[10-K/A] RAND CAPITAL CORP Amends Annual Report
Rand Capital Corporation filed an amendment to its annual report to add the predecessor auditor’s opinion for earlier years, without changing 2025 results. The company remains a business development company focused on Level 3, privately valued investments, which totaled $48.5 million at fair value as of December 31, 2025.
For 2025, Rand generated $6.5 million of investment income and $5.3 million of net investment income but recorded an $11.3 million unrealized loss on investments, leading to an $8.0 million decrease in net assets from operations. Net asset value per share declined from $25.31 to $17.57, while the company continued regular and special cash dividends under its regulated investment company structure.
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. Yes
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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If an emerging growth company, indicated by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes No
The aggregate market value of the registrant’s outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2025 was approximately $
As of March 5, 2026, there were
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the Corporation’s definitive proxy statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this report.
Rand Capital Corporation (the “Corporation”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (the “2025 Form 10-K”) solely for the purpose of adding the “Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” issued by Freed Maxick P.C. (f/k/a Freed Maxick CPAs, P.C.) with respect to its audit of the financial statements of the Corporation as of December 31, 2024 and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024 (the “Report of the Predecessor Auditor”). As previously described in a Current Report on Form 8-K, on September 11, 2025, the Corporation replaced Freed Maxick P.C. as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm with WithumSmith+Brown, PC, due to the acquisition of certain assets of Freed Maxick P.C. by WithumSmith+Brown, PC.
The Report of the Predecessor Auditor was inadvertently omitted from the 2025 Form 10-K. Other than as described above, no other changes have been made to the 2025 Form 10-K, including with respect to the financial statements of the Corporation included in the 2025 Form 10-K.
This Amendment does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the 2025 Form 10-K, does not update disclosures contained in the 2025 Form 10-K and does not modify or amend the 2025 Form 10-K except as specifically described above. Pursuant to Rule 12b-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Amendment contains the complete text of each Item that is amended and certifications of the Company’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer required under Items 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, dated as of the date of this Amendment, as well as updated inline XBRL exhibits.
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Part II
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
The following consolidated financial statements and consolidated supplemental schedule of the Corporation and report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm thereon are set forth below:
Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 |
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Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 |
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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the three years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 |
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 |
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Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments as of December 31, 2025 |
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Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments as of December 31, 2024 |
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Financial Highlights Schedule for the five years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 |
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
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Supplemental Schedule of Consolidated Changes in Investments at Cost and Realized Gain (Loss) for the year ended December 31, 2025 |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID: |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID: |
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
December 31,
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Interest receivable (net of allowance of $ |
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Commitments and contingencies (See Note 7) |
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Stockholders’ equity (net assets): |
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Common stock, $ |
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Stock dividends distributable: |
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Total stockholders’ equity (net assets) (per share - 2025: $ |
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For The Years Ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023
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Investment income: |
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Interest from portfolio companies: |
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Total dividend and other investment income |
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Total fee income |
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Total investment income |
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Expenses: |
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Base management fee (see Note 9) |
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Income based incentive fees (see Note 9) |
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Insurance |
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Corporate development |
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Bad debt expense |
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Total expenses |
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Net investment income before income taxes |
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Net investment income |
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See accompanying notes
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
For The Years Ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023
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Net assets at beginning of year |
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Net investment income |
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Declaration of dividends |
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Net assets at end of year |
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For The Years Ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023
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Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities |
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Fair value of common stock dividend declared |
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2025
Company, Geographic Location, Business Description, (Industry) and Website |
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physical activity breaks. (Software) |
|
Total GoNoodle |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
||
www.gonoodle.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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OnCore Golf Technology, Inc. (g)(q) |
|
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|
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Open Exchange, Inc. (g)(q) |
|
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|
||||||
Lincoln, MA. Online presentation and |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|||
training software. (Software) |
|
Total Open Exchange |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
www.openexc.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
PostProcess Technologies, Inc. (g)(q) |
|
|
|
< |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
||||
SQF LLC d/b/a Verta (g)(q) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
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|
|||||
Portland, ME. Develops and operates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
innovative pole and tower solutions for 5G |
|
Total SQF LLC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
& wireless telecom transmission. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
(Professional and Business Services) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
www.vertawireless.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Subtotal Non-Control/Non-Affiliate Investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
||
Affiliate Investments – |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Applied Image, Inc. (q) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
imaged optical components and calibration |
|
Warrant for |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
standards for a wide range of industries and |
|
Total Applied Image |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
applications. (Manufacturing) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
www.appliedimage.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Autotality (formerly Filterworks Acquisition USA, LLC) (g)(k)(o)(q) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
equipment, frame repair machines and paint |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|||
booth filter services for collision shops. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|||
(Automotive) |
|
Total Autotality |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
www.autotality.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
See accompanying notes
7
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2025 (Continued)
Company, Geographic Location, Business Description, (Industry) and Website |
|
(a) |
|
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
Cost |
|
|
(d)(f) |
|
|
Percent of Net Assets |
||
Bauer Sheet Metal and Fabricating Inc. |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Muskegon, MI. Sheet metal fabricator and installer. (Manufacturing) |
|
Warrant for |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
www.bauersheetmetal.com |
|
Total Bauer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
BlackJet Direct Marketing, LLC (k)(o)(q) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
agency specializing in the travel/tourism, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
home services and legal services markets. |
|
Total BlackJet Direct Marketing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
(Marketing) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
www.blackjetmarketing.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
BMP Food Service Supply Holdco, LLC (h)(k)(o)(q) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Total BMP Food Service Supply |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
BMP Swanson Holdco, LLC (k)(o)(q) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
(Professional and Business Services) |
|
Preferred Membership Interest for |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Total BMP Swanson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Carolina Skiff LLC (g)(o)(q) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
fishing and pleasure boats. (Manufacturing) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
www.carolinaskiff.com |
|
Total Carolina Skiff |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
FCM Industries Holdco LLC (k)(q) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
installation company that serves a range |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
(Professional and Business Services) |
|
Total FCM Industries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
www.firstcoastmulch.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Highland All About People Holdings, Inc. (k)(q) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Phoenix, AZ. Full-service staffing and |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
executive search firm with a focus on the |
|
Total Highland All About People |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
healthcare industry. |
|
(j) Interest Receivable $ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Inter-National Electronic Alloys LLC |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Oakland, NJ. Stocking distributor of |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
controlled expansion alloys, electronic grade |
|
Total EFINEA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
nickels, refractory grade metals and alloys, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Mobile RN Holdings LLC d/b/a Mobile IV Nurses (k)(o)(q) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Phoenix, AZ. IV hydration therapy service |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
provider. (Health and Wellness) |
|
Total Mobile IV Nurses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
www.mobileivnurses.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
See accompanying notes
8
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2025 (Continued)
Company, Geographic Location, Business Description, (Industry) and Website |
|
(a) |
|
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
Cost |
|
|
(d)(f) |
|
|
Percent of Net Assets |
||
Mountain Regional Equipment Solutions (g)(h)(k)(o)(q) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
safety, fluid transfer, and custom fabrication |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|||
products. (Distribution) |
|
Warrant for |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
||
www.mountainregionaleq.com |
|
Total Mountain Regional Equipment Solutions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Seybert’s Billiards Corporation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
d/b/a The Rack Group (g)(q) |
|
Warrant for |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Coldwater, MI. Billiard supplies. |
|
Warrant for |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
(Consumer Product) |
|
Total Seybert’s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
www.seyberts.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Subtotal Affiliate Investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
||
Control Investments - |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
ITA Acquisition, LLC (h)(k)(o)(q) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Total ITA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Subtotal Control Investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS – |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
||
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES - |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
NET ASSETS – |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
||
See accompanying notes
9
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2025 (Continued)
Notes to the Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments
10
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2025 (Continued)
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates
Company |
|
Type of Investment |
|
January 1, 2025, Fair Value |
|
|
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
|
|
Gross Additions |
|
|
Gross Reductions |
|
|
December 31, 2025, Fair Value |
|
|
Net Realized Gains (Losses) |
|
|
Interest/ |
|
|||||||
Control Investments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
ITA Acquisition, LLC |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Total ITA |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Total Control Investments |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Affiliate Investments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Applied Image, Inc. |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|||
|
|
Warrant for |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
Total Applied Image |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
Autotality (formerly Filterworks Acquisition USA, LLC) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Total Autotality |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
Bauer Sheet Metal and Fabricating Inc. |
|
$ |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Warrant for |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
||
|
|
Total Bauer |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
BlackJet Direct Marketing, LLC |
|
$ |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
||||
|
|
Total BlackJet |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
BMP Food Service Supply Holdco, LLC |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
||
|
|
Total FSS |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
BMP Swanson Holdco, LLC |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Preferred Membership Interest for |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
||
|
|
Total BMP Swanson |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
Carolina Skiff LLC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
Total Carolina Skiff |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
||||
FCM Industries Holdco LLC |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
$ |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Total FCM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||||
See accompanying notes
11
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2025 (Continued)
Company |
|
Type of Investment |
|
January 1, 2025, Fair Value |
|
|
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
|
|
Gross Additions |
|
|
Gross Reductions |
|
|
December 31, 2025, Fair Value |
|
|
Net Realized Gains (Losses) |
|
|
Interest/ |
|
|||||||
Highland All About People Holdings, Inc. |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
Total All About People |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
Inter-National Electronic Alloys |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
LLC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
||||
|
|
Total EFINEA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||||
Microcision LLC |
|
Membership Interest Purchase Warrant for |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mobile RN Holdings LLC |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
||||
|
|
Total Mobile IV Nurses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||||
Mountain Regional Equipment Solutions |
|
$ |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
|
Warrant for |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
Total MRES |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
Pressure Pro, Inc. |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Warrant for |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
||
|
|
Total Pressure Pro |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Seybert’s Billiards Corporation |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Warrant for |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Warrant for |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
||||
|
|
Total Seybert’s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||||
Tilson Technology |
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|||
Management, Inc. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
||
|
|
Total Tilson |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
||
|
|
Total Affiliate Investments |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
||||
|
|
Total Control and Affiliate Investments |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
||||
See accompanying notes
12
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2025 (Continued)
This schedule should be read in conjunction with the Corporation’s Consolidated Financial Statements, including the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments.
