Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Borrowings

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Borrowings
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Borrowings Borrowings
In accordance with the 1940 Act, with certain limitations, the Company is allowed to borrow amounts such that its asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, is at least 150% after such borrowing. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company’s asset coverage was 223.2% and 247.4%, respectively.
SPV Financing Facilities
From time to time, wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company may enter into secured financing facilities (“SPV Financing Facilities”), as described below. The obligations of each special purpose vehicle (“SPV”) to the lenders are secured by a first priority security interest in all of the SPV’s portfolio investments and cash. The obligations of each SPV under the applicable SPV Financing Facility are non-recourse to the Company, and the Company’s exposure to the credit facility is limited to the value of its investment in the SPV, other than as described below with respect to the HLEND C Funding Facility.
In connection with the SPV Financing Facilities, the applicable SPV has made certain customary representations and warranties and is required to comply with various covenants, reporting requirements and other customary requirements for similar facilities. Each SPV Financing Facility contains customary events of default for similar financing transactions, including if a change of control of the applicable SPV occurs. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an event of default, the lender under the SPV Financing Facility may declare the outstanding advances and all other obligations under the SPV Financing Facility immediately due and payable. The occurrence of an event of default (as described above) triggers a requirement that the SPV obtains the consent of the lenders under the SPV Financing Facility prior to entering into any sale or disposition with respect to portfolio investments.

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company was in compliance with all covenants and other requirements of the Credit Facilities, the Unsecured Notes and the 2023 CLO Notes, as applicable.

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had four and two SPV Financing Facilities, respectively, as discussed below.
HLEND A Funding Facility
On February 3 2022, HLEND A, entered into a SPV Financing Facility with Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. (“HLEND A Funding Facility”). Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. serves as administrative agent and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association services as collateral agent. On December 23, 2022, HLEND A entered into an amendment to, among other things, increase the aggregate commitments under the HLEND A Funding Facility from $600 million to $800 million.

Loans under the HLEND A Funding Facility bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the benchmark in effect for the currency of the applicable advances, then in effect plus the applicable spread of 2.40% per annum.

As of December 31, 2023, the maximum principal amount under the HLEND A Funding Facility was $800 million, subject to availability under the borrowing base. Proceeds from borrowings under the HLEND A Funding Facility may be used to fund portfolio investments by HLEND A and to make advances under revolving loans or delayed draw term loans where HLEND A is a lender. The period during which HLEND A may make borrowings under the HLEND A Funding Facility expires two business days prior to February 3, 2025 and the HLEND A Funding Facility will mature and all amounts outstanding under credit facility must be repaid by February 3, 2027.
HLEND B Funding Facility

On July 19 2022, HLEND B, entered into a SPV Financing Facility with Bank of America, N.A. (“HLEND B Funding Facility”). Bank of America N.A. serves as administrative agent, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as collateral administrator, and U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral custodian. On September 16, 2022, HLEND B entered into an amendment to, among other things, increase the maximum principal amount under the HLEND B Funding Facility from $500 million to $1,000 million.

Loans under the HLEND B Funding Facility bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the benchmark in effect for the currency of the applicable advances, plus an applicable margin of 1.90% for Broadly Syndicated Loan (“BSL”) assets and 2.45% for non-BSL assets, subject to a blended floor of 2.30%.

As of December 31, 2023, the maximum principal amount under the HLEND B Funding Facility was $1,000 million, subject to availability under the borrowing base. Proceeds from borrowings under the HLEND B Funding Facility may be used to fund portfolio investments by HLEND B, to make advances under revolving loans or delayed draw term loans where HLEND B is a lender. The period during which HLEND B may make borrowings under the HLEND B Funding Facility expires on July 19, 2025 and the HLEND B Funding Facility will mature and all amounts outstanding under credit facility must be repaid by July 19, 2027.

HLEND C Funding Facility

On January 12, 2023, HLEND C, as borrower, and the Company, as equity holder, entered into a SPV Financing Facility with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as administrative agent and U.S. collateral agent (the “HLEND C Funding Facility”), Blackstone Asset Based Finance Advisors LP, as Blackstone Asset Based Finance Representative, and U.S. Bank National Association, as custodian. On June 22, 2023, HLEND C entered into an amendment to, among other things, increase the maximum principal amount under the HLEND C Funding Facility from $400 million to $750 million. The Company has agreed to provide a limited guaranty of a portion of amounts owed under the HLEND C Funding Facility in the event of certain bad acts, including fraud and certain other willful and intentional breaches of the facility documents.
Loans under the HLEND C Funding Facility bear interest at a per annum rate equal to Term SOFR plus the applicable margin of 2.95% per annum. On or after the anticipated repayment date of January 11, 2030, the applicable margin on any remaining outstanding advances will be increased by 2.00% per annum.

