As filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission on June 2, 2020
1933 Act File No. 333-237586
1940 Act File No. 811-22974
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-2
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Pre-Effective Amendment No.
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Amendment No. 40
EAGLE POINT CREDIT COMPANY INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as
specified in charter)
600 Steamboat Road, Suite 202
Greenwich, CT 06830
(Address of Principal Executive
Offices)
(203) 340-8500
(Registrant’s telephone number,
including Area Code)
Thomas P. Majewski
600 Steamboat Road, Suite 202
Greenwich, CT 06830
(Name and address of agent for service)
Copies of Communications
to:
Thomas J. Friedmann
Philip T. Hinkle
Dechert LLP
One International Place, 40th Floor
100 Oliver Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(617) 728-7120
Approximate
date of proposed public offering: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If
any securities being registered on this form will be offered on a delayed or continuous basis in reliance on Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan, check the following box.
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It
is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
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when
declared effective pursuant to section 8(c).
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If
appropriate, check the following box:
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This
post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed registration statement.
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This
form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act and the Securities
Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is .
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-237586 and 811-22974) (the “Registration Statement”)
of Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. (the “Registrant”) is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), solely for the purpose of adding exhibits to the Registration Statement.
Accordingly, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 consists only of a facing page, this explanatory note and Part C of the Registration
Statement. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 does not modify any other part of the Registration Statement and pursuant to Rule
462(d) under the Securities Act, shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
contents of the Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference.
PART C — OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 25. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
1. Financial Statements:
The following financial statements of Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. (the “Registrant”) are included in Part A of the Registration Statement:
2. Exhibits:
(c)
Not applicable
(f)
Not applicable
(i)
Not applicable
(m)
Not applicable
(o)
Not applicable
(p)
Not applicable
(q)
Not applicable
(s)(3)
(1)
Previously filed on June 6, 2014 with the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-196590 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(2)
Previously filed on July 7, 2014 with Pre-effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-196590 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(3)
Previously filed on September 30, 2014 with Pre-effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-196590 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(4)
Previously filed on May 12, 2015 with Pre-effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-202914 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(5)
Previously filed on August 11, 2015 with Pre-effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-205540 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(6)
Previously filed on November 5, 2015 with Pre-effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-205540 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(7)
Previously filed on November 23, 2015 with Pre-effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-205540 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(8)
Previously filed on December 4, 2015 with Post-effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-205540 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(9)
Previously filed on February 29, 2016 with the Registrant’s Semi-Annual Report on Form N-SAR (File No. 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(10)
Previously filed on August 10, 2016 with Post-effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-205540 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(11)
Previously filed on October 11, 2016 with the Registrant’s Form 8-A (File Nos. 001-36679) and incorporated by reference herein.
(12)
Previously filed on December 15, 2016 with Post-effective Amendment No. 10 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-205540 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(13)
Previously filed on June 8, 2017 with the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-218611 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(14)
Previously filed on June 30, 2017 with Post-effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-218611 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(15)
Previously filed on July 13, 2017 with Post-effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-218611 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(16)
Previously filed on July 31, 2017 as a 305B2 filing (File No. 333-218611) and incorporated by reference herein.
(17)
Previously filed on August 8, 2017 with Post-effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-218611 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(18)
Previously filed on January 22, 2018 with Post-effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-218611 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(19)
Previously filed on April 24, 2018 with Post-effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-218611 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(20)
Previously filed on November 25, 2019 with Post-effective Amendment No. 9 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-218611 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(21)
Previously filed on April 6, 2020 with the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-237586 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
(22)
Previously filed on May 29, 2020 with Pre-effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-237586 and 811-22974) and incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM 26. MARKETING ARRANGEMENTS
The information contained under the heading “Plan of Distribution” in the prospectus that forms a part of this Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 27. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
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SEC registration fee
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$
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84,370
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FINRA filing fee
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$
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98,000
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NYSE listing fee
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$
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181,967
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Rating agency fees
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$
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60,000
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Printing and postage
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$
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61,500
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Legal fees and expenses
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$
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498,000
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Accounting fees and expenses
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$
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543,000
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Miscellaneous
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$
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73,163
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Total
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1,600,000
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Note: Except for the SEC registration fee, the FINRA filing fee and the rating agency fee, all listed amounts are estimates.
ITEM 28. PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL
Eagle Point Credit Company Sub (Cayman) Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant and was included in the Registrant’s consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2019.
Eagle Point Credit Company Sub II (Cayman) Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant and was included in the Registrant’s consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2019.
ITEM 29. NUMBER OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
The following table sets forth the number of record holders of each class of the Registrant’s securities as of May 27, 2020:
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Title of Class
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Record Holders
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Common stock, par value $0.001 per share
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13
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Series B Term Preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share
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1
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Unsecured debt
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1
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ITEM 30. INDEMNIFICATION
Directors and Officers
As permitted by Section 102 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), the Registrant has adopted provisions in its certificate of incorporation, as amended, that limit or eliminate the personal liability of its directors for a breach of their fiduciary duty of care as a director. The duty of care generally requires that, when acting on behalf of the corporation, directors exercise an informed business judgment based on all material information reasonably available to them. Consequently, a director will not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages or breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for: any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders; any act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; any act related to unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions or payment of dividends; or any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. These limitations of liability do not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission.