See accompanying notes
13
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2025 (Continued)
Industry Classification |
|
Percentage of Total Investments (at fair value) as of December 31, 2025 |
|
|
Professional and Business Services |
|
|
% |
|
Manufacturing |
|
|
|
|
Distribution |
|
|
|
|
Consumer Product |
|
|
|
|
Automotive |
|
|
|
|
Health and Wellness |
|
|
|
|
Marketing |
|
|
|
|
Software |
|
|
|
|
Total Investments |
|
|
% |
|
See accompanying notes
14
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2024
Company, Geographic Location, Business Description, (Industry) and Website |
|
(a) |
|
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
Cost |
|
|
(d)(f) |
|
|
Percent of Net Assets |
||
Non-Control/Non-Affiliate Investments – |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Caitec, Inc. (e)(l)(p) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|||
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Total Caitec |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
GoNoodle, Inc. (l)(p) |
|
$ |
|
|
< |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
software providing core aligned physical |
|
Warrant for |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
activity breaks. (Software) |
|
Warrant for |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
www.gonoodle.com |
|
Total GoNoodle |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
HDI Acquisition LLC d/b/a Hilton Displays (l)(p) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
and maintenance of signage and brands. (Manufacturing) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
www.hiltondisplays.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Lumious (Tech 2000, Inc.) (p) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
training. (Software) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
www.t2000inc.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Mattison Avenue Holdings LLC (p) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Mountain Regional Equipment Solutions (m)(p) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Salt Lake City, UT. Provider of maintenance, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
safety, fluid transfer, and custom fabrication |
|
Warrant for |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
products. (Distribution) |
|
Total Mountain Regional Equipment Solutions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
OnCore Golf Technology, Inc. (e)(p) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Open Exchange, Inc. (e)(p) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Lincoln, MA. Online presentation and |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
training software. (Software) |
|
Total Open Exchange |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
www.openexc.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
See accompanying notes
15
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2024 (Continued)
Company, Geographic Location, Business Description, (Industry) and Website |
|
(a) |
|
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
Cost |
|
|
(d)(f) |
|
|
Percent of Net Assets |
||
PostProcess Technologies, Inc. (e)(p) |
|
|
|
< |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
||||
Subtotal Non-Control/Non-Affiliate Investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
||
Affiliate Investments – |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Applied Image, Inc. (l)(p) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
standards for a wide range of industries and |
|
Warrant for |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
applications. (Manufacturing) |
|
Total Applied Image |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
www.appliedimage.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
BMP Food Service Supply Holdco, LLC (h)(l)(m)(p) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
commercial kitchen renovations and new |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
builds. (Professional and Business Services) |
|
Total BMP Food Service Supply |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
www.foodservicesupply.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
BMP Swanson Holdco, LLC (m)(p) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
a variety of fire protection systems. |
|
Preferred Membership Interest for |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
www.swansonfire.com |
|
Total BMP Swanson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Carolina Skiff LLC (e)(m)(p) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
fishing and pleasure boats. (Manufacturing) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
FCM Industries Holdco LLC (l)(p) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
installation company that serves a range |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
||
(Professional and Business Services) |
|
Total FCM Industries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
www.firstcoastmulch.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Filterworks Acquisition USA, LLC d/b/a Autotality (h)(l)(m)(p) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
booth filter services for collision shops. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|||
(Automotive) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|||
www.autotality.com |
|
Total Filterworks |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Highland All About People Holdings, Inc. (l)(p) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Phoenix, AZ. Full-service staffing and |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
executive search firm with a focus on the |
|
Total Highland All About People |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
healthcare industry. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Inter-National Electronic Alloys LLC |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Oakland, NJ. Stocking distributor of |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
controlled expansion alloys, electronic grade |
|
Total EFINEA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
nickels, refractory grade metals and alloys, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
See accompanying notes
16
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2024 (Continued)
Company, Geographic Location, Business Description, (Industry) and Website |
|
(a) |
|
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
Cost |
|
|
(d)(f) |
|
|
Percent of Net Assets |
||
Mobile RN Holdings LLC d/b/a Mobile IV Nurses (l)(m)(p) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Phoenix, AZ. IV hydration therapy service |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
provider. (Health and Wellness) |
|
Total Mobile IV Nurses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
www.mobileivnurses.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Pressure Pro, Inc. (h)(l)(p) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
tire pressure monitoring systems consisting |
|
Warrant for |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
of a suite of proprietary hardware |
|
Total Pressure Pro |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
and software. (Manufacturing) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
www.pressurepro.us |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Seybert’s Billiards Corporation |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
(Consumer Product) |
|
Warrant for |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
www.seyberts.com |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Warrant for |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Total Seybert’s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Tilson Technology Management, Inc. (p) |
|
* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Portland, ME. Provides network deployment |
|
* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
construction and information system services |
|
* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
management for cellular, fiber optic and |
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* |
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wireless systems providers. Its affiliated |
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entity, SQF, LLC is a CLEC supporting |
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— |
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small cell 5G deployment. |
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www.tilsontech.com |
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Total Tilson |
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||
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* |
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Subtotal Affiliate Investments |
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|
$ |
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|
$ |
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Control Investments - |
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ITA Acquisition, LLC (l)(m)(p) |
|
$ |
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|||||
|
|
$ |
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— |
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|||
|
|
Total ITA |
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|
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||
Subtotal Control Investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS – |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
||
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS - ( |
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( |
) |
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NET ASSETS – |
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|
$ |
|
|
|
||
See accompanying notes
17
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2024 (Continued)
Notes to the Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments
18
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2024 (Continued)
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates
Company |
|
Type of Investment |
|
January 1, 2024, Fair Value |
|
|
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
|
|
Gross Additions |
|
|
Gross Reductions |
|
|
December 31, 2024, Fair Value |
|
|
Net Realized Gains (Losses) |
|
|
Interest/ |
|
|||||||
Control Investments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|||||||
ITA Acquisition, LLC |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
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|
|
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|
— |
|
|
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|
||||
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Total ITA |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Total Control Investments |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Affiliate Investments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Applied Image, Inc. |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|||
|
|
Warrant for |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
Total Applied Image |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
BMP Food Service Supply Holdco, LLC |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
||||
|
|
Total FSS |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
BMP Swanson Holdco, LLC |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Preferred Membership Interest for |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
Total BMP Swanson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
Carolina Skiff LLC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
DSD Operating, LLC |
|
$ |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
||
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Total DSD |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
FCM Industries Holdco LLC |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Total FCM |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
Filterworks Acquisition USA, LLC |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
||
|
|
Total Filterworks |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
Highland All About People Holdings, Inc. |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
Total All About People |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
Inter-National Electronic Alloys |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
LLC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
Total INEA |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
See accompanying notes
19
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2024 (Continued)
Company |
|
Type of Investment |
|
January 1, 2024, Fair Value |
|
|
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
|
|
Gross Additions |
|
|
Gross Reductions |
|
|
December 31, 2024, Fair Value |
|
|
Net Realized Gains (Losses) |
|
|
Interest/ |
|
|||||||
Knoa Software, Inc. |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
Total Knoa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
||
Mezmeriz, Inc. |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
||
Mobile RN Holdings LLC |
|
$ |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
Total Mobile IV Nurses |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
Pressure Pro, Inc. |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Warrant for |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Total Pressure Pro |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||||
SciAps, Inc. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
Warrant to purchase Series D-1 Preferred. |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
||
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
Total SciAps |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Seybert’s Billiards Corporation |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Warrant for |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
||
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Warrant for |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
Total Seybert’s |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||||
Tilson Technology |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||||
Management, Inc. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|||||
|
|
Total Tilson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
Total Affiliate Investments |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||||
|
|
Total Control and Affiliate Investments |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||||
See accompanying notes
20
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2024 (Continued)
This schedule should be read in conjunction with the Corporation’s Consolidated Financial Statements, including the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments.