As of December 31, 2023, the maximum principal amount under the HLEND C Funding Facility was $750 million, subject to availability under the borrowing base. Proceeds from borrowings under the HLEND C Funding Facility may be used to fund portfolio investments by HLEND C. All amounts outstanding under the credit facility must be repaid by April 12, 2030.

HLEND D Funding Facility

On March 31 2023, HLEND D, as borrower, and the Company, as equity holder, entered into a SPV Financing Facility with BNP Paribas (“HLEND D Funding Facility”). BNP Paribas serves as administrative agent, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as collateral agent. On August 1, 2023, HLEND D entered into an amendment to, among other things, increase the maximum principal amount under the HLEND D Funding Facility from $250 million to $500 million.

Loans under the HLEND D Funding Facility bear interest at a per annum rate equal to (i)(a) with respect to Dollar Advances, Term SOFR, (b) with respect to GBP Advances, Adjusted Cumulative Compounded SONIA, (c) with respect to Euro Advances, EURIBOR, (d) with respect to CAD Advances, CDOR, and (e) with respect to AUD Advances, BBSW, plus (ii) the Applicable Margin of 2.90% per annum, plus (iii) in the case of any Advance denominated in an Available Currency (other than Dollars), the Foreign Currency Advance Margin of 0.15% per annum.

As of December 31, 2023, the maximum principal amount under the HLEND D Funding Facility was $500 million, subject to availability under the borrowing base. Proceeds from borrowings under the HLEND D Funding Facility may be used to fund portfolio investments by HLEND D. The period during which HLEND D may make borrowings under the HLEND D Funding Facility expires on March 31, 2026 and amounts outstanding under the credit facility must be repaid by March 31, 2028.

Revolving Credit Facility

On June 23, 2022, the Company, as Borrower, entered into a senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility,” together with HLEND A Funding Facility, HLEND B Funding Facility, HLEND C Funding Facility, and HLEND D Funding Facility the “Credit Facilities”) (which was most recently amended on October 30, 2023, and as further amended from time to time) pursuant to a Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement (the “Agreement”), with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and as collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”).
The Company may borrow amounts in U.S. dollars or certain other permitted currencies under the Revolving Credit Facility. Advances under the Revolving Credit Facility drawn in U.S. dollars will initially bear interest at a per annum rate equal to 0.75% or 0.875% plus an “alternate base rate” in the case of any ABR Loan and 1.75% or 1.875% plus the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate in the case of any other Loan, in each case, depending on the Company’s rate option election and borrowing base. Advances under the Revolving Credit Facility drawn in currencies other than U.S. dollars will initially bear interest at a per annum rate equal to 1.75% or 1.875%, in each case depending on the Company’s borrowing base, plus any applicable credit spread adjustment, plus certain local rates consistent with market standards. The Company also pays a fee of 0.375% on average daily undrawn amounts under the Revolving Credit Facility.
The maximum principal amount of the Revolving Credit Facility is $1,275 million (increased from $1,125 million to $1,275 million on July 12, 2023), subject to availability under the borrowing base, which is based on the Company’s portfolio investments and other outstanding indebtedness, with an accordion provision to permit increases to the total facility amount up to $1,912.5 million subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions.
The Revolving Credit Facility is guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of the Company, and will be guaranteed by certain domestic subsidiaries of the Company that are formed or acquired by the Company in the future (collectively, the “Guarantors”). Proceeds of the Revolving Credit Facility may be used for general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, repaying outstanding indebtedness, making distributions, contributions and investments, and acquisition and funding, and such other uses as permitted under the Agreement.
The Revolving Credit Facility is secured by a perfected first-priority interest in substantially all of the portfolio investments held by the Company and each Guarantor, subject to certain exceptions, and includes a $200 million limit for swingline loans.
The availability period under the Revolving Credit Facility will terminate on October 30, 2027 (the “Commitment Termination Date”) (other than with respect to the commitment of a lender in the amount of $100 million, which terminates on June 23, 2026), and the Revolving Credit Facility will mature on October 30, 2028 (the “Maturity Date”) (other than with respect to the commitment of a lender in
the amount of $100 million, which matures on June 23, 2027). During the period from the Commitment Termination Date to the Maturity Date, the Company will be obligated to make mandatory prepayments under the Revolving Credit Facility out of the proceeds of certain asset sales, other recovery events and equity and debt issuances.
Unsecured Notes

