CION, commented:

“Overall, we reported a strong third quarter with continued NAV appreciation and significant quarterly earnings, driven by robust transaction activity involving 20 of our portfolio companies, with several fee events, new investments, and repayments.

I’m also excited to announce a shift in timing of paying base distributions to our shareholders beginning in January 2026. We will be converting to paying base distributions from quarterly to monthly next year, which we believe will better align our recurring base distributions with our shareholder base.”

SELECTED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

As of

(in thousands, except per share data and ratios)

September 30, 2025

June 30, 2025

Investment portfolio, at fair value 1

1,738,184

1,765,955

Total debt outstanding 2

1,092,344

1,117,344

Net assets

772,506

758,610

Net asset value per share

14.86

14.50

Debt-to-equity

1.41x

1.47x

Net debt-to-equity

1.28x

1.39x

Three Months Ended

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

September 30, 2025

June 30, 2025

Total investment income

78,711

52,244

Total operating expenses and income tax (benefit) expense

40,144

35,322

Net investment income after taxes

38,567

16,922

Net realized losses

(9,605

)

(32,376

)

Net unrealized gains

6,916

42,770

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

35,878

27,316

Net investment income per share

0.74

0.32

Net realized and unrealized (losses) gains per share

(0.05

)

0.20

Earnings per share

0.69

0.52

Weighted average shares outstanding

52,065,707

52,628,784

Distributions declared per share

0.36

Total investment income for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and June 30, 2025 was $78.7 million and $52.2 million, respectively. The increase in total investment income was primarily driven by higher interest income earned as a result of certain investment restructurings and higher transaction fees earned from origination and amendment activity during the quarter ended September 30, 2025 compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2025.

Operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and June 30, 2025 were $40.1 million and $35.3 million, respectively. The increase in operating expenses was primarily driven by higher advisory fees due to higher total investment income during the quarter ended September 30, 2025 compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2025.

PORTFOLIO AND INVESTMENT ACTIVITY 1

A summary of the Company's investment activity for the three months ended September 30, 2025 is as follows:

New Investment

Commitments

Sales and Repayments

Investment Type (in thousands)

Senior secured first lien debt

57,877

(151,107

)

100

Senior secured second lien debt

—

(35

)

—

Collateralized securities and structured products - equity

986

(25

)

—

Equity

14,459

—

Total

73,322

100

(151,167

)

100

During the three months ended September 30, 2025, new investment commitments were made across 1 new and 12 existing portfolio companies. During the same period, the Company received full repayment of investments in 7 portfolio companies, sold all investments in 1 portfolio company and wrote off all investments in 1 portfolio company. As a result, the number of portfolio companies decreased from 99 as of June 30, 2025 to 91 as of September 30, 2025.

PORTFOLIO SUMMARY 1

As of September 30, 2025, the Company’s investments consisted of the following:

Investments at Fair Value

Investment Type (in thousands)

Senior secured first lien debt

1,389,814

80.0

Collateralized securities and structured products - equity

4,009

0.2

Unsecured debt

7,398

0.4

Equity

336,963

19.4

Total

1,738,184

100.0

The following table presents certain selected information regarding the Company’s investments:

As of

September 30, 2025

June 30, 2025

Number of portfolio companies

Percentage of performing loans bearing a floating rate 3

89.3 %

90.8 %

Percentage of performing loans bearing a fixed rate 3

10.7 %

9.2 %

Yield on debt and other income producing investments at amortized cost 4

10.85 %

12.35 %

Yield on performing loans at amortized cost 4

11.42 %

12.84 %

Yield on total investments at amortized cost

9.31 %

10.99 %

Weighted average leverage (net debt/EBITDA) 5

5.15x

5.19x

Weighted average interest coverage 5

1.94x

1.93x

Median EBITDA 6

$34.6 million

As of September 30, 2025, investments on non-accrual status represented 1.75% and 4.06% of the total investment portfolio at fair value and amortized cost, respectively. As of June 30, 2025, investments on non-accrual status represented 1.37% and 3.03% of the total investment portfolio at fair value and amortized cost, respectively.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

As of September 30, 2025, the Company had $1.09 billion of total principal amount of debt outstanding, comprised of $400 million of outstanding borrowings under its senior secured credit facilities and $692 million of unsecured notes and term loans. The combined weighted average interest rate on debt outstanding was 7.5% for the quarter ended September 30, 2025. As of September 30, 2025, the Company had $106 million in cash and short-term investments and $100 million available under its financing arrangements. 2

EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL

CION will host an earnings conference call on Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 11:00 am Eastern Time to discuss its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025. Please visit the Investor Resources - Earnings Presentation section of the Company’s website at www.cionbdc.com for a slide presentation that complements the earnings conference call.