See accompanying notes
21
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2024 (Continued)
Industry Classification |
|
Percentage of Total Investments (at fair value) as of December 31, 2024 |
|
|
Professional and Business Services |
|
|
% |
|
Consumer Product |
|
|
|
|
Manufacturing |
|
|
|
|
Distribution |
|
|
|
|
Software |
|
|
|
|
Automotive |
|
|
|
|
Health and Wellness |
|
|
|
|
Total Investments |
|
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% |
|
See accompanying notes
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS SCHEDULE
For the Five Years Ended December 31, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021
The following is a schedule of financial highlights for the years ended:
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2025 |
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2024 |
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2023 |
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2022 |
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2021 |
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Per Share Data: (1) |
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Net asset value, beginning of year |
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$ |
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$ |
|
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Net investment income (loss) |
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|
|
|
|
|
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( |
) |
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Net realized (losses) gains |
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( |
) |
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|
|
|
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|
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|
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Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
|
|
( |
) |
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|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
||
Net (decrease) increase in net assets from operations |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|||
Effect of the stock dividend |
|
|
( |
) |
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
||||
Declaration of cash dividend |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
(Decrease) increase in net assets |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|||
Net asset value, end of year |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||||
Per share market value, end of year |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||||
Total return based on market value (2) |
|
|
( |
%) |
|
|
% |
|
|
% |
|
|
( |
)% |
|
|
% |
|||
Total return based on net asset value (3) |
|
|
( |
%) |
|
|
% |
|
|
% |
|
|
( |
)% |
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% |
|||
Supplemental Data: |
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|
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|||||
Net assets, end of period |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||||
Ratio of expenses before income taxes to average net assets |
|
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
|||||
Ratio of expenses including taxes to average net assets |
|
|
% |
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% |
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% |
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|
% |
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|
% |
|||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets |
|
|
% |
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|
% |
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% |
|
|
% |
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|
( |
)% |
||||
Portfolio turnover |
|
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% |
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% |
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|
% |
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|
% |
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|
% |
|||||
Total amount of senior securities outstanding, exclusive of treasury securities |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|||
Asset coverage per unit (4) |
|
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
% |
|
|
|
N/A |
|
|||||||
23
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1. - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Nature of Business - Rand Capital Corporation (“Rand” or the “Corporation”) was incorporated under the laws of New York in 1969. Beginning in 1971, Rand operated as a publicly traded, closed-end, management company that was registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
In 2001, Rand elected to be regulated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the 1940 Act. As a BDC, Rand is required to comply with certain regulatory requirements specified in the 1940 Act. For instance, it generally has to invest at least
In November 2019, Rand completed a stock sale transaction (the “Closing”) with East Asset Management (“East”). The transaction consisted of a $
Rand is an externally managed, closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. In connection with the completion of the Transaction, Rand shifted to an investment strategy focused on higher yielding debt investments and elected U.S. Federal tax treatment as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). To maintain qualification as a RIC, Rand must, among other things, meet certain source of income and asset diversification requirements. As of December 31, 2025, Rand was in compliance with the RIC requirements. As a RIC, Rand generally will not be subject to corporate-level U.S. federal income taxes on any net ordinary income or capital gains that it timely distributes to its shareholders as dividends. In addition, as a RIC, Rand must distribute annually to shareholders at least
The Board of Directors declared the following dividends during the year ended December 31, 2025:
Quarter |
|
Dividend/Share |
|
|
Record Date |
|
Payment Date |
|
Type |
|
1st |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
Quarterly |
|||
2nd |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
Quarterly |
|||
3rd |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
Quarterly |
|||
4th |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
Quarterly |
|||
4th |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
Special |
|||
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The Board of Directors declared the following dividends during the year ended December 31, 2024:
Quarter |
|
Dividend/Share |
|
|
Record Date |
|
Payment Date |
|
Type |
|
1st |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
Quarterly |
|||
2nd |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
Quarterly |
|||
3rd |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
Quarterly |
|||
4th |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
Quarterly |
|||
On December 5, 2024, Rand’s Board of Directors declared a dividend of $
In order to continue to qualify as a RIC, Rand holds several of its equity investments in holding companies that facilitate a tax structure that is advantageous to the RIC election. Rand has the following wholly-owned blocker companies in place at December 31, 2025: Rand BMP Swanson Holdings Corp., Rand Carolina Skiff Holdings Corp., Rand DSD Holdings Corp., Rand Filterworks Holdings Corp., Rand FSS Holdings Corp., Rand INEA Holdings Corp., and Rand ITA Holdings Corp. (the “Blocker Corps”). These subsidiaries are consolidated using United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for financial reporting purposes.
The following discussion describes the operations of Rand and its wholly owned subsidiaries Rand Sub, Rand BMP Swanson Holdings Corp., Rand Carolina Skiff Holdings Corp., Rand DSD Holdings Corp., Rand Filterworks Holdings Corp., Rand FSS Holdings Corp., Rand INEA Holdings Corp., and Rand ITA Holdings Corp. (collectively, the “Corporation”).
On November 14, 2025, Rand, RCM and certain of RCM’s affiliates were granted a new order for exemptive relief (the “Order”) by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) that superseded all prior co-investment exemptive relief order issued to Rand and its affiliates by the SEC. The Order permits Rand to co-invest in portfolio companies with certain of RCM’s affiliates if such co-investments are done on the same terms and at the same time, as further detailed in the Order. The Order requires that a “required majority” (as defined in Section 57(o) of the 1940 Act) of the Board of Directors make certain findings (1) in most instances when Rand co-invests with RCM’s affiliates in an issuer where RCM’s affiliates have an existing investment in the issuer, and (2) if Rand disposes of an investment acquired in a co-investment transaction unless the disposition is done on a pro rata basis. Pursuant to the Order, the Board of Directors oversees Rand’s participation in the co-investment program. As required by the Order, Rand has adopted policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance with the terms of the Order, and RCM’s and Rand’s Chief Compliance Officers will provide reporting to the Board of Directors regarding compliance with such policies and procedures.
Basis of Presentation - The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and pursuant to Regulation S-X and Regulation S-K. The Corporation is an investment company following accounting and reporting guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 946, Financial Services— Investment Companies.
Principles of Consolidation - The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Rand and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Cash and Cash Equivalents – Cash represents cash on hand and demand deposits held at financial institutions. Cash equivalents include short-term highly liquid investments of sufficient credit quality that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and have original maturities of three months or less. Cash may be held in a money market fund from time to time, which is a Level 1 security. Cash equivalents are carried at cost, plus accrued interest, which approximates fair value. Cash equivalents are held to meet short-term liquidity requirements, rather than for investment purposes. Cash and cash equivalents are held at major financial institutions and are subject to credit risk to the extent those balances exceed applicable Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) limitations.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments – The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated statement of financial position of cash and cash equivalents, interest receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value because of the immediate or short-term nature of these financial instruments.
Investment Classification – In accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act, the Corporation classifies its investments by level of control. Under the 1940 Act “Control Investments” are investments in companies that the Corporation is deemed to “Control”
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
if it owns more than
Investments - Investments are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by RCM and approved by Rand’s Board of Directors. The Corporation generally invests in loan, debt, and equity instruments and there is no single standard for determining fair value of these investments. As a result, determining fair value requires that judgment be applied to the specific facts and circumstances of each portfolio company while employing a consistent valuation process. Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of portfolio investments, there may be material risks associated with this determination including that estimated fair values may differ from the values that would have been used had a readily available market value for the investments existed and these differences could be material if the Corporation’s assumptions and judgments differ from results of actual liquidation events. The Corporation analyzes and values each investment quarterly and records unrealized depreciation for an investment that it believes has become impaired, including where collection of a loan or debt security or realization of the recorded value of an equity security is doubtful. Conversely, the Corporation will record unrealized appreciation if it believes that an underlying portfolio company has appreciated in value and, therefore, the Corporation’s equity securities in the underlying portfolio company have also appreciated in value. Additionally, the Corporation continues to assess any material risks associated with this fair value determination, including risks associated with material conflicts of interest. Under the valuation policy of the Corporation, unrestricted publicly traded securities are valued at the closing price for these securities on the last trading day of the reporting period. (See Note 2—Investments).
Qualifying Assets - As of December 31, 2025, the Corporation’s portfolio of investments only included qualifying assets as defined in Section 55(a) of the 1940 Act. The Corporation’s qualifying assets consist of qualifying investments in privately held businesses, principally based in the United States.
Revenue Recognition - Interest Income - Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis except where the investment is in default or where receipt of such interest is otherwise presumed to be in doubt. In such cases, interest is recognized at the time of receipt. A reserve for possible losses on interest receivable is maintained when appropriate. The reserve for possible losses of interest receivable was $
The Corporation holds debt securities in its investment portfolio that contain payment-in-kind (“PIK”) interest provisions. PIK interest, computed at the contractual rate specified in each debt agreement, is added to the principal balance of the debt and is recorded as interest income. Thus, the actual collection of this interest may be deferred until the time of debt principal repayment. For investments with PIK interest, the Corporation will not accrue PIK interest if the portfolio company valuation indicates that the PIK interest is not collectible. Loans that are on non-accrual status remain in such status until the borrower has demonstrated the ability and intent to pay contractual amounts due or such loans become current. As of December 31, 2025, three of the Corporation’s debt investments were on non-accrual status with a cost of $
Revenue Recognition - Dividend Income – The Corporation may receive cash distributions from portfolio companies that are limited liability companies or corporations, and these distributions are classified as dividend income on the consolidated statement of operations. Dividend income is recognized on an accrual basis for private portfolio companies only upon declaration or when a contractual obligation arises and the amount is reasonably determinable, or on the ex-dividend date for publicly traded portfolio companies.