The Company issued unsecured notes, as further described below: November 2025 Notes, November 2027 Notes, March 2026 Notes, March 2028 Notes, September 2027 Notes and September 2028 Notes (each as defined below), which are collectively referred to herein as the “Unsecured Notes”.

Interest on the Unsecured Notes will be due semiannually. The interest rate is subject to increase (up to a maximum increase of 2.00% above the stated rate) in the event that, subject to certain exceptions, the Unsecured Notes cease to have an investment grade rating and the Company’s minimum secured debt ratio exceeds certain thresholds. In addition, the Company is obligated to offer to repay the Unsecured Notes at par if certain change in control events occur. The Unsecured Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company that rank pari passu with all outstanding and future unsecured, unsubordinated indebtedness issued by the Company.

November 2025 Notes

On November 14, 2022, the Company entered into a Master Note Purchase Agreement (the “2022 Note Purchase Agreement”) governing the issuance of $170 million in aggregate principal amount of its Series A Senior Notes, Tranche A (the “November 2025 Notes”) to institutional investors in a private placement. The November 2025 Notes have a fixed interest rate of 8.37% per annum and are due on November 14, 2025.

In connection with the November 2025 Notes, the Company entered into an interest rate swap to more closely align the interest rates of the Company’s liabilities with the Company’s investment portfolio, which consists of predominately floating rate loans. Under the interest rate swap agreement, the Company receives a fixed interest rate of 8.37% per annum and pays a floating interest rate of SOFR + 4.08% per annum on $85 million of the November 2025 Notes. The Company designated the interest rate swap as the hedging instrument in a qualifying hedge accounting relationship.

November 2027 Notes

On November 14, 2022, the Company entered into the 2022 Note Purchase Agreement governing the issuance of $155 million in aggregate principal amount of its Series A Senior Notes, Tranche B (the “November 2027 Notes”) to institutional investors in a private placement. The November 2027 Notes have a fixed interest rate of 8.43% per annum and are due on November 14, 2027.

In connection with the November 2027 Notes, the Company entered into an interest rate swap to more closely align the interest rates of the Company’s liabilities with the Company’s investment portfolio, which consists of predominately floating rate loans. Under the interest rate swap agreement, the Company receives a fixed interest rate of 8.43% per annum and pays a floating interest rate of SOFR + 4.42% per annum on $77.5 million of the November 2027 Notes. The Company designated the interest rate swap as the hedging instrument in a qualifying hedge accounting relationship.

March 2026 Notes

On March 15, 2023, the Company entered into a Master Note Purchase Agreement (the “2023 Note Purchase Agreement”) governing the issuance of $276 million in aggregate principal amount of its Series A Senior Notes, Tranche A (the “March 2026 Notes”) to institutional investors in a private placement. The March 2026 Notes have a fixed interest rate of 8.12% per annum and are due on March 15, 2026.

In connection with the March 2026 Notes, the Company entered into an interest rate swap to more closely align the interest rates of the Company’s liabilities with the Company’s investment portfolio, which consists of predominately floating rate loans. Under the interest rate swap agreement, the Company receives a fixed interest rate of 8.12% per annum and pays a floating interest rate of SOFR + 3.761% per annum on $276 million of the March 2026 Notes. The Company designated the interest rate swap as the hedging instrument in a qualifying hedge accounting relationship.
March 2028 Notes

On March 15, 2023, the Company entered into the 2023 Note Purchase Agreement governing the issuance of $124 million in aggregate principal amount of its Series A Senior Notes, Tranche B (the “March 2028 Notes”) to institutional investors in a private placement. The March 2028 Notes have a fixed interest rate of 8.17% per annum and are due on March 15, 2028.

