AB 2020 Form 10-K

Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined on the specific identification method. Certain investments in debt securities may contain a contractual payment-in-kind (“PIK”) interest provision. The PIK provisions generally feature the obligation, or the option, at each interest payment date of making interest payments in (i) cash, (ii) additional debt or (iii) a combination of cash and additional debt. PIK interest, computed at the contractual rate specified in the investment’s credit agreement, is accrued as interest income and recorded as interest receivable up to the interest payment date. On the interest payment date, the accrued interest receivable attributable to PIK is added to the principal balance of the investment. When additional debt is received on the interest payment date, it typically has the same terms, including maturity dates and interest rates, as the original loan. PIK interest generally becomes due on the investment’s maturity date or call date. The Fund may earn various fees during the life of the loans. Such fees include, but are not limited to, syndication, commitment, administration, prepayment and amendment fees, some of which are paid to the Fund on an ongoing basis. These fees and any other income are recognized as earned. Credit Facility Related Costs, Expenses and Deferred Financing Costs The revolving credit facilities (as defined in Note 4) are recorded at carrying value, which approximates fair value. Interest expense and unused commitment fees on the revolving credit facilities are recorded on an accrual basis. Unused commitment fees are included in interest and borrowing expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. Deferred financing costs include capitalized expenses related to the closing of the revolving credit facilities. Amortization of deferred financing costs is computed on the straight-line basis over the contractual term. The amortization of such costs is included in interest and borrowing expenses in the consolidated statements of operations, with any unamortized amounts included in deferred financing costs on the consolidated statements of assets and liabilities. Notes Payable Related Costs, Expenses and Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs The Notes (as defined in Note 4) are recorded at carrying value. Interest expense on notes payable is recorded on an accrual basis. Debt issuance costs relating to notes payable are amortized on a straight-line basis over the contractual term and included in interest and borrowing expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. The unamortized debt issuance costs are included as a direct reduction of the carrying value of the notes payable (i.e. a contra liability). Upon early termination or partial principal pay down of the Notes, the unamortized costs related to the Notes are accelerated into interest and borrowing expenses on the Fund’s consolidated statements of operations. Secured Borrowings The Fund may finance the purchase of certain investments through sale/buy-back agreements. In a sale/buy-back agreement, the Fund enters into a trade to sell an investment and contemporaneously enters into a trade to buy the same investment back on a specified date in the future with the same counterparty. The Fund uses sale/buy-back agreements as a short-term financing alternative to its existing revolving credit facilities. The Fund accounts for its sale/buy-back agreements as secured borrowings and continues to present the investment as an asset and the obligation to return the cash received as a liability within secured borrowings on the consolidated statements of assets and liabilities. Interest income earned on investments pledged under sale/buy-back agreements and financing charges associated with the sale/buy-back agreements are included within interest income and interest and borrowing expenses, respectively, on the consolidated statements of operations. Accrued interest receivable on investments and accrued financing charges on the sale/buy-back agreements are included within interest receivable and interest and borrowing expenses payable, respectively, on the consolidated statements of assets and liabilities. Income Taxes ASC 740, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”) provides guidance on the accounting for and disclosure of uncertainty in tax positions. ASC 740 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Based on its analysis of its tax position for all open tax years (the current and prior two years), the Fund has concluded that it does not have any uncertain tax positions that met the recognition or measurement criteria of ASC 740. Such open tax years remain subject to examination and adjustment by tax authorities. F-23