The Corporation may hold preferred equity securities that contain cumulative dividend provisions. Cumulative dividends are recorded as dividend income, if declared and deemed collectible, and any dividends in arrears are recognized into income and added to the balance of the preferred equity investment. The actual collection of these dividends in arrears may be deferred until such time as the preferred equity is redeemed.
Revenue Recognition - Fee Income – Consists of the revenue associated with the amortization of financing fees charged to the portfolio companies upon successful closing of financings, income associated with portfolio company monitoring fees, income associated with early repayment fees and income associated with portfolio company loan modification fees. The income associated with the amortization of financing fees was $
26
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
2023, respectively, and is estimated to be approximately $
Realized Gain or Loss and Unrealized Appreciation or Depreciation of Investments - Amounts reported as realized gains and losses are measured by the difference between the proceeds from the sale or exchange and the cost basis of the investment without regard to unrealized gains or losses recorded in prior periods. The cost of securities that have, in management’s judgment, become worthless are written off and reported as realized losses when appropriate. Unrealized appreciation or depreciation reflects the difference between the fair value of the investments and the cost basis of the investments.
Original Issue Discount – Investments may include “original issue discount”, or OID. This occurs when the Corporation purchases a warrant and a note from a portfolio company simultaneously, which requires an allocation of a portion of the purchase price to the warrant and reduces the purchase price allocated to the note by an equal amount in the form of a note discount or OID. The note is reported net of the OID and the OID is accreted into interest income over the life of the loan. The Corporation recognized $
Net Assets per Share - Net assets per share are based on the number of shares of common stock outstanding. There are no common stock equivalents outstanding.
Supplemental Cash Flow Information - Net income taxes (refunded) paid during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 amounted to ($
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Corporation declared a common stock dividend of $
Concentration of Credit and Market Risk – The Corporation’s financial instruments potentially subject it to concentrations of credit risk. Cash and cash equivalents are invested with banks in amounts which, at times, exceed insured limits. The Corporation does not anticipate non-performance by such banks.
The following are the concentrations of the top five portfolio company values to the fair value of the Corporation’s total investment portfolio:
|
|
December 31, 2025 |
|
|
Inter-National Electronic Alloys LLC (EFINEA) |
|
|
% |
|
Caitec, Inc. (Caitec) |
|
|
% |
|
FCM Industries Holdco LLC (First Coast Mulch) |
|
|
% |
|
Highland All About People Holdings, Inc. (All About People) |
|
|
% |
|
BMP Food Service Supply Holdco, LLC (FSS) |
|
|
% |
|
|
|
December 31, 2024 |
|
|
Tilson Technology Management, Inc. (Tilson) |
|
|
% |
|
Seybert’s Billiards Corporation (Seybert’s) |
|
|
% |
|
FSS |
|
|
% |
|
Mattison Avenue Holdings LLC (Mattison) |
|
|
% |
|
Caitec |
|
|
% |
|
27
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Segment Reporting - In accordance with ASC Topic 280 - Segment Reporting (“ASC 280”), the Corporation has determined that it has a single operating and reporting segment. As a result, the Corporation’s segment accounting policies are the same as described herein and the Corporation does not have any intra-segment sales and transfers of assets.
Income Taxes - The Corporation reviews the tax positions it has taken to determine if they meet the “more likely than not threshold” for the benefit of the tax position to be recognized in the financial statements. A tax position that fails to meet the more likely than not recognition threshold will result in either a reduction of a current or deferred tax asset or receivable, or the recording of a current or deferred tax liability. (See Note 4—Income Taxes).
Accounting Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements - In December 2023, FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures”, to expand the disclosure requirements for income taxes, specifically related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 is effective for annual periods beginning January 1, 2025, and the Corporation
NOTE 2. – INVESTMENTS
The Corporation’s investments are carried at fair value in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.
Loan investments are defined as traditional loan financings typically with no equity features or required equity co-investment. Debt investments are defined as debt financings that include one or more equity features such as conversion rights, stock purchase warrants, and/or stock purchase options. Equity investments are direct investments into a portfolio company and may include preferred stock, common stock, warrants and limited liability company membership interests.
The Corporation uses several approaches to determine the fair value of an investment. The main approaches are:
28
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
ASC 820 classifies the inputs used to measure fair value into the following hierarchy:
Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities, used in the Corporation’s valuation at the measurement date. Under the valuation policy, the Corporation values unrestricted publicly traded companies, categorized as Level 1 investments, at the closing price on the last trading day of the reporting period.
Level 2: Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, or quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or other observable inputs other than quoted prices.
Level 3: Unobservable and significant inputs to determining the fair value.
Financial assets are categorized based upon the level of judgment associated with the inputs used to measure their fair value. Any changes in estimated fair value are recorded in the statement of operations.
At December 31, 2025 and 2024, all of the Corporation’s investments were Level 3 investments. There were
In the valuation process, the Corporation values restricted securities, categorized as Level 3 investments, using information from these portfolio companies, and, when considered appropriate, third-party valuation inputs, which may include:
The valuation may be reduced if a portfolio company’s performance and potential have deteriorated significantly. If the factors that led to a reduction in valuation are overcome, the valuation may be adjusted accordingly.
Equity Securities
Equity securities may include preferred stock, common stock, warrants and limited liability company membership interests.
The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Corporation’s equity investments are EBITDA and revenue multiples, where applicable, the financial and operational performance of the business, and the debt and senior equity preferences that may exist in a deemed liquidation event. Standard industry multiples may be used when available; however, the Corporation’s portfolio companies are typically privately-held, lower middle market companies, and these industry standards may be adjusted to more closely match the specific financial and operational characteristics of the portfolio company. Due to the nature of
29
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
certain investments, fair value measurements may be based on other criteria, which may include third party appraisals. Significant changes in any of these unobservable inputs may result in a significantly higher or lower fair value estimate.
Another key factor used in valuing equity investments is a significant recent arms-length equity transaction entered into by the portfolio company with a sophisticated, non-strategic and unrelated new investor. The terms of these equity transactions may not be identical to the equity transactions between the portfolio company and the Corporation, and the impact of the difference in transaction terms on the market value of the portfolio company may be difficult or impossible to quantify.
When appropriate the Black-Scholes pricing model is used to estimate the fair value of warrants for accounting purposes. This model requires the use of highly subjective inputs including expected volatility and expected life, in addition to variables for the valuation of minority equity positions in small private and early stage companies. Significant changes in any of these unobservable inputs may result in a significantly higher or lower fair value estimate.
For investments made within the last year, the Corporation generally relies on the cost basis, which is deemed to represent the fair value, unless other fair value inputs are identified causing the Corporation to depart from this basis.
Loan and Debt Securities
The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Corporation’s loan and debt securities are the financial and operational performance of the portfolio company, similar debt with similar terms with other portfolio companies, as well as the market acceptance for the portfolio company’s products or services. These inputs will likely provide an indicator as to the probability of principal recovery of the investment. The Corporation’s loan and debt investments are often junior secured or unsecured securities. Fair value may also be determined based on other criteria where appropriate. Significant changes to the unobservable inputs may result in a change in fair value. For recent investments, the Corporation generally relies on the cost basis, which is deemed to represent the fair value, unless other fair value inputs are identified causing the Corporation to depart from this basis.
