ThZeal - The Zeal

Delaware

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As of October 1, 2024, North Haven Private Income Fund A LLC ("we", the "Company" or the "Fund"), sold approximately 715,250 of the Company’s Class I units (the “Units”) for an aggregate offering price of approximately $14.5 million, reflecting a purchase price of $20.31 per unit (with the final number of Units being determined on October 25, 2024).

The sale of Units was made pursuant to subscription agreements entered into by the Company and its unitholders. The issuance of the Units is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof and Regulation D thereunder. The Company relied, in part, upon representations from the unitholders in the subscription agreements that each unitholder was an accredited investor as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act.

On October 25, 2024, the Fund declared a distribution to unitholders of record in the amount of $0.1608 per unit, representing an annualized distribution yield of approximately 9.5%.

Annualized distribution yield is calculated by dividing the declared distribution by the prior month's net asset value and annualizing over 12 monthly periods.

As of September 30, 2024, the Company had investments in 112 portfolio companies across 31 industries with an aggregate par value of approximately $275.5 million, which consisted of approximately 99.7% first lien debt investments, based on par value or, in the case of equity investments, cost. As of September 30, 2024, 99.7% of the debt investments, based on par value, in the Company's portfolio were at floating rates. As of September 30, 2024, approximately 93.1% of the Company’s total investment commitments were in private senior secured loans and equity investments and approximately 6.9% were in broadly syndicated loans, which the Company primarily uses for cash management purposes.

During the period from September 1, 2024 through September 30, 2024, the Company had new investment commitments of approximately $22.7 million, approximately 100.0% of which were private senior secured loans and approximately —% were in broadly syndicated loans.

The table below describes investments by industry composition based on par value or, in the case of equity investments, cost as of September 30, 2024:


Industry	Par or Cost ($ in millions)		% of Total
Software	$	51.8	18.8	%
Commercial Services & Supplies	37.1		13.5
Insurance Services	25.2		9.1
Diversified Consumer Services	20.3		7.4
Professional Services	14.3		5.2
Health Care Providers & Services	12.3		4.5
IT Services	11.9		4.3
Automobiles	10.4		3.8
Financial Services	7.8		2.8
Biotechnology	7.6		2.8
Other	76.8		27.8
Total	$	275.5	100.0	%

The table below shows the Company's ten largest portfolio company investments based on par value or, in the case of equity investments, cost as of September 30, 2024:


Issuer	Par or Cost ($ in millions)		% of Total
Essential Services Holding Corporation	$	10.0	3.6	%
Everbridge Holdings, LLC	8.0		2.9
HSI Halo Acquisition, Inc	7.6		2.8
GraphPad Software, LLC	7.6		2.8
Diligent Corporation	7.0		2.5
Model N, Inc.	7.0		2.5
Project Potter Buyer, LLC	6.9		2.5
MRI Software, LLC	6.0		2.2
Ascend Partner Services LLC	6.0		2.2
AuditBoard, Inc.	6.0		2.2
Other	203.4		73.8
Total	$	275.5	100.0	%

We believe that the current market environment continues to create attractive investing opportunities. While the ultimate impact on consumers and businesses resulting from the ongoing macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty remains difficult to predict, we believe that the Fund is well positioned to manage the current market because of its defensive investment strategy, described in greater detail below.

During the third quarter, public markets continued to register positive gains, with the S&P 500 having rallied by 20.8% over the first nine months of the year. The Federal Reserve’s bold 50bps rate cut in September spurred market optimism, following more than a year of base rates in excess of 5%. However, recent economic data has shifted the market’s expectations for forward interest rates higher.

Sponsored middle market loan activity remained relatively resilient in the third quarter, resulting in part from robust demand for incremental or add-on financings. While financing volumes for new middle market leveraged buyouts remained subdued, we remain optimistic that activity may accelerate following the U.S. Presidential election and with more visibility on the trajectory for interest rates.

Within the Fund’s core investment strategy of originating private, sponsor-backed first lien senior secured middle market loans, we believe the market continues to present high quality opportunities. While spreads for new loans have compressed over the first nine months of the year, that compression has stabilized and absolute yields remain elevated due to high reference rates. Loan terms have generally remain attractive as we have continued to witness generally conservative leverage profiles and lender-friendly documentation within the sponsored middle market loan market.

Defensive Investment Strategy: We believe that the Fund’s investment approach, focused on long-term credit performance, risk mitigation and preservation of capital, positions the Fund well to navigate the uncertain market environment. Our strategy focuses primarily on making senior secured credit investments in businesses with leading market positions that enjoy high barriers to entry, generate stable free cash flows and are led by a proven management team with strong private equity sponsor backing. We believe that the Fund has a defensive portfolio of investments, characterized by limited cyclical1 issuer and industry concentrations.

Higher Interest Rates: We believe that the Company is well positioned in the current elevated interest rate environment. The Company invests primarily in floating rate debt investments, which bear higher yields when base rates are higher.

Limited Syndicated Loan Exposure: Approximately 6.9% of the Fund’s investment commitments were in broadly syndicated loans as of September 30, 2024.

1 Cyclical industries defined as restaurants, retail, energy, and other businesses that we believe may be subject to business cycle volatility.

As of September 30, 2024, the Company's aggregate net asset value is estimated to be approximately $142.1 million. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had $74.4 million of debt outstanding (at principal). Final results may differ materially from the estimated net asset value as a result of the completion of the Company’s financial closing procedures, as well as any subsequent events, including the discovery of information affecting fair values of portfolio investments as of September 30, 2024, arising between the date hereof and the completion of the financial statements and the filing of the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2024.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


1585 Broadway New York, NY						10036
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Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
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