Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2024, the Company had approximately $228.5 million in available liquidity, including $8.5 million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents. At the end of the period, the Company had approximately $220.0 million in available borrowing capacity under its KeyBank Credit Facility, subject to existing terms and advance rates and regulatory and covenant requirements. This excludes capital raised by the JV and funds managed by our wholly owned RIA subsidiary.

During the quarter, the Company issued and sold $115.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its unsecured 7.875% Notes due 2029 (the "September 2029 Notes") under its shelf Registration Statement on Form N-2, which amount includes the underwriters' exercise, in full, of their option to purchase an additional $15.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the September 2029 Notes. The September 2029 Notes began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "TRINI" on July 22, 2024.

During the quarter, Trinity entered into an amendment to its KeyBank Credit Facility. Among other changes, the amendment and associated joinder agreement increased the commitment amount available for borrowing under the KeyBank Credit Facility from $350 million to $510 million, permits the Company to request an increased amount of commitments from a total of up to $400 million to a total of up to $690 million in maximum capacity, and extended the maturity date from October 27, 2026 to July 27, 2029.

As of September 30, 2024, Trinity's leverage, or debt-to-equity ratio, was approximately 122% as compared to 114% as of June 30, 2024.

During the three months ended September 30, 2024, Trinity utilized its ATM offering program to sell 5,723,189 million shares of its common stock at a weighted average price of $14.07 per share, raising $79.4 million of net proceeds.

Distributions

On September 18, 2024, the Company's Board of Directors declared a regular dividend totaling $0.51 per share with respect to the quarter ended September 30, 2024, which was paid on October 15, 2024, to stockholders of record as of September 30, 2024. The Board of Directors generally determines and announces the Company's dividend distribution on a quarterly basis.

Recent Developments

On October 29, 2024, the Company issued (i) $55.5 million in the aggregate principal amount of 7.54% Series A Senior Notes, Tranche A, due October 29, 2027 (the "Series A 2027 Notes"), (ii) $73.0 million in the aggregate principal amount of 7.60% Series A Senior Notes, Tranche B, due October 29, 2028 (the "Series A 2028 Notes") and (iii) $14.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.66% Series A Senior Notes, Tranche C, due October 29, 2029 (the "Series A 2029 Notes" and, together with the Series A 2027 Notes and Series A 2028 Notes, collectively, the "Series A Notes") to certain qualified institutional investors in a private placement.

For the period from October 1, 2024 to October 29, 2024, the Company issued and sold 1,243,121 shares of its common stock at a weighted-average price of $13.77 per share and raised $16.8 million of net proceeds after deducting commissions to the sales agents on shares sold under the ATM program.

Conference Call

Trinity Capital will hold a conference call to discuss its third quarter 2024 financial results at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Time) on Wednesday, October 30, 2024.

To listen to the call, please dial (800) 267-6316, or (203) 518-9783 internationally, and reference Conference ID: TRINQ324 if asked, approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call.

A taped replay will be made available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call and will remain available for seven days. To access the replay, please dial (800) 839-1180 or (402) 220-0400.

About Trinity Capital Inc.

Trinity Capital Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIN), an internally managed business development company, is a leading provider of diversified financial solutions to growth-oriented companies with institutional equity investors. Trinity Capital's investment objective is to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation through investments, including term loans and equipment financings and equity-related investments. Trinity Capital believes it is one of only a select group of specialty lenders that has the depth of knowledge, experience and track record in lending to growth stage companies. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.trinitycap.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made herein. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. More information on risks and other potential factors that could affect the Company's financial results, including important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from plans, estimates or expectations included herein or on the webcast/conference call, is included in the Company's filings with the SEC, including in the "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of the Company's most recently filed annual report on Form 10-K and subsequent SEC filings.

 
                          TRINITY CAPITAL INC. 
            Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities 
             (In thousands, except share and per share data) 
                                        September 30,    December 31, 
                                            2024             2023 
                                       ---------------  -------------- 
                                         (Unaudited) 
ASSETS 
 Investments at fair value: 
   Control investments (cost of 
    $82,841 and $43,807, 
    respectively)                       $       78,109   $      32,861 
   Affiliate investments (cost of 
    $29,082 and $11,006, 
    respectively)                               32,853          11,335 
   Non-Control / Non-Affiliate 
    investments (cost of $1,611,583 
    and $1,264,503, respectively)            1,575,900       1,230,984 
                                           -----------      ---------- 
   Total investments (cost of 
    $1,723,506 and $1,319,316, 
    respectively)                            1,686,862       1,275,180 
 Cash and cash equivalents                       8,535           4,761 
 Interest receivable                            16,947          11,206 
 Deferred credit facility costs                  5,941           2,144 
 Other assets                                   16,478          17,691 
                                           -----------      ---------- 
   Total assets                         $    1,734,763   $   1,310,982 
                                           ===========      ========== 
 
LIABILITIES 
 KeyBank Credit Facility                $      290,000   $     213,000 
 2025 Notes, net of $565 and $2,015, 
  respectively, of unamortized 
  deferred financing costs                     151,935         180,485 
 August 2026 Notes, net of $1,094 and 
  $1,526, respectively, of 
  unamortized deferred financing 
  costs                                        123,906         123,474 
 March 2029 Notes, net of $3,048 and 
 $0, respectively, of unamortized 
 deferred financing costs                      111,952              -- 
 September 2029 Notes, net of $3,621 
 and $0, respectively, of 
 unamortized deferred financing 
 costs                                         111,379              -- 
 December 2026 Notes, net of $822 and 
  $1,102, respectively, of 
  unamortized deferred financing 
  costs                                         74,178          73,898 
 Convertible Notes, net of $764 and 
  $1,243, respectively, of 
  unamortized deferred financing 
  costs and discount                            49,236          48,757 
 Distribution payable                           29,397          23,162 
 Security deposits                               9,393          12,287 
 Accounts payable, accrued expenses 
  and other liabilities                         26,592          24,760 
                                           -----------      ---------- 
   Total liabilities                           977,968         699,823 
 
NET ASSETS 
 Common stock, $0.001 par value per 
  share (200,000,000 authorized, 
  57,642,040 and 46,323,712 shares 
  issued and outstanding as of 
  September 30, 2024 and 
  December 31, 2023, respectively)                  58              46 
 Paid-in capital in excess of par              790,276         633,740 
 Distributable earnings/(accumulated 
  deficit)                                    (33,539)        (22,627) 
                                           -----------      ---------- 
   Total net assets                            756,795         611,159 
                                           -----------      ---------- 
   Total liabilities and net assets     $    1,734,763   $   1,310,982 
                                           ===========      ========== 
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE               $        13.13   $       13.19 
                                           ===========      ========== 
 
 
                                                TRINITY CAPITAL INC. 
                                        Consolidated Statements of Operations 

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