The following table provides a summary of the significant unobservable inputs used to determine the fair value of the Corporation’s Level 3 portfolio investments as of December 31, 2025:
Investment Type |
|
Market Approach |
|
|
Market Approach |
|
|
Market Approach |
|
|
Market Approach Transaction Pricing |
|
|
Totals |
|
|||||
Non-Control/Non-Affiliate Equity |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Non-Control/Non-Affiliate Loan and Debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
Total Non-Control/Non-Affiliate |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||||
Affiliate Equity |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||
Affiliate Loan and Debt |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Total Affiliate |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||
Control Equity |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Control Debt |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Total Control |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Total Level 3 Investments |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Range |
|
4-14.7X |
|
|
1X |
|
|
3.9X |
|
|
Not Applicable |
|
|
|
|
|||||
Unobservable Input |
|
EBITDA Multiple |
|
|
Asset Value |
|
|
Revenue Multiple |
|
|
Transaction Price |
|
|
|
|
|||||
Weighted Average |
|
6.1 X |
|
|
1X |
|
|
3.9X |
|
|
Not Applicable |
|
|
|
|
|||||
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The following table provides a summary of the components of Level 1, 2 and 3 Assets Measured at Fair Value at December 31, 2025:
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurements at Reported Date Using |
|
||||||||||
Description |
|
December 31, 2025 |
|
|
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets |
|
|
Significant |
|
|
Other Significant |
|
||||
Loan investments |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Debt investments |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Equity investments |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Total |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
||
31
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The following table provides a summary of changes in Assets Measured at Fair Value Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) for the year ended December 31, 2025:
|
|
Fair Value Measurements Using Significant |
|
|||||||||||||
Description |
|
Loan Investments |
|
|
Debt |
|
|
Equity |
|
|
Total |
|
||||
Ending balance December 31, 2024, of Level 3 Assets |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Realized (losses) gains included in net change in net assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Carolina Skiff LLC (Carolina Skiff) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
GoNoodle, Inc. (GoNoodle) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Lumious |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Microcision, LLC (Microcision) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Pressure Pro, Inc. (Pressure Pro) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Tilson Technology Management, Inc. (Tilson) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Total realized losses, net |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Unrealized (losses) gains included in net change in net assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
BlackJet Direct Marketing, LLC (BlackJet) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
BMP Food Service Supply Holdco, LLC (FSS) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Carolina Skiff |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
FCM Industries Holdco LLC (First Coast Mulch) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Inter-National Electronic Alloys LLC (EFINEA) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
ITA Acquisition, LLC (ITA) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Mobile RN Holdings LLC (Mobile IV Nurses) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Mountain Regional Equipment Solutions (MRES) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Pressure Pro |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Seybert’s Billiards Corporation (Seybert’s) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
SQF LLC (Verta) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Tilson |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Total unrealized losses, net |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Purchases of securities/changes to securities/non-cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Autotality (formerly Filterworks Acquisition USA, LLC) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Bauer Sheet Metal and Fabricating Inc. (Bauer) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
BlackJet |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
BMP Swanson Holdco, LLC (Swanson) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Caitec, Inc. (Caitec) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
Carolina Skiff |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
EFINEA |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
First Coast Mulch |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
FSS |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
GoNoodle |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Highland All About People Holdings, Inc. (All About People) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
ITA |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Mobile IV Nurses |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
MRES |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Pressure Pro |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Seybert’s |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Total purchases of securities/changes to securities/non-cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
32
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
Fair Value Measurements Using Significant |
|
|||||||||||||
Description |
|
Loan Investments |
|
|
Debt |
|
|
Equity |
|
|
Total |
|
||||
Repayments and sales of securities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Carolina Skiff |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
HDI Acquisition LLC (Hilton Displays) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Lumious |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Mattison Avenue Holdings LLC (Mattison) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Microcision |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Pressure Pro |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Seybert's |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Total repayments and sales of securities |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Transfers within Level 3 |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Ending Balance December 31, 2025, of Level 3 Assets |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation included in earnings related to Level 3 investments still held at reporting date |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|||
The following table provides a summary of the significant unobservable inputs used to determine the fair value of the Corporation’s Level 3 portfolio investments as of December 31, 2024:
Investment Type |
|
Market Approach |
|
|
Market Approach |
|
|
Market Approach |
|
|
Market Approach Transaction Pricing |
|
|
Totals |
|
|||||
Non-Control/Non-Affiliate Equity |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||
Non-Control/Non-Affiliate Loan and Debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|||
Total Non-Control/Non-Affiliate |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||||
Affiliate Equity |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||
Affiliate Loan and Debt |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Total Affiliate |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||
Control Equity |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Control Debt |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Total Control |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Total Level 3 Investments |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Range |
|
4-10X |
|
|
1X |
|
|
3.5X |
|
|
Not Applicable |
|
|
|
|
|||||
Unobservable Input |
|
EBITDA Multiple |
|
|
Asset Value |
|
|
Revenue Multiple |
|
|
Transaction Price |
|
|
|
|
|||||
Weighted Average |
|
5.5 X |
|
|
1X |
|
|
3.5X |
|
|
Not Applicable |
|
|
|
|
|||||
The following table provides a summary of the components of Level 1, 2 and 3 Assets Measured at Fair Value at December 31, 2024:
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurements at Reported Date Using |
|
||||||||||
Description |
|
December 31, 2024 |
|
|
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets |
|
|
Significant |
|
|
Other Significant |
|
||||
Loan investments |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Debt investments |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Equity investments |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Total |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
||
33
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The following table provides a summary of changes in Assets Measured at Fair Value Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) for the year ended December 31, 2024:
|
|
Fair Value Measurements Using Significant |
|
|||||||||||||
Description |
|
Loan Investments |
|
|
Debt |
|
|
Equity |
|
|
Total |
|
||||
Ending Balance December 31, 2023, of Level 3 Assets |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Realized gains (losses) included in net change in net assets from operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
DSD Operating, LLC (DSD) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Knoa Software, Inc. (Knoa) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Mezmeriz, Inc. (Mezmeriz) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
SciAps, Inc. (SciAps) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Tilson Technology Management, Inc. (Tilson) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total realized gains (losses) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Unrealized gains (losses) included in net change in net assets from operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
BMP Food Service Supply Holdco, LLC (FSS) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
BMP Swanson Holdco, LLC (Swanson) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Caitec, Inc. (Caitec) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Carolina Skiff LLC (Carolina Skiff) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Filterworks Acquisition USA, LLC (Filterworks) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
FCM Industries Holdco LLC (First Coast Mulch) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Highland All About People Holdings, Inc. (All About People) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
ITA Acquisition, LLC (ITA) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Knoa |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Mezmeriz |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Mountain Regional Equipment Solutions (MRES) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Pressure Pro, Inc. (Pressure Pro) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Tilson |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total unrealized gains (losses) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
Purchases of securities/changes to securities/non-cash conversions: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
All About People |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Caitec |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Filterworks |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
First Coast Mulch |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
FSS |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
GoNoodle, Inc. (GoNoodle) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
HDI Acquisition LLC (Hilton Displays) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Inter-National Electronic Alloys LLC (EFINEA) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
ITA |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Mattison Avenue Holdings LLC (Mattison) |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Mobile RN Holdings LLC (Mobile IV Nurses) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
MRES |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Pressure Pro |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Seybert’s Billiards Corporation (Seybert’s) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Total purchases of securities/changes to securities/non-cash conversions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Repayments and sale of securities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
DSD |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Filterworks |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
FSS |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Mattison |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Nailbiter, Inc. (Nailbiter) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Pressure Pro |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
SciAps |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Tilson |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Total repayments and sale of securities |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Ending Balance December 31, 2024, of Level 3 Assets |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation included in earnings related to Level 3 investments still held at reporting date |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|||
34
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
NOTE 3. - OTHER ASSETS
Other assets was comprised of the following at December 31:
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
||
Deferred financing fees, net |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Accounts receivable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Prepaid expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Dividends receivable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total other assets |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
NOTE 4. - INCOME TAXES
The Corporation elected to be treated, for income tax purposes, as a RIC for the 2025, 2024 and 2023 tax years under Subchapter M of the Code. As a result, the Corporation did
Distributions from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from amounts determined in accordance with GAAP and those differences could be material. These book-to-tax differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. Reclassifications due to permanent book-tax differences, including non-deductible taxes and the tax treatment of earnings from the subsidiaries, have no impact on net assets.
The following differences were reclassified for tax purposes for the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
||
Increase (decrease) in capital in excess of par value |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
(Decrease) increase in total distributable earnings |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
The Corporation’s permanent book-to-tax reclassifications for 2025 are an estimate and will not be finalized until the Corporation files its 2025 federal income tax returns in 2026. Therefore, the Corporation’s actual permanent book-to tax reclassifications may be different than this estimate.
Taxable income generally differs from net increase (decrease) in net assets for financial reporting purposes due to temporary and permanent differences in the recognition of income and expenses and generally excludes unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, as investment gains and losses are not included in taxable income until they are realized.
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The following table reconciles the net (decrease) increase in net assets resulting from operations to taxable income for the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
||
Net (decrease) increase in net assets resulting from operations |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Net change in deferred tax asset/liability |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
GAAP versus tax basis consolidation of subsidiaries |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Other permanent book income and tax income differences |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Temporary book income and tax income differences |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Capital loss carryforward |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Taxable income |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
The Corporation’s taxable income for 2025 is an estimate and will not be finalized until the Corporation files its 2025 Federal income tax returns in 2026. Therefore, the Corporation’s actual taxable income and the Corporation’s actual taxable income that was earned in 2025 and carried forward for distribution in 2026 may be different than this estimate.
For tax purposes, distributions paid to shareholders are reported as ordinary income, long term capital gains and return of capital, or a combination thereof.
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
||
Ordinary income |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Long-term capital gains |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
Return of Capital |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
The determination of the tax attributes of the Corporation’s distributions is made annually as of the end of the Corporation’s fiscal year based upon the Corporation’s taxable income for the full year and distributions paid for the full year. The actual tax characteristics of distributions to shareholders are reported to shareholders annually on IRS Form 1099-DIV.
The tax basis components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) and reconciliation to accumulated earnings (deficit) on a book basis for the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were as follows:
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
||
Undistributed ordinary income – tax basis |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Capital loss carryforwards |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
Unrealized (depreciation) appreciation on investments |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
Other temporary differences |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Total accumulated (deficit) earnings – book basis |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
The differences between book basis and tax basis components of distributable earnings is attributable primarily to the tax treatment of incentive fees, the tax treatment of organization costs, return of capital distributions from corporations, and the tax treatment of defaulted securities.