In connection with the March 2028 Notes, the Company entered into an interest rate swap to more closely align the interest rates of the Company’s liabilities with the Company’s investment portfolio, which consists of predominately floating rate loans. Under the interest rate swap agreement, the Company receives a fixed interest rate of 8.18% per annum and pays a floating interest rate of SOFR + 4.241% per annum on $124 million of the March 2028 Notes. The Company designated the interest rate swap as the hedging instrument in a qualifying hedge accounting relationship.

September 2027 Notes

On September 14, 2023, the Company entered into a First Supplement to the 2023 Note Purchase Agreement, governing the issuance of $75 million in aggregate principal amount of its Series 2023-B Senior Notes, Tranche A (the “September 2027 Notes”) to institutional investors in a private placement. The September 2027 Notes have a fixed interest rate of 8.67% per annum and are due on September 14, 2027.

In connection with the September 2027 Notes, the Company entered into an interest rate swap to more closely align the interest rates of the Company’s liabilities with the Company’s investment portfolio, which consists of predominately floating rate loans. Under the interest rate swap agreement, the Company receives a fixed interest rate of 8.67% per annum and pays a floating interest rate of 3-month Term SOFR plus 4.3055% per annum on $75 million of the September 2027 Notes. The Company designated the interest rate swap as the hedging instrument in a qualifying hedge accounting relationship.

September 2028 Notes

On September 14, 2023, the Company entered into the First Supplement to the 2023 Note Purchase Agreement, governing the issuance of $250 million in aggregate principal amount of its Series 2023-B Senior Notes, Tranche B (the “September 2028 Notes”) to institutional investors in a private placement. The September 2028 Notes have a fixed interest rate of 8.80% per annum and are due on September 14, 2028.

In connection with the September 2028 Notes, the Company entered into an interest rate swap to more closely align the interest rates of the Company’s liabilities with the Company’s investment portfolio, which consists of predominately floating rate loans. Under the interest rate swap agreement, the Company receives a fixed interest rate of 8.80% per annum and pays a floating interest rate of 3-month Term SOFR plus 4.5365% per annum on $250 million of the September 2028 Notes. The Company designated the interest rate swap as the hedging instrument in a qualifying hedge accounting relationship.

Debt Securitizations

The Company has determined that the securitization vehicle noted below operates as an extension of the Company and therefore, will be consolidated by the Company.

2023 Debt Securitization

On October 5, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), the Company completed a $429.1 million term debt securitization (the “2023 Debt Securitization”), consisting of three tranches of secured notes (the “2023 CLO Secured Notes”) and subordinated notes (the “2023 CLO Subordinated Notes”). The 2023 CLO Secured Notes together with the 2023 CLO Subordinated Notes are collectively referred to as the “2023 CLO Notes.” Term debt securitizations are also known as collateralized loan obligations and are a form of secured financing incurred by a subsidiary of the Company, which is consolidated by the Company for financial reporting purposes and subject to its overall asset coverage requirement. The 2023 CLO Notes offered in the 2023 Debt Securitization were issued by HLEND CLO 2023-1, LLC (the “2023 Issuer”), an indirect, wholly-owned and consolidated subsidiary of the Company, and are backed by a diversified portfolio of middle-market commercial loans and participation interests therein. The 2023 CLO Notes are scheduled to mature on October 22, 2035; however, the 2023 CLO Notes may be redeemed by the 2023 Issuer, at the written direction of (i) a majority of the 2023 CLO Subordinated Notes with the consent of the Company or (ii) the Company, in each case, on any business day on or after October 22, 2025.
The following table presents information on the 2023 CLO Secured Notes and 2023 CLO Unsecured Notes issued in the 2023 Debt Securitization:
Description Type Principal Outstanding Interest Rate Credit Rating
Class A Notes Senior Secured Floating Rate $ 246,500 
SF + 2.60%
 AAA
Class B Notes Senior Secured Floating Rate 42,500 
SF + 3.35%
 AA
Class C Notes Secured Deferrable Floating Rate 34,000 
SF + 4.15%
 A
Total Secured Notes $ 323,000 
Subordinated Notes(1)
106,100  None Not rated
Total Notes $ 429,100 
(1)The Company retained all of the 2023 CLO Subordinated Notes issued in the 2023 Debt Securitization which are eliminated in consolidation.