The Registrant’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that all directors, officers, employees and agents of the Registrant shall be entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, subject to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Under Section 145 of the DGCL, the Registrant is permitted to offer indemnification to its directors, officers, employees and agents.
Section 145(a) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), because the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other enterprise. Such indemnity may be against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and if, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the person did not have reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor because the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other enterprise, against any expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 145(g) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other enterprise, against any liability asserted against the person in any such capacity, or arising out of the person’s status as such, regardless of whether the corporation would have the power to indemnify the person against such liability under the provisions of the law. We have obtained liability insurance for the benefit of our directors and officers.
Adviser and Administrator
The Investment Advisory Agreement provides that, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of the reckless disregard of its duties and obligations, Eagle Point Credit Management LLC (the “Adviser”) and its officers, managers, agents, employees, controlling persons, members and any other person or entity affiliated with it are entitled to indemnification from the Registrant for any damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and amounts reasonably paid in settlement) arising from the rendering of the Adviser’s services under the Investment Advisory Agreement or otherwise as an investment adviser of the Registrant.
The Administration Agreement provides that, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of the reckless disregard of its duties and obligations, Eagle Point Administration LLC (the “Administrator”) and its officers, managers, agents, employees, controlling persons, members and any other person or entity affiliated with it are entitled to indemnification from the Registrant for any damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and amounts reasonably paid in settlement) arising from the rendering of the Administrator’s services under the Administration Agreement or otherwise as administrator for the Registrant.
Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Each Underwriting Agreement provides that the underwriter agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each of the Registrant, the Adviser and the Administrator, and each of their respective partners, directors, trustees, managers, members and shareholders (as the case may be), and each officer of the Registrant who signs the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Registrant, the Adviser and/or the Administrator within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), from and against any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly or severally, the Registrant or any such person may incur under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the 1940 Act, the common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in and in conformity with information concerning such sales agent furnished in writing by such sales agent to the Registrant expressly for use in this Registration Statement (or in the Registration Statement as amended by any post-effective amendment hereof by the Registrant) or in the prospectus (or any supplement thereto) contained in this Registration Statement, or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in connection with such information required to be stated in this Registration Statement or such prospectus (or supplement thereto) or necessary to make such information not misleading.
Each Securities Purchase Agreement provides that each investor agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each of the Registrant and its affiliates, directors, officers and employees from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses based on, arising out of or otherwise in respect of any material inaccuracy in, or material breach of, the representations and warranties of such investor in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
Each At Market Issuance Sales Agreement provides that the placement agent agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each of the Registrant, the Adviser and the Administrator, and each of their respective partners, directors, trustees, managers, members and shareholders (as the case may be), and each officer of the Registrant who signs the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Registrant, the Adviser and/or the Administrator within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly or severally, the Registrant or any such person may incur under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the 1940 Act, the common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in and in conformity with information concerning such sales agent furnished in writing by such sales agent to the Registrant expressly for use in this Registration Statement (or in the Registration Statement as amended by any post-effective amendment hereof by the Registrant) or in the prospectus (or any supplement thereto) contained in this Registration Statement, or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in connection with such information required to be stated in this Registration Statement or such prospectus (or supplement thereto) or necessary to make such information not misleading.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its officers and directors. The indemnification agreements are intended to provide the Registrant’s officers and directors the maximum indemnification permitted under Delaware law and the 1940 Act. Each indemnification agreement provides that the Registrant shall indemnify the director who is a party to the agreement (an “Indemnitee”),
including the advancement of legal expenses, if, by reason of his or her corporate status, the Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be, made a party to or a witness in any threatened, pending, or completed proceeding, other than a proceeding by or in the right of the Registrant.
ITEM 31. BUSINESS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS OF INVESTMENT ADVISER
A description of any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature in which the Adviser, and each managing director, director or executive officer of the Adviser, is or has been during the past two fiscal years, engaged in for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee, is set forth in Part A of this Registration Statement in the sections entitled “Management” and “The Adviser and the Administrator.” Additional information regarding the Adviser and its officers and directors is set forth in its Form ADV, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC File No. 801-77721), under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 32. LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS
All accounts, books, and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the 1940 Act, and the rules thereunder are maintained at the offices of:
(1)
the Registrant, Eagle Point Credit Company Inc., 600 Steamboat Road, Suite 202, Greenwich, CT 06830;
(2)
the Transfer Agent and Trustee, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219;
(3)
the Custodian, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, 9062 Old Annapolis Rd, Columbia, MD 21045; and
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the Adviser, Eagle Point Credit Management LLC, 600 Steamboat Road, Suite 202, Greenwich, CT 06830.
ITEM 33. MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Not applicable.