The Corporation had the following wholly-owned blocker companies in place at December 31, 2025: Rand BMP Swanson Holdings Corp., Rand Carolina Skiff Holdings Corp., Rand DSD Holdings Corp., Rand Filterworks Holdings Corp., Rand FSS Holdings Corp., Rand INEA Holdings Corp., and Rand ITA Holdings Corp. (the “Blocker Corps”), which are taxable entities and therefore are not consolidated for tax purposes. The primary purpose of the Blocker Corps is to permit the Corporation to hold certain equity interests in portfolio companies that are organized as limited liability companies, or LLCs (or other forms of pass-through entities), and still allow the Corporation to satisfy the RIC tax requirement that at least
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
At December 31, 2025, the Corporation had a net deferred tax asset of $
Income Taxes on Blocker Corps
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded for temporary differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using the tax rate expected to be in effect when the taxes are actually paid or recovered.
The tax effect of the major temporary differences and carryforwards that give rise to the Corporation’s net deferred tax asset at December 31, 2025 and 2024 are approximately as follows:
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
||
Investments |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
NOL & tax credit carryforwards, net of valuation allowance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Deferred tax asset, net |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
The major temporary differences cited above include differences in the book and tax bases of the Corporation’s portfolio company investments, as well as unrealized gains and losses on corporate investments that will be taxed when realized in future years. The Corporation assesses the recoverability of its deferred tax assets annually to determine if a valuation allowance is necessary. The Corporation records a valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets if and to the extent it is more likely than not that the Corporation will not recover the deferred tax assets. In evaluating the need for a valuation allowance, the Corporation weights all relevant positive and negative evidence, and considers among other factors, historical financial performance, projected future taxable income, scheduled reversals of deferred tax liabilities, the overall business environment, and tax planning strategies. Changes in circumstances, including the Blocker Corps generating significant taxable income and tax planning strategies, could cause a change in judgment about the need for a valuation allowance of the related deferred tax assets. Any change in the valuation allowance will be included in income in the period of the change in estimate.
Accordingly, during the year ended December 31, 2025, the Corporation estimated that the net deferred tax asset of its Blocker Corps is not expected to be recoverable in the future.
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
||
Federal |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
State, net of federal benefit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
On January 1, 2024, the Corporation restructured the Blocker Corps with Rand DSD Holdings Corp becoming the common tax parent of the other Blocker Corps. In 2024, the Corporation began to file a consolidated federal, and as applicable, various state consolidated income tax returns. As a result of this restructuring, the Blocker Corps have certain tax attributes that are subject to Separate Return Limitations (“SRLY”). At December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Corporation had $
Under the provisions of Section 382 of the Code, net operating loss and credit carryforwards and other tax attributes may be subject to limitations if there has been a significant change in ownership in the Corporation, as defined by the IRC. Prior to the completion of the Transaction with East in November 2019, the Corporation was able to utilize the remaining federal net operating losses. However, state net operating losses may be subject to similar limitations.
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The components of income tax expense (benefit) reported in the consolidated statements of operations are as follows for the years ended December 31:
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|||
Current: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Federal |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
||
State |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
||
Deferred: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Federal |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
State |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
||
Total |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
||
Income taxes paid (net of refunds) by jurisdiction type are as follows for the years ended December 31:
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|||
Federal |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||
State |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total income taxes paid (net of refunds) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Income taxes paid (net of refunds) exceeded 5 percent of total income taxes paid (net of refunds) in the following jurisdictions for the years ended December 31:
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
||
California |
|
$ |
|
|
$ * |
|
|
$ * |
||
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
* |
|
|
* |
||
South Carolina |
|
|
( |
) |
|
* |
|
|
* |
|
Georgia |
|
|
( |
) |
|
* |
|
|
* |
|
Utah |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
* |
New Jersey |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
* |
|
Pennsylvania |
|
* |
|
|
|
|
|
* |
||
Nebraska |
|
* |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
* |
|
* Jurisdiction below the 5 percent threshold for the period presented
All of the Corporation’s income before income taxes is attributable to domestic operations. The Corporation does not have any foreign operations, and no portion of income before income taxes was generated from foreign jurisdictions for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023.
A reconciliation of the expense (benefit) from income taxes at the federal statutory rate to the expense reported is as follows for the years ended December 31:
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
Amount |
|
|
%* |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
%* |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
%* |
|
||||||
Net investment income, realized (loss) gain and unrealized (loss) gain before income taxes |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Expected tax (benefit) expense at statutory rate |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
% |
|
|
|
|
|
% |
|
|
|
|
|
% |
|||||
Change in valuation allowance |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
% |
|
|
|
|
|
% |
|
|
|
|
|
% |
|||||
Tax benefit of RIC status |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
%) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
%) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
%) |
|
RIC excise tax expense |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
% |
|
|
|
|
|
% |
|||||
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
% |
|
|
|
|
|
% |
|||||
Total |
|
$ |
|
|
|
( |
%) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
|
( |
%) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
% |
|||
* Percentages may not foot due to rounding
38
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The primary driver of the difference between the U.S. federal statutory rate and the effective tax rate is the Corporation’s election to be treated as a RIC. Other reconciling items primarily relate to Federal excise tax and changes in valuation allowances associated with taxable subsidiary entities.
The Corporation is currently open to audit under the statute of limitations by the Internal Revenue Service for the years ended December 31, 2022 through 2025. In general, the Corporation’s state income tax returns are open to audit under the statute of limitations for the years ended December 31, 2022 through 2025.
It is the Corporation’s policy to include interest and penalties related to income tax liabilities in income tax expense on the Corporation’s Consolidated Statement of Operations. In addition, the Corporation records uncertain tax positions in accordance with ASC 740, “Income Taxes”, (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented, and disclosed in the financial statements. The uncertain tax benefits for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 were de minimis. The Corporation incurred $
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Act, which includes a broad range of tax reform provisions including 100% bonus depreciation on qualified property, full expensing for research and development expenditures and restoration of pre-2022 interest expense limitations, was signed into law in the United States. The impacts of OBBB are reflected in our results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, and there was no material impact to our income tax expense or effective tax rate. We expect certain provisions will decrease cash taxes paid and may change the timing of cash tax payments in future periods due to the nature of our equity investments in wholly-owned subsidiaries.
NOTE 5. – SENIOR SECURED REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
On June 27, 2022, the Corporation entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with M&T Bank, as lender (the “Lender”), which provides the Corporation with a senior secured revolving credit facility in a principal amount not to exceed $
The Corporation’s borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest at a variable rate determined as a rate per annum equal to
The Credit Agreement contains representations and warranties and affirmative, negative and financial covenants usual and customary for agreements of this type, including among others, covenants that prohibit, subject to certain specified exceptions, the Corporation’s ability to merge or consolidate with other companies, sell any material part of the Corporation’s assets, incur other indebtedness, incur liens on the Corporation’s assets, make investments or loans to third parties other than permitted investments and permitted loans, and declare any distribution or dividend other than certain permitted distributions. The Credit Agreement includes the following financial covenants: (i) a tangible net worth covenant that requires the Corporation to maintain a Tangible Net Worth (defined in the Credit Agreement as the Corporation’s aggregate assets, excluding intangible assets, less all liabilities) of not less than $
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Corporation to maintain an Asset Coverage Ratio (defined in the Credit Agreement as the ratio of the fair market value of all of the Corporation’s assets to the sum of all of the Corporation’s obligations for borrowed money plus all capital lease obligations) of not less than 3:1, which is measured quarterly at the end of each fiscal quarter and (iii) an interest coverage ratio covenant that requires the Corporation to maintain an Interest Coverage Ratio (defined in the Credit Agreement as the ratio of Cash Flow (as defined in the Credit Agreement) to Interest Expense (as defined in the Credit Agreement)) of not less than 2.5:1, which is measured quarterly on a trailing twelve-months basis. As of December 31, 2025, the Corporation was in compliance with these covenants.
Events of default under the Credit Agreement which permit the Lender to exercise its remedies, including acceleration of the principal and interest on the Credit Facility, include, among others: (i) default in the payment of principal or interest on the Credit Facility, (ii) default by the Corporation on any other obligation, condition, covenant or other provision under the Credit Agreement and related documents, (iii) failure by the Corporation to pay any material indebtedness or obligation owing to any third party or affiliate, or the failure by the Corporation to perform any agreement with any third party or affiliate that would have a material adverse effect on the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, (iv) the sale of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets to a third party, (v) various bankruptcy and insolvency events, and (vi) any material adverse change in the Corporation and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or their business, assets, operations, management, ownership, affairs, condition (financial or otherwise) or the Lender’s collateral that the Lender reasonably determines will have a material adverse effect on the Lender’s collateral, the Corporation and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or their business, assets, operation or condition (financial or otherwise) or on the Corporation’s ability to repay its debts.
In connection with entry into the Credit Facility, the Corporation and each of its subsidiaries that guaranty the Credit Facility entered into a general security agreement, dated June 27, 2022, with the Lender (the “Security Agreement”). The Security Agreement secures all of the Corporation’s obligations to the Lender, including, without limitation, principal and interest on the Credit Facility and any fees and charges. The security interest granted under the Security Agreement covers all of the Corporation’s personal property including, among other things, all accounts, chattel paper, investment property, deposit accounts, general intangibles, inventory, and all of the fixtures. The Security Agreement contains various representations, warranties, covenants and agreements customary in security agreements and various events of default with remedies under the New York Uniform Commercial Code and the Security Agreement. Events of default under the Security Agreement, which permit the Lender to exercise its various remedies, are similar to those contained in the Credit Agreement.
