---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-25-008668"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WHF"
cik: "0001552198"
company_name: "WhiteHorse Finance, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T06:26:43.503594+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WhiteHorse Finance closes $298.15M CLO securitization backed by middle-market loans

## Summary
- Total $298.15M includes $164M Class A (SOFR+1.70%), $30M Class B (SOFR+2.15%), $24M Class C (SOFR+2.80%), $70.15M subordinated notes.
- Also includes $10M convertible Class A-L loan (SOFR+1.70%) with maturity May 25, 2037.
- Proceeds used to purchase additional middle-market loans under H.I.G. Capital management through May 2029.
- Notes not registered under Securities Act; will not be offered publicly in U.S.
- Transaction structured via consolidated subsidiary WhiteHorse Finance CLO I, LLC; BNY Mellon as trustee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-25-008668
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WHF
- cik: 0001552198
- company_name: WhiteHorse Finance, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1552198/000155837025008668/0001558370-25-008668-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1552198/000155837025008668/whf-20250610x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  WhiteHorse Finance, Inc. incurred loan of $298.15 million with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association at three-month SOFR plus 1.70% to 2.80% maturing May 25, 2037.
  - Instrument: loan
  - Principal: $298.15 million
  - Counterparty: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association
  - Rate: three-month SOFR plus 1.70% to 2.80%
  - Maturity: May 25, 2037
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On June 10, 2025, (the “Closing Date”), WhiteHorse Finance, Inc. (the “Company”) completed a $298.15 million term debt securitization transaction (the “CLO Transaction”), also known as a collateralized loan obligation transaction, which is a form of secured financing incurred by the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1552198/000155837025008668/0001558370-25-008668-index.htm

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