On the Closing Date and in connection with the 2023 Debt Securitization, the 2023 Issuer and the Company entered into a note purchase agreement with BofA Securities, Inc., as the initial purchaser (the “Initial Purchaser”), pursuant to which the Initial Purchaser purchased the 2023 CLO Secured Notes issued pursuant to an indenture as part of the 2023 Debt Securitization. HLEND CLO 2023-1 Investments, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, retained all of the 2023 CLO Subordinated Notes issued in the 2023 Debt Securitization.

The 2023 CLO Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities or “blue sky” laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the SEC or an applicable exemption from registration.

The Company serves as collateral manager for the 2023 Issuer under a collateral management agreement and has agreed to irrevocably waive all collateral management fees payable to it so long as it is the collateral manager under the collateral management agreement.

Short-Term Borrowings

In order to finance certain investment transactions, the Company may, from time to time, enter into repurchase agreements, whereby the Company sells to a third party an investment that it holds and concurrently enters into an agreement to repurchase the same investment at an agreed-upon price at a future date, generally not to exceed 180-days from the date it was sold (each a “Short Term Financing Transaction”).

As of December 31, 2023, the Company had no borrowings under Short Term Financing Transactions with a third party.

In accordance with ASC 860, Transfers and Servicing, the Short Term Financing Transactions meet the criteria for secured borrowings. Accordingly, the investment financed by these agreements remains on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as an asset, and the Company records a liability to reflect its repurchase obligation to a third party which is reported as debt on the Company’s Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The repurchase obligation is secured by the respective investment that is the subject of the repurchase agreement. Interest expense associated with the repurchase obligation is reported on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations within interest expense.
The Company’s outstanding debt obligations were as follows:
December 31, 2023
Aggregate
Principal
Committed		 Outstanding
Principal		 Carrying
Value
Unused
Portion (1)
Amount
Available (2)
HLEND A Funding Facility(3)
$ 800,000  $ 615,838  $ 615,838  $ 184,162  $ 38,218 
HLEND B Funding Facility(4)
1,000,000  513,747  513,747  486,253  356,891 
HLEND C Funding Facility 750,000  487,500  487,500  262,500  12,576 
HLEND D Funding Facility 500,000  195,000  195,000  305,000  205,018 
Revolving Credit Facility(5)
1,275,000  1,025,294  1,025,294  249,706  249,706 
November 2025 Notes(6)
170,000  170,000  168,749  —  — 
November 2027 Notes(6)
155,000  155,000  154,366  —  — 
March 2026 Notes(7)
276,000  276,000  274,716  —  — 
March 2028 Notes(7)
124,000  124,000  123,588  —  — 
September 2027 Notes(8)
75,000  75,000  75,545  —  — 
September 2028 Notes(8)
250,000  250,000  252,814  —  — 
2023 CLO Secured Notes(9)
323,000  323,000  319,743  —  — 
Total $ 5,698,000  $ 4,210,379  $ 4,206,900  $ 1,487,621  $ 862,409 
(1)The unused portion is the amount upon which commitment fees, if any, are based.
(2)The amount available reflects any limitations related to each respective credit facility’s borrowing base.
(3)The Company may borrow amounts in USD or certain other permitted currencies. Debt outstanding denominated in currencies other than USD has been converted to USD using the applicable foreign currency exchange rate as of the applicable reporting date. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had outstanding borrowings denominated in Euros (EUR) of 7.5 million, in Australian Dollars (AUD) of 156.0 million, and in British Pounds (GBP) of 42.9 million.
(4)The Company may borrow amounts in USD or certain other permitted currencies. Debt outstanding denominated in currencies other than USD has been converted to USD using the applicable foreign currency exchange rate as of the applicable reporting date. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had outstanding borrowings denominated in Euros (EUR) of 3.4 million, in Australian Dollars (AUD) of 108.0 million, and in British Pounds (GBP) of 90.3 million.
(5)The Company may borrow amounts in USD or certain other permitted currencies. Debt outstanding denominated in currencies other than USD has been converted to USD using the applicable foreign currency exchange rate as of the applicable reporting date. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had outstanding borrowings denominated in Euros (EUR) of 312.1 million, in Australian Dollars (AUD) of 95.2 million, in Canadian Dollars (CAD) of 47.1 million and in British Pounds (GBP) of 64.2 million.