The outstanding balance drawn on the Credit Facility was $
For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the average debt outstanding under the Credit Facility and weighted average interest rate were as follows:
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|||
Average debt outstanding |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||
Weighted average interest rate |
|
|
% |
|
|
% |
|
|
% |
|||
40
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Information about the Corporation’s senior securities (including debt securities and other indebtedness) is shown in the following table.
Year |
|
Total Amount |
|
|
Asset Coverage |
|
|
Involuntary Liquidation |
|
Average Market |
||
December 31, 2022 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Credit Facility |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
N/A |
|
N/A |
||
December 31, 2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Credit Facility |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N/A |
|
N/A |
||
December 31, 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Credit Facility |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N/A |
|
N/A |
||
December 31, 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Credit Facility |
|
|
- |
|
|
N/A |
|
|
N/A |
|
N/A |
|
NOTE 6. - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (NET ASSETS)
At December 31, 2025 and 2024, there were
On April 23, 2025, the Board of Directors approved a new share repurchase plan, which authorizes the Corporation to repurchase shares of the Corporation’s outstanding common stock with an aggregate cost of up to $
The Corporation’s Board of Directors declared the following dividends during the year ended December 31, 2025:
Quarter |
|
Dividend/Share |
|
|
Record Date |
|
Payment Date |
|
Type |
|
1st |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
Quarterly |
|||
2nd |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
Quarterly |
|||
3rd |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
Quarterly |
|||
4th |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
Quarterly |
|||
4th |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
Special |
|||
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
A s
|
|
Common Stock |
|
|
Capital in excess of par value |
|
|
Stock dividends distributable |
|
|
Treasury Stock, at cost |
|
|
Total distributable earnings (losses) |
|
|
Total Stockholders’ |
|
||||||
January 1, 2024 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Dividend declaration |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
Tax reclassification of stockholders’ equity |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Net increase in net assets from operations |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
December 31, 2024 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
January 1, 2025 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||||
Dividend declaration |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
||
Tax reclassification of stockholders’ equity |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net decrease in net assets from operations |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
December 31, 2025 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|||
NOTE 7. - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Corporation had no commitments at December 31, 2025 or 2024.
NOTE 8. - QUARTERLY OPERATIONS AND EARNINGS DATA – UNAUDITED
|
|
4th Quarter |
|
|
3rd Quarter |
|
|
2nd Quarter |
|
|
1st Quarter |
|
||||
2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Investment income |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
||
Basic and diluted net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations per weighted share outstanding |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
||
2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Investment income |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Net (decrease) increase in net assets from operations |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||
Basic and diluted net (decrease) increase in net assets from operations per weighted share outstanding |
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NOTE 9. – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Investment Management Agreement
Concurrent with the Closing, RCM, a registered investment adviser, was retained by the Corporation as its external investment adviser and administrator, which resulted in Daniel Penberthy, the Corporation’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and Margaret Brechtel, the Corporation’s Executive Vice President, Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, serving as officers and employees of RCM. Under the Investment Management Agreement, the Corporation pays RCM, as compensation for the investment advisory and management services, fees consisting of two components: (i) the Base Management Fee and (ii) the Incentive Fee.
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
At December 31, 2025 and 2024, amounts payable to RCM were comprised of the following, and are reported on the “Due to investment adviser” line item in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position:
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The “Base Management Fee” is calculated at an annual rate of
The “Incentive Fee” is comprised of two parts: (1) the “Income Based Fee” and (2) the “Capital Gains Fee”. The Income Based Fee is calculated and payable quarterly in arrears based on the “Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income” (as defined in the Investment Management Agreement) for the immediately preceding calendar quarter, subject to a hurdle rate of
The Corporation pays RCM an Incentive Fee with respect to its Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income in each calendar quarter as follows:
The Income Based Fee paid to RCM for any calendar quarter shall not be in excess of the Incentive Fee Cap. The “Incentive Fee Cap” for any quarter is an amount equal to (1)
For purposes of the calculation of the Income Based Fee, “Income Based Fee Calculation Period” is defined as, with reference to a calendar quarter, the period of time consisting of such calendar quarter and the additional quarters that comprise the eleven calendar quarters immediately preceding such calendar quarter.
For purposes of the calculation of the Income Based Fee, “Cumulative Net Return” is defined as (1) the aggregate net investment income in respect of the relevant Income Based Fee Calculation Period minus (2) any Net Capital Loss, if any, in respect of the relevant Income Based Fee Calculation Period. If, in any quarter, the Incentive Fee Cap is zero or a negative value, the Corporation pays no Income Based Fee to RCM for such quarter. If, in any quarter, the Incentive Fee Cap for such quarter is a positive value but is less than the Income Based Fee that is payable to RCM for such quarter (before giving effect to the Incentive Fee Cap) calculated as described above, the Corporation pays an Income Based Fee to RCM equal to the Incentive Fee Cap for such quarter. If, in any quarter, the Incentive Fee Cap for such quarter is equal to or greater than the Income Based Fee that is payable to RCM for such quarter (before giving effect to the Incentive Fee Cap) calculated as described above, the Corporation pays an Income Based Fee to the Adviser equal to the Income Based Fee calculated as described above for such quarter without regard to the Incentive Fee Cap.
For purposes of the calculation of the Income Based Fee, “Net Capital Loss,” in respect of a particular period, means the difference, if positive, between (1) aggregate capital losses, whether realized or unrealized, in such period and (2) aggregate capital gains, whether realized or unrealized, in such period.
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Any Income Based Fee otherwise payable under the Investment Management Agreement with respect to Accrued Unpaid Income (as described below) (such fees being the “Accrued Unpaid Income Based Fees”) shall be deferred, on a security by security basis, and shall become payable to RCM only if, as, when and to the extent cash is received in respect of any Accrued Unpaid Income. Any Accrued Unpaid Income that is subsequently reversed in connection with a write-down, write-off, impairment or similar treatment of the investment giving rise to such Accrued Unpaid Income will, in the applicable period of reversal, (1) reduce Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income and (2) reduce the amount of Accrued Unpaid Income Based Fees. For purposes of the Investment Management Agreement, Accrued Unpaid Income is defined as any net investment income that consists of any accretion of original issue discount, market discount, payment-in-kind interest, payment-in-kind dividends or other types of deferred or accrued income, including in connection with zero coupon securities, that the Corporation has recognized in accordance with GAAP, but has not yet received in cash. Subsequent payments of Accrued Unpaid Income Based Fees that are deferred as provided for in the Investment Management Agreement shall not reduce the amounts otherwise payable for any quarter as an Income Based Fee.
For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Income Based Fees earned under the Investment Management Agreement were $
The second part of the Incentive Fee is the “Capital Gains Fee”. This fee is determined and payable in arrears as of the end of each calendar year. Under the terms of the Investment Management Agreement, the Capital Gains Fee is calculated at the end of each applicable year by subtracting (1) the sum of the cumulative aggregate realized capital losses and aggregate unrealized capital depreciation from (2) the cumulative aggregate realized capital gains, in each case calculated from November 8, 2019. If this amount is positive at the end of any calendar year, then the Capital Gains Fee for such year is equal to
For purposes of the Capital Gains Fee:
For purposes of calculating the amount of the capital gains incentive fee accrual to be included as part of a company’s financial statements, GAAP requires a company to consider, as part of such calculation, the amount of cumulative aggregate unrealized capital appreciation that such company has with respect to its investments. As a result, the capital gains incentive fee accrual under GAAP is calculated using both the cumulative aggregate realized capital gains and losses and the aggregate net change in unrealized capital appreciation/depreciation at the close of the period. If the calculated amount is positive, GAAP requires the Corporation to record a capital gains incentive fee accrual equal to
As of December 31, 2025, there was
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
As of December 31, 2024, the accrued capital gains incentive fee under GAAP was $
The (benefit) expense related to the accrued capital gains incentive fee was ($
Administration Agreement
Under the terms of the Administration Agreement, RCM agreed to perform (or oversee, or arrange for, the performance of) the administrative services necessary for the Corporation’s operations, including, but not limited to, office facilities, equipment, clerical, bookkeeping, finance, accounting, compliance and record keeping services at such office facilities and such other services as RCM, subject to review by the Corporation’s Board of Directors, will from time to time determine to be necessary or useful to perform its obligations under the Administration Agreement. RCM shall also arrange for the services of, and oversee, custodians, depositories, transfer agents, dividend disbursing agents, other shareholder servicing agents, accountants, attorneys, underwriters, brokers and dealers, corporate fiduciaries, insurers, banks and such other persons in any such other capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable.
RCM is responsible for the Corporation’s financial and other records that are required to be maintained and prepares all reports and other materials required to be filed with the SEC or any other regulatory authority, including reports to shareholders. In addition, RCM assists the Corporation in determining and publishing the Corporation’s net asset value (NAV), overseeing the preparation and filing of tax returns, and the printing and dissemination of reports to shareholders, and generally overseeing the payment of expenses and the performance of administrative and professional services rendered by others. RCM provides, on the Corporation’s behalf, managerial assistance to those portfolio companies that have accepted its offer to provide such assistance.