All interested parties are invited to participate via telephone or listen via the live webcast, which can be accessed by clicking the following link: CION Investment Corporation Third Quarter Conference Call. Domestic callers can access the conference call by dialing (877) 484-6065. International callers can access the conference call by dialing +1 (201) 689-8846. All callers are asked to dial in approximately 10 minutes prior to the call. An archived replay will be available on a webcast link located in the Investor Resources - Earnings Call section of CION’s website.

ENDNOTES

The discussion of the investment portfolio excludes short-term investments.

Total debt outstanding excludes netting of debt issuance costs of $13.8 million and $15.7 million as of September 30, 2025 and June 30, 2025, respectively.

The fixed versus floating rate composition has been calculated as a percentage of performing debt investments measured on a fair value basis, including income producing preferred stock investments and excludes investments, if any, on non-accrual status.

Computed based on the (a) annual actual interest rate or yield earned plus amortization of fees and discounts on the performing debt and other income producing investments as of the reporting date, divided by (b) the total performing debt and other income producing investments (excluding investments on non-accrual status) at amortized cost. This calculation excludes exit fees that are receivable upon repayment of the investment.

For a particular portfolio company, the Company calculates the level of contractual indebtedness net of cash (“net debt”) owed by the portfolio company and compares that amount to measures of cash flow available to service the net debt. To calculate net debt, the Company includes debt that is both senior and pari passu to the tranche of debt owned by it but excludes debt that is legally and contractually subordinated in ranking to the debt owned by the Company. The Company believes this calculation method assists in describing the risk of its portfolio investments, as it takes into consideration contractual rights of repayment of the tranche of debt owned by the Company relative to other senior and junior creditors of a portfolio company. The Company typically calculates cash flow available for debt service at a portfolio company by taking EBITDA for the trailing twelve-month period. Weighted average net debt to EBITDA is weighted based on the fair value of the Company's performing debt investments and excluding investments where net debt to EBITDA may not be the appropriate measure of credit risk, such as cash collateralized loans and investments that are underwritten and covenanted based on recurring revenue. The Company has updated the reported weighted average leverage as of June 30, 2025 to 5.19x (previously 5.64x) to conform to the current quarter presentation.

For a particular portfolio company, the Company also calculates the level of contractual interest expense owed by the portfolio company and compares that amount to EBITDA (“interest coverage ratio”). The Company believes this calculation method assists in describing the risk of its portfolio investments, as it takes into consideration contractual interest obligations of the portfolio company. Weighted average interest coverage is weighted based on the fair value of the Company's performing debt investments, and excludes investments where interest coverage may not be the appropriate measure of credit risk, such as cash collateralized loans and investments that are underwritten and covenanted based on recurring revenue.

Portfolio company statistics, including EBITDA, are derived from the financial statements most recently provided to the Company for each portfolio company as of the reported end date. Statistics of the portfolio companies have not been independently verified by the Company and may reflect a normalized or adjusted amount.

Median EBITDA is calculated based on the portfolio company's EBITDA as of the Company's initial investment.

CĪON Investment Corporation

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

September 30, 2025

June 30, 2025

(unaudited)

Assets

Investments, at fair value:

Non-controlled, non-affiliated investments (amortized cost of $1,272,011 and $1,385,856, respectively)

1,204,003

1,335,756

Non-controlled, affiliated investments (amortized cost of $339,972 and $303,476, respectively)

363,771

301,456

Controlled investments (amortized cost of $298,172 and $211,782, respectively)

272,810

187,416

Total investments, at fair value (amortized cost of $1,910,155 and $1,901,114, respectively)

1,840,584

1,824,628

Cash

3,931

6,533

Interest receivable on investments

31,192

45,246

Receivable due on investments sold and repaid

5,218

3,408

Prepaid expenses and other assets

3,019

966

Total assets

1,883,944

1,880,781

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

Liabilities

Financing arrangements (net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $13,822 and $15,704, respectively)

1,078,522

1,101,640

Payable for investments purchased

9,277

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

1,154

1,178

Interest payable

6,194

7,866

Accrued management fees

6,571

6,497

Accrued subordinated incentive fee on income

8,181

3,589

Accrued administrative services expense

1,499

1,263

Share repurchases payable

134

Total liabilities

1,111,438

1,122,171

Shareholders' Equity

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 51,975,626 and 52,317,736 shares issued, and 51,973,518 and 52,303,842 shares outstanding, respectively

