180 Degree Capital Corp. Notes Average Discount of Net Asset Value Per Share to Stock Price for Sixth Month of Initial Measurement Period of Its Discount Management Program
01 July 2024 - 11:00PM
180 Degree Capital Corp. (“180 Degree Capital”) (NASDAQ: TURN),
noted today that the average discount between its estimated daily
net asset value per share (“NAV”) and its daily closing stock price
during June 2024 and year-to-date through the end of June 2024,
were approximately 16% and 19%, respectively.1 This discount
was approximately 16% on June 28, 2024, last trading date in the
month.
As previously disclosed in a press release on
November 13, 2023, 180 Degree Capital’s Board of Directors has set
two measurement periods of 1) January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024,
and 2) January 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025, in which it will evaluate
the average discount between TURN’s estimated daily NAV and its
closing stock price pursuant to a Discount Management Program.
Should TURN’s common stock trade at an average daily discount to
NAV of more than 12% during either of these measurement periods,
180 Degree Capital’s Board will consider all available options at
the end of each measurement period including, but not limited to, a
significant expansion of 180 Degree Capital’s current stock buyback
program of up to $5 million, cash distributions reflecting a return
of capital to shareholders, or a tender offer.
“June 2024 and the second quarter of 2024
overall continued to be tough for microcapitalization stocks and
the majority of 180 Degree Capital’s holdings,” said Kevin M.
Rendino, Chief Executive Officer of 180 Degree Capital. “The market
is dominated by just a few mega cap holdings and this period
reminds me very much of the dot.com bubble of 1999 and 2000. Along
that line, our friends at 22V Research recently noted, ‘Relative to
the S&P the drawdown in the Russell is now a 0.3rd %tile event
at -42.7%. The only drawdown worse occurred in 1999. And it wasn’t
worse by much.’ I know that at some point, just like then, the
market will broaden out which we believe will allow many of our
companies to generate significant upside in value. You will note
the continued purchase of our stock by our management team during
the quarter. We wouldn’t do that if we didn’t believe our NAV had
significant upside in the not too distant future.”
“We are encouraged by the prospects for many of
our portfolio holdings in the second half of 2024 based on what we
believe are meaningful potential catalysts that could drive
significant appreciation in value for our holdings,” continued Mr.
Rendino. “We saw the first of these catalysts with our portfolio
holding Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (SNCR), that announced on
Friday, June 28, 2024, the retirement of its outstanding preferred
stock and a portion of its outstanding debt, both at discounts to
full value. This deleveraging coupled with a reduction in the
interest rate for its remaining debt will provide meaningful cost
savings for SNCR. This development was well received by public
market investors and SNCR closed up over 18% for the day. We
believe there are additional value-creating catalysts for SNCR,
including, but not limited to, the receipt of a $28 million tax
refund currently expected in late Q3 2024 or early Q4 2024. We have
identified similar types of catalysts for all of our holdings that
serve as the basis for our investment thesis in each. While it
often takes longer than we would like for these catalysts to occur,
our permanent capital affords the ability to remain invested if we
believe such catalysts will occur.”
“SNCR is also a perfect example of how we use
constructive activism to help companies achieve value-creating
catalysts,” continued Daniel B. Wolfe, President of 180 Degree
Capital. “We are on SNCR’s Board of Directors and are an active
member of its committee tasked with opportunistically retiring its
preferred stock. With comScore, Inc. (SCOR), we nominated and
successfully negotiated the addition of Matthew McLaughlin to
SCOR’s Board of Directors. We are currently working on other
efforts of constructive activism with some of our other holdings
that could lead to the nomination of directors and/or driving
strategic alternatives processes. In short, we do not and will not
sit back hoping that catalysts occur that could drive appreciation
in value. We are actively working with management teams and boards
of directors to make them happen. We historically said this would
be a major focus of our efforts in 2024, and that remains where we
are spending significant time and attention.”
About 180 Degree Capital
Corp.
180 Degree Capital Corp. is a publicly traded
registered closed-end fund focused on investing in and providing
value-added assistance through constructive activism to what we
believe are substantially undervalued small, publicly traded
companies that have potential for significant turnarounds. Our goal
is that the result of our constructive activism leads to a reversal
in direction for the share price of these investee companies, i.e.,
a 180-degree turn. Detailed information about 180 and its holdings
can be found on its website at www.180degreecapital.com.
Press Contact:Daniel B. WolfeRobert E. Bigelow180 Degree Capital
Corp.973-746-4500ir@180degreecapital.com
Mo ShafrothRF BinderMorrison.shafroth@rfbinder.com
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1. Daily estimated NAVs used for the discount
calculation outside of quarter-end dates are determined as
prescribed in 180’s Valuation Procedures for Level 3 assets.
Non-investment-related assets and liabilities used to determine
estimated daily NAV are those reported as of the end of the prior
quarter.
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