For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the Corporation recorded and paid administrative fees of $
Note 10. SEGMENT REPORTING
The Corporation operates through a single operating and reporting segment with an investment objective to generate both current income and capital appreciation through debt and equity investments.
NOTE 11. – SUBSEQUENT EVENT
Subsequent to year end, on
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY
SCHEDULE OF CONSOLIDATED CHANGES IN INVESTMENTS AT
COST AND REALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
For the Year Ended December 31, 2025
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Rand Capital Corporation and Subsidiaries
Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated statement of financial position, including the consolidated schedule of portfolio investments, of Rand Capital Corporation and Subsidiaries (the Corporation) as of December 31, 2025, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in net assets, financial highlights and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2025, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Rand Capital Corporation and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2025, and the results of its operations, its cash flows and financial highlights for the year ended December 31, 2025 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Corporation’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Corporation in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Corporation is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Corporation's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of investments as of December 31, 2025, by correspondence with portfolio companies; or by other appropriate audit procedures when replies were not received. We believe that our audit provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of the critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
Fair-Value – Level 3 Investments
Critical Audit Matter Description
At December 31, 2025, the fair value of the Corporation’s investments categorized as Level 3 investments within the fair value hierarchy (Level 3 investments) totaled $48,480,496. Management determines the fair value of the Corporation’s Level 3 investments by applying the methodologies outlined in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements and using significant unobservable inputs and assumptions. Determining the fair value of the Level 3 investments requires management to make judgments about the valuation methodologies and significant unobservable inputs and assumptions including, among others, EBITDA multiples and revenue multiples, used in determining the fair value measurements.
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How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit
Auditing the fair value of the Corporation’s Level 3 investments was complex, as the unobservable inputs and assumptions used by the Corporation are highly judgmental, are sensitive to economic factors, and could have a significant effect on the fair value measurement of such investments.
Our audit procedures included, among others, obtaining an understanding and evaluated the design of controls over the Corporation’s investment valuation process, evaluating the Corporation’s valuation methodologies, testing the significant unobservable inputs and assumptions, including testing the completeness, accuracy, and relevance of the underlying data used in the technique used by the Corporation in determining the fair value of the Corporation’s Level 3 investments, and testing the mathematical accuracy of the Corporation’s valuation calculations. For Level 3 investments, we reviewed the information considered by the Board of Directors relating to the Corporation’s determination of fair value. For a selection of the Corporation’s Level 3 investments, we independently developed fair value estimates and compared them to the Corporation’s estimates. We developed our independent fair value estimates by using the respective investment’s financial information, which we compared to underlying source documents provided to the Corporation by the investment, and available market information from third-party sources, such as market multiples. We also evaluated subsequent events and other available information and considered whether they corroborated or contradicted the Corporation’s year-end valuations.
Opinion on the Supplementary Information
The supplemental schedule of consolidated changes in investments at cost and realized gain (loss) for the year ended December 31, 2025 has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements. The supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Corporation’s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental schedule reconciles to the consolidated financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental schedule. In forming our opinion on the supplemental schedule, we evaluated whether the supplemental schedule, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In our opinion, the supplemental schedule of consolidated changes in investments at cost and realized gain (loss) for the year ended December 31, 2025 is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated financial statements as a whole.
Other Matter
The consolidated financial statements of the Corporation, including the accompanying consolidated statement of financial position and the consolidated schedule of portfolio investments as of December 31, 2024, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024 and the financial highlights schedule for each of the four years in the period ended December 31, 2024 were audited by Freed Maxick, P.C., who joined WithumSmith+Brown, PC.,on August 1, 2025, and rendered their opinion on such statements on March 10, 2025.
/s/
We have served as the Corporation’s auditor since 2003.
March 5, 2026
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Rand Capital Corporation and Subsidiaries
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated statement of financial position, including the consolidated schedule of portfolio investments, of Rand Capital Corporation and Subsidiaries (the Corporation) as of December 31, 2024, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in net assets and cash flows and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024, and the financial highlights schedule for each of the four years in the period ended December 31, 2024 (collectively, the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights schedule present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Rand Capital Corporation and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024, and the financial highlights for each of the four years in the period ended December 31, 2024 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements and the financial highlights schedule are the responsibility of the Corporation’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Corporation’s financial statements and financial highlights schedule based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Corporation in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights schedule are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Corporation's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights schedule, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights schedule. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights schedule. Our procedures included confirmation of investments as of December 31, 2024, by correspondence with portfolio companies and custodian(s); or by other appropriate audit procedures when replies were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgements. The communication of the critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
Fair-Value – Level 3 Investments
Critical Audit Matter Description
At December 31, 2024, the fair value of the Corporation’s investments categorized as Level 3 investments within the fair value hierarchy (Level 3 investments) totaled $70,818,041. Management determines the fair value of the Corporation’s Level 3 investments by applying the methodologies outlined in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements and using significant unobservable inputs and assumptions. Determining the fair value of the Level 3 investments requires management to make judgments about the valuation
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methodologies and significant unobservable inputs and assumptions including, among others, EBITDA multiples and revenue multiples, used in determining the fair value measurements.
How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit
Auditing the fair value of the Corporation’s Level 3 investments was complex, as the unobservable inputs and assumptions used by the Corporation are highly judgmental, are sensitive to economic factors, and could have a significant effect on the fair value measurement of such investments.
Our audit procedures included, among others, obtaining an understanding and evaluating the design of controls over the Corporation’s investment valuation process, evaluating the Corporation’s valuation methodologies, testing the significant unobservable inputs and assumptions used by the Corporation in determining the fair value of the Corporation’s Level 3 investments, and testing the mathematical accuracy of the Corporation’s valuation calculations. For Level 3 investments, we reviewed the information considered by the Board of Directors relating to the Corporation’s determination of fair value. For a selection of the Corporation’s Level 3 investments, we independently developed fair value estimates and compared them to the Corporation’s estimates. We developed our independent fair value estimates by using the respective investment’s financial information, which we compared to underlying source documents provided to the Corporation by the investment, and available market information from third-party sources, such as market multiples. We also evaluated subsequent events and other available information and considered whether they corroborated or contradicted the Corporation’s year-end valuations.
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We have served as the Corporation's auditor since 2003.
March 10, 2025
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Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
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The required financial statement Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts has been omitted because the information required is included in the Notes to the consolidated financial statements. |
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The following exhibits are filed with this report or are incorporated herein by reference to a prior filing, in accordance with Rule 12b-32 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 27, 2021, by and between Rand Capital Sub, Inc. and Rand Capital Sub, LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on December 30, 2021. |
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Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(1) of Form N-2 filed with the SEC on April 22, 1997. (File No. 333-25617). |
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Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 12, 2019. |
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Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 21, 2020. |
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By-laws of the Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to the Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2016 filed with the SEC on November 2, 2016. (File No. 814-00235). |
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Specimen certificate of common stock certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (b) of Form N-2 filed with the SEC on April 22, 1997. (File No. 333-25617). |
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Description of Securities of Rand Capital Corporation registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, as filed with the SEC on March 9, 2020. |
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Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2019, by and among East Asset Management LLC, Rand Capital Corporation and, solely for purposes of being bound by Sections 7.10 and 10.9(a) and (b) thereof, Rand |
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Capital Management, LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 25, 2019. |
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Investment Advisory and Management Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2020, between Rand Capital Corporation and Rand Capital Management LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 4, 2021. |
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Administration Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2020, between Rand Capital Corporation and Rand Capital Management LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 4, 2021. |
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Shareholder Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2019, by and between Rand Capital Corporation and East Asset Management, LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 12, 2019. |
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Credit Agreement, dated June 27, 2022, by and between Rand Capital Corporation, as borrower, and M&T Bank, as lender, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 27, 2022. |
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(10.6) |
Revolving Line Note, dated June 27, 2022, by Rand Capital Corporation, as borrower, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 27, 2022. |
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Addendum to Line of Credit Note, dated June 27, 2022, by Rand Capital Corporation, as borrower, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 27, 2022. |
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Variable Rate Rider (Daily Simple SOFR), dated June 27, 2022, by Rand Capital Corporation, as borrower, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 27, 2022. |
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(10.9) |
General Security Agreement, dated June 27, 2022, by Rand Capital Corporation and each of the subsidiaries listed therein, as debtors, in favor of Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, as the secured party, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 27, 2022. |
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Letter of Freed Maxick, P.C., dated September 11, 2025, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 16.1 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 11, 2025. |
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Insider Trading Policy, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 19.1 to the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 10, 2025. |
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Subsidiaries of Rand Capital Corporation. - Rand BMP Swanson Holdings Corp., Rand Carolina Skiff Holdings Corp., Rand DSD Holdings Corp., Rand Filterworks Holdings Corp., Rand FSS Holdings Corp., Rand INEA Holdings Corp., and Rand ITA Holdings Corp. |
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(31.1)* |
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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(31.2)* |
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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(32.1)** |
Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 – Rand Capital Corporation. |
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(97.1) |
Clawback Policy, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 97.1 to the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 10, 2025. |
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101.INS* |
Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. |
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101.SCH* |
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema With Embedded Linkbases Document |
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104 |
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 31, 2026 |
RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION |
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/s/ Daniel P. Penberthy |
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Daniel P. Penberthy, Chief Executive Officer and President |
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