(6)The carrying value of the Company's November 2025 Notes and November 2027 Notes are presented net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $(1.2) million and $(1.4) million, respectively, as of December 31, 2023 and includes the change in the notes carrying value of $(0.0) million and $0.7 million, respectively, as a result of the qualifying fair value hedge relationship as described above.
(7)The carrying value of the Company's March 2026 Notes and March 2028 Notes are presented net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $(1.8) million and $(0.9) million, respectively, as of December 31, 2023 and includes the change in the notes carrying value of $0.6 million and $0.5 million, respectively, as a result of the qualifying fair value hedge relationship as described above.
(8)The carrying value of the Company's September 2027 Notes and September 2028 Notes are presented net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $(0.7) million and $(2.5) million, respectively, as of December 31, 2023 and includes the change in the notes carrying value of $1.3 million and $5.3 million, respectively, as a result of the qualifying fair value hedge relationship as described above.
(9)The carrying value of the Company's 2023 CLO Secured Notes are presented net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $(3.3) million as of December 31, 2023.
December 31, 2022
Aggregate
Principal
Committed		 Outstanding
Principal		 Carrying
Value
Unused
Portion (1)
Amount
Available (2)
HLEND A Funding Facility(3)
$ 800,000  $ 453,663  $ 453,663  $ 346,337  $ 138,870 
HLEND B Funding Facility(4)
1,000,000  482,084  482,084  517,916  104,760 
Revolving Credit Facility(5)
1,125,000  704,819  704,819  420,181  420,181 
November 2025 Notes(6)
170,000  170,000  168,462  —  — 
November 2027 Notes(6)
155,000  155,000  153,958  —  — 
Short-Term Borrowings 379,081  379,081  379,081  —  — 
Total $ 3,629,081  $ 2,344,647  $ 2,342,067  $ 1,284,434  $ 663,811 
(1)The unused portion is the amount upon which commitment fees, if any, are based.
(2)The amount available reflects any limitations related to each respective credit facility’s borrowing base.
(3)The Company may borrow amounts in USD or certain other permitted currencies. Debt outstanding denominated in currencies other than USD has been converted to USD using the applicable foreign currency exchange rate as of the applicable reporting date. As of December 31, 2022, the Company had outstanding borrowings denominated in Euros (EUR) of 8.3 million, in Australian Dollars (AUD) of 34.9 million, and in British Pounds (GBP) of 14.3 million.
(4)The Company may borrow amounts in USD or certain other permitted currencies. Debt outstanding denominated in currencies other than USD has been converted to USD using the applicable foreign currency exchange rate as of the applicable reporting date. As of December 31, 2022, the Company had outstanding borrowings denominated in Euros (EUR) of 3.4 million, in Australian Dollars (AUD) of 39.0 million, and in British Pounds (GBP) of 36.3 million.
(5)The Company may borrow amounts in USD or certain other permitted currencies. Debt outstanding denominated in currencies other than USD has been converted to USD using the applicable foreign currency exchange rate as of the applicable reporting date. As of December 31, 2022, the Company had outstanding borrowings denominated in Euros (EUR) of 111.2 million, in Australian Dollars (AUD) of 285.3 million, in Canadian Dollars (CAD) of 47.1 million and in British Pounds (GBP) of 59.5 million.
(6)The carrying value of the Company's November 2025 Notes and November 2027 Notes are presented net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $1.9 million and $1.7 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2022 and includes the change in the notes carrying value of $0.3 million and $0.7 million, respectively, as a result of the qualifying fair value hedge relationship as described above.

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, $57.3 million and $16.6 million, respectively, of interest expense and $1.5 million and $0.8 million, respectively, of unused commitment fees were included in interest payable. For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the weighted average interest rate on all borrowings outstanding was 8.24% and 5.96% (including unused fees and amortization of deferred financing and debt issuance costs), respectively, and the average principal debt outstanding was $3,131.0 million and $912.4 million, respectively.
The components of interest expense were as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
2023 2022
Borrowing interest expense $ 235,933  $ 44,368 
Facility unused fees 6,608  2,637 
Amortization of financing and debt issuance costs 8,360  2,496 
Financing fees (refer to Footnote 8) —  3,366 
Backstop fees (refer to Footnote 8) —  1,059 
Gain (loss) from interest rate swaps accounted for as hedges and the related hedged items:
Interest rate swaps 7,362  991 
Hedged items (416) (953)
Total interest expense $ 257,847  $ 53,964 
Cash paid for interest expense $ 208,141  $ 36,524