Sure. I think it might be worth just to -- just go through the math a little bit, if you don't mind, just we'll go through it just to make sure everyone's square because there's a couple of moving pieces. And Jonathan, if I get any of this wrong, correct me, we reported $0.32, about [ $0.015 ] of that is the PLI dividend. So I would kind of back that out from core earnings because that as we're acknowledging is a one-timer Jonathan talked about in the script, just based on elections already made to date, that adds about $0.02, and we will get additional benefit from rates as borrowers continue to take, make new elections in the third quarter.
So directionally, we're not sure exactly what that will add, but for the purpose of this intellectual discussion, say that at least $0.01, so that gets you to about $0.34. And it could be higher, it could be lower. I'm just giving you the building blocks to think about it. And then we would expect to get additional benefit in the fourth quarter where if rates stay where they are now and you get the full benefit in the fourth quarter, then there'll be some additional benefit and Jonathan [ gave it a ] 100 basis points and $0.04 so if you can kind of work up your own number from there.
We're -- and that's all assuming modest repayments, which we're -- I had expected them to pick up by now, but they haven't. So we're not baking in an increase in repayments anymore because it's just we're not sure when it's going to happen. And so that's, I think, a good framework to think about it. We will have conversations with the Board. We have conversations every quarter. And we -- if we get comfortable as they're suggesting that the rate environment is going to stay where it is, Credit remains strong. The outlook we're significantly over-earning our dividend. We'll have the conversations with the Board and consider options. I think that, obviously, everything is on the table could just look to increase the base dividend or we could go to some more special dividends based on increases. Is this going to be so situation specific at the time, so it's hard to really totally speculate.
Right now, everyone appropriately is sort of envisioning this rate environment and this rate environment staying here for the foreseeable future. And it's quite possible by the end of the year, there's a different view on the rate environment. So I can promise that the Board is very engaged and we want to continue to deliver great returns for shareholders. And if we're comfortable that the earnings continue to be good, we would look seriously about ways to share that with the shareholders. So I don't know if that answers your question, but that's about it.