Capital in excess of par value

1,009,701

1,012,957

Accumulated distributable losses

(237,247

)

(254,399

)

Total shareholders' equity

772,506

758,610

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

1,883,944

1,880,781

Net asset value per share of common stock at end of period

14.86

14.50

CĪON Investment Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

Three Months Ended

September 30,

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

Year Ended

December 31,

2025

2024

2025

2024

(unaudited)

Investment income

Non-controlled, non-affiliated investments

Interest income

30,251

40,613

96,849

134,497

165,786

Paid-in-kind interest income

10,609

5,526

25,257

19,811

31,397

Fee income

766

900

5,288

6,111

9,865

Dividend income

535

345

2,253

5,484

5,855

Non-controlled, affiliated investments

Interest income

1,045

429

5,325

4,331

6,426

Paid-in-kind interest income

4,119

3,831

10,609

8,882

11,692

Fee income

—

2,894

700

3,598

3,648

Dividend income

370

1,000

129

411

Controlled investments

Interest income

19,717

2,991

27,976

9,386

12,970

Paid-in-kind interest income

2,436

—

2,436

—

Fee income

8,863

2,009

9,336

2,309

4,382

Total investment income

78,711

59,627

187,029

194,538

252,432

Operating expenses

Management fees

6,532

6,854

19,654

20,559

27,321

Administrative services expense

1,225

1,184

3,700

3,522

4,783

Subordinated incentive fee on income

8,181

4,586

15,854

16,371

20,334

General and administrative

1,649

1,855

4,878

5,298

7,157

Interest expense

22,652

23,551

68,287

71,626

96,870

Total operating expenses

40,239

38,030

112,373

117,376

156,465

Net investment income before taxes

38,472

21,597

74,656

77,162

95,967

Income tax (benefit) expense, including excise tax

(95

)

(21

)

(85

)

(12

)

107

Net investment income after taxes

38,567

21,618

74,741

77,174

95,860

Realized and unrealized gains (losses)

Net realized (losses) gains on:

Non-controlled, non-affiliated investments

(9,605

)

3,938

(39,687

)

(18,984

)

(24,367

)

Non-controlled, affiliated investments

—

(7,091

)

(3,946

)

Net realized (losses) gains

(9,605

)

3,938

(39,687

)

(26,075

)

(28,313

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Non-controlled, non-affiliated investments

(18,923

)

(4,242

)

(28,753

)

(9,342

)

(8,218

)

Non-controlled, affiliated investments

25,828

(7,539

)

27,959

9,417

5,059

Controlled investments

(14,154

)

(13,771

)

(22,730

)

(30,486

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

6,916

(25,935

)

(14,565

)

(22,655

)

(33,645

)

Net realized and unrealized losses

(2,689

)

(21,997

)

(54,252

)

(48,730

)

(61,958

)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

35,878

(379

)

20,489

28,444

33,902

Per share information—basic and diluted

Net increase (decrease) in net assets per share resulting from operations

0.69

(0.01

)

0.39

0.53

0.63

Net investment income per share

0.74

0.40

1.42

1.44

1.79

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding

52,065,707

53,439,316

52,585,897

53,663,884

53,564,788

ABOUT CION INVESTMENT CORPORATION

CION Investment Corporation is a leading publicly listed business development company that had approximately $1.9 billion in total assets as of September 30, 2025. CION seeks to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation for investors by focusing primarily on senior secured loans to U.S. middle-market companies. CION is advised by CION Investment Management, LLC, a registered investment adviser and an affiliate of CION. For more information, please visit www.cionbdc.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. You can identify these statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “project,” “target,” “estimate,” “intend,” “continue,” or “believe” or the negatives thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology. You should read statements that contain these words carefully because they discuss CION’s plans, strategies, prospects and expectations concerning its business, operating results, financial condition and other similar matters. These statements represent CION’s belief regarding future events that, by their nature, are uncertain and outside of CION’s control. There are likely to be events in the future, however, that CION is not able to predict accurately or control. Any forward-looking statement made by CION in this press release speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Factors or events that could cause CION’s actual results to differ, possibly materially from its expectations, include, but are not limited to, the risks, uncertainties and other factors CION identifies in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements” in filings CION makes with the SEC, and it is not possible for CION to predict or identify all of them. CION undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

OTHER INFORMATION

The information in this press release is summary information only and should be read in conjunction with CION’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which CION filed with the SEC on November 6, 2025, as well as CION’s other reports filed with the SEC. A copy of CION’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and CION’s other reports filed with the SEC can be found on CION’s website at www.cionbdc.com and the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.