CION Investment Corp

a. All of the Company’s investments are issued by eligible U.S. portfolio companies, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the 1940 Act, except for investments specifically identified as non-qualifying per note h. below. Unless specifically identified in note t. below, investments do not contain a paid-in-kind, or PIK, interest provision.

b. The actual Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or SOFR, rate for each loan listed may not be the applicable SOFR rate as of December 31, 2024, as the loan may have been priced or repriced based on a SOFR rate prior to or subsequent to December 31, 2024. The actual London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, rate for each loan listed may not be the applicable LIBOR rate as of December 31, 2024, as the loan may have been priced or repriced based on a LIBOR rate prior to or subsequent to December 31, 2024.

c. Fair value determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors (see Note 9), including via delegation to CIM as the Company’s valuation designee (see Note 2), using significant unobservable inputs unless otherwise noted.

d. Represents amortized cost for debt securities and cost for equity investments.

e. Denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

f. Fair value determined using level 1 inputs.

g. The CLO subordinated notes are considered equity positions in the CLO vehicles and are not rated. Equity investments are entitled to recurring distributions, which are generally equal to the remaining cash flow of the payments made by the underlying vehicle's securities less contractual payments to debt holders and expenses. The estimated yield indicated is based upon a current projection of the amount and timing of these recurring distributions and the estimated amount of repayment of principal upon termination. Such projections are periodically reviewed and adjusted, and the estimated yield may not ultimately be realized.

h. The investment or a portion thereof is not a qualifying asset under the 1940 Act. A business development company may not acquire any asset other than qualifying assets, unless, at the time the acquisition is made, qualifying assets represent at least 70% of the company’s total assets as defined under Section 55 of the 1940 Act. As of December 31, 2024,95.9% of the Company’s total assets represented qualifying assets.

i. Due to an annual cap in interest in the loan agreement, the applicable rate on this loan as of December 31, 2024 was 3.88%.

j. In addition to the interest earned based on the stated interest rate of this loan, which is the amount reflected in this schedule, the Company may be entitled to receive additional residual amounts.

k. Short term investments represent an investment in a fund that invests in highly liquid investments with average original maturity dates of three months or less.

l.7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2024.

m. Investment or a portion thereof held within the Company’s wholly-owned consolidated subsidiary, 34th Street Funding, LLC, or 34th Street, and was pledged as collateral supporting the amounts outstanding under the credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, or JPM, as of December 31, 2024 (see Note 8).

n. Investment or a portion thereof held within the Company’s wholly-owned consolidated subsidiary, Murray Hill Funding II, LLC, or Murray Hill Funding II, and was pledged as collateral supporting the amounts outstanding under the repurchase agreement with UBS AG, or UBS, as of December 31, 2024 (see Note 8).

o. Investment is held through CIC Holdco, LLC, a wholly-owned taxable subsidiary of the Company.

p. Non-income producing security.

q. Investment or a portion thereof was on non-accrual status as of December 31, 2024.

r. Investment determined to be an affiliated investment as defined in the 1940 Act as the Company owns between 5% and 25% of the portfolio company’s outstanding voting securities but does not control the portfolio company. Fair value as of December 31, 2023 and 2024, along with transactions during the year ended December 31, 2024 in these affiliated investments, were as follows:

(1)Gross additions include increases in the cost basis of investments resulting from new portfolio investments, PIK interest, the amortization of unearned income, the exchange of one or more existing securities for one or more new securities and the movement of an existing portfolio company into this category from a different category.

(2)Gross reductions include decreases in the cost basis of investments resulting from principal collections related to investment repayments or sales, the exchange of one or more existing securities for one or more new securities and the movement of an existing portfolio company out of this category into a different category.

s. Investment determined to be a controlled investment as defined in the 1940 Act as the Company is deemed to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of the portfolio company due to beneficially owning, either directly or through one or more controlled companies, more than 25% of the outstanding voting securities of such portfolio company. Fair value as of December 31, 2023 and 2024, along with transactions during the year ended December 31, 2024 in these controlled investments, were as follows:

(1)Gross additions include increases in the cost basis of investments resulting from new portfolio investments, PIK interest, the amortization of unearned income, the exchange of one or more existing securities for one or more new securities and the movement of an existing portfolio company into this category from a different category.

(2)Gross reductions include decreases in the cost basis of investments resulting from principal collections related to investment repayments or sales, the exchange of one or more existing securities for one or more new securities and the movement of an existing portfolio company out of this category into a different category.

t. As of December 31, 2024, the following investments contain a PIK interest provision whereby the issuer has either the option or the obligation to make interest payments with the issuance of additional securities. For certain investments, the borrower may toggle between cash and PIK interest payments.

u. The interest rate on these loans is subject to 1 month LIBOR, which as of December 31, 2024 was 4.45%.

v. The interest rate on these loans is subject to 3 month LIBOR, which as of December 31, 2024 was 4.57%.

w. The interest rate on these loans is subject to 1 month SOFR, which as of December 31, 2024 was 4.33%.

x. The interest rate on these loans is subject to 3 month SOFR, which as of December 31, 2024 was 4.31%.

y. The interest rate on these loans is subject to 6 month SOFR, which as of December 31, 2024 was 4.25%.

z. While the maturity date of this loan has passed, the Company expects all interest and principal to be collected.