ITEM 34. UNDERTAKINGS
(1)
The Registrant undertakes to suspend the offering of shares until the prospectus is amended if (1) subsequent to the effective date of its registration statement, the net asset value declines more than ten percent from its net asset value as of the effective date of the registration statement or (2) the net asset value increases to an amount greater than its net proceeds as stated in the prospectus; provided, however, that this paragraph will not apply on or after August 1, 2020.
(2)
Not applicable.
(3)
In the event that the securities being registered are to be offered to existing shareholders pursuant to rights, and any securities not taken by shareholders are to be reoffered to the public, the Registrant undertakes to supplement the prospectus, after the expiration of the subscription period, to set forth the results of the subscription offer, the transactions by underwriters during the subscription period, the amount of unsubscribed securities to be purchased by underwriters, and the terms of any subsequent reoffering thereof; and further, if any public offering by the underwriters of the securities being registered is to be made on terms differing from those set forth on the cover page of the prospectus, to file a post-effective amendment to set forth the terms of such offering.
(4)
The Registrant undertakes:
(a)
to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement:
(i)
to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act;
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement.
(iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however, that on or after August 1, 2020 paragraphs a(1), a(2), and a(3) of this section do not apply to the extent the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
(b)
that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of those securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;
(c)
to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering;
(d)
that, for the purpose of determining liability under the 1933 Act to any purchaser:
(i)
On or after August 1, 2020, if the Registrant is subject to Rule 430B under the 1933 Act: (A) each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and (B) each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (x), or (xi) under the 1933 Act for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10 (a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a
purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or
(ii)
if the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C under the 1933 Act: Each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 497(b), (c), (d) or (e) under the 1933 Act as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B on or after August 1, 2020 or prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A under the 1933 Act, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use; and
(e)
that for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the 1933 Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of securities: that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to the purchaser:
(i)
any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 497 or Rule 424 (on or after August 1, 2020) under the 1933 Act;
(ii)
on or after August 1, 2020, free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrants;
(iii)
the portion of any other free writing prospectus (on or after August 1, 2020) or advertisement pursuant to Rule 482 under the 1933 Act relating to the offering containing material information about the Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the Registrant; and
(iv)
any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
(5)
Registrant undertakes that:
(a)
for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 497(h) or Rule 424(b)(1) (on or after August 1, 2020) under the 1933 Act, shall be deemed to be part of this Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective; and
(b)
for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(6)
On or after August 1, 2020, the undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is
incorporated by reference into the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(7)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue; provided, however, that this paragraph 7 shall only apply on or after August 1, 2020.
(8)
The Registrant hereby undertakes to send by first class mail or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery, within two but days of receipt of a written or oral request, any prospectus or Statement of Additional Information.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-effective Amendment No. 1 to its Registration Statement on Form N-2 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Township of Greenwich, in the State of Connecticut, on the 2nd day of June, 2020.
EAGLE POINT CREDIT COMPANY INC.
By:
/s/ Thomas P. Majewski
Name: Thomas P. Majewski
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-effective Amendment No. 1 to its Registration Statement on Form N-2 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Thomas P. Majewski
Thomas P. Majewski
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Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
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June 2, 2020
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/s/ Kenneth P. Onorio
Kenneth P. Onorio
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Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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June 2, 2020
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James R. Matthews
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Chairman of the Board of Directors
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June 2, 2020
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Scott W. Appleby
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Director
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June 2, 2020
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Kevin F. McDonald
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Director
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June 2, 2020
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Paul E. Tramontano
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Director
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June 2, 2020
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Jeffrey L. Weiss
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Director
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June 2, 2020
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* By:
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/s/ Thomas P. Majewski
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Name: Thomas P. Majewski
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Title: Attorney-in-fact
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Exhibit (h)(8)
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AT MARKET ISSUANCE
SALES AGREEMENT
This Amendment No.
1 (this “Amendment”) to that certain At Market Issuance Sales Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019 (the
“Original Agreement”), by and among Eagle Point Credit Company Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
Eagle Point Credit Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Investment Adviser”), and Eagle
Point Administration LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Administrator”), and B. Riley FBR, Inc.,
(“BRFBR”) and National Securities Corporation (“National,” each a “Placement Agent”
and collectively, the “Placement Agents”), is entered into as of June 1, 2020, by and among the Company, the
Investment Adviser, the Administrator and the Placement Agents. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Original Agreement.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the parties
desire to amend the Original Agreement as hereinafter provided.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1.1.
Amendment to Original Agreement.
The second paragraph of Section 1 shall
be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“The
Company has filed with the Commission a shelf registration statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-237586 and 811-22974), including
the base prospectus or prospectuses, covering the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”). The registration statement
as amended, including the exhibits and schedules thereto, at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed
to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430C under the Securities Act, and,
when and if applicable, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference pursuant to the final rule
and form amendments adopted by the Commission to implement certain provisions of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer
Protection Act (“CEF Act”), is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration
Statement”; the prospectus, dated as of May 29, 2020, included in the Registration Statement
at the time it