a. All of the Company’s investments are issued by eligible U.S. portfolio companies, as defined in the 1940 Act, except for investments specifically identified as non-qualifying per note h. below. Unless specifically identified in note s. below, investments do not contain a PIK interest provision.

b. The actual SOFR rate for each loan listed may not be the applicable SOFR rate as of December 31, 2023, as the loan may have been priced or repriced based on a SOFR rate prior to or subsequent to December 31, 2023. The actual LIBOR rate for each loan listed may not be the applicable LIBOR rate as of December 31, 2023, as the loan may have been priced or repriced based on a LIBOR rate prior to or subsequent to December 31, 2023.

c. Fair value determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors (see Note 9), including via delegation to CIM as the Company’s valuation designee (see Note 2), using significant unobservable inputs unless otherwise noted.

d. Represents amortized cost for debt securities and cost for equity investments.

e. Denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

f. Fair value determined using level 1 inputs.

g. The CLO subordinated notes are considered equity positions in the CLO vehicles and are not rated. Equity investments are entitled to recurring distributions, which are generally equal to the remaining cash flow of the payments made by the underlying vehicle's securities less contractual payments to debt holders and expenses. The estimated yield indicated is based upon a current projection of the amount and timing of these recurring distributions and the estimated amount of repayment of principal upon termination. Such projections are periodically reviewed and adjusted, and the estimated yield may not ultimately be realized.

h. The investment or a portion thereof is not a qualifying asset under the 1940 Act. A business development company may not acquire any asset other than qualifying assets, unless, at the time the acquisition is made, qualifying assets represent at least 70% of the company’s total assets as defined under Section 55 of the 1940 Act. As of December 31, 2023,94.6% of the Company’s total assets represented qualifying assets.

i. The Company has entered into a proceeds agreement with Macquarie Capital Funding LLC, or Macquarie, in which any proceeds received by Macquarie from an underlying first lien term loan were passed onto the Company. The underlying first lien term loan was subsequently exchanged for common shares of the underlying portfolio company. Macquarie's obligations under the proceeds agreement are not secured by any collateral. The industry and other investment characteristics reflect the terms of the underlying equity security.

j. In addition to the interest earned based on the stated interest rate of this loan, which is the amount reflected in this schedule, the Company may be entitled to receive additional residual amounts.

k. Short term investments represent an investment in a fund that invests in highly liquid investments with average original maturity dates of three months or less.

l.7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2023.

m. Investment or a portion thereof held within the Company’s wholly-owned consolidated subsidiary, 34th Street, and was pledged as collateral supporting the amounts outstanding under the credit facility with JPM as of December 31, 2023 (see Note 8).

n. Investment or a portion thereof held within the Company’s wholly-owned consolidated subsidiary, Murray Hill Funding II, and was pledged as collateral supporting the amounts outstanding under the repurchase agreement with UBS as of December 31, 2023 (see Note 8).

o. Non-income producing security.

p. Investment or a portion thereof was on non-accrual status as of December 31, 2023.

q. Investment determined to be an affiliated investment as defined in the 1940 Act as the Company owns between 5% and 25% of the portfolio company’s outstanding voting securities but does not control the portfolio company. Fair value as of December 31, 2022 and 2023, along with transactions during the year ended December 31, 2023 in these affiliated investments, were as follows:

(1)Gross additions include increases in the cost basis of investments resulting from new portfolio investments, PIK interest, the amortization of unearned income, the exchange of one or more existing securities for one or more new securities and the movement of an existing portfolio company into this category from a different category.

(2)Gross reductions include decreases in the cost basis of investments resulting from principal collections related to investment repayments or sales, the exchange of one or more existing securities for one or more new securities and the movement of an existing portfolio company out of this category into a different category.

r. Investment determined to be a controlled investment as defined in the 1940 Act as the Company is deemed to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of the portfolio company due to beneficially owning, either directly or through one or more controlled companies, more than 25% of the outstanding voting securities of such portfolio company. Fair value as of December 31, 2022 and 2023, along with transactions during the year ended December 31, 2023 in these controlled investments, were as follows:

(1)Gross additions include increases in the cost basis of investments resulting from new portfolio investments, PIK interest, the amortization of unearned income, the exchange of one or more existing securities for one or more new securities and the movement of an existing portfolio company into this category from a different category.

(2)Gross reductions include decreases in the cost basis of investments resulting from principal collections related to investment repayments or sales, the exchange of one or more existing securities for one or more new securities and the movement of an existing portfolio company out of this category into a different category.

s. As of December 31, 2023, the below investments contain a PIK interest provision whereby the issuer has either the option or the obligation to make interest payments with the issuance of additional securities. For certain investments, the borrower may toggle between cash and PIK interest payments.

t. The interest rate on these loans is subject to 1 month LIBOR, which as of December 31, 2023 was 5.47%.

u. The interest rate on these loans is subject to 3 month LIBOR, which as of December 31, 2023 was 5.59%.

v. The interest rate on these loans is subject to 1 month SOFR, which as of December 31, 2023 was 5.35%.

w. The interest rate on these loans is subject to 3 month SOFR, which as of December 31, 2023 was 5.33%.

x. The interest rate on these loans is subject to 6 month SOFR, which as of December 31, 2023 was 5.16%.

y. While the maturity date of this loan has passed, the Company expects all interest and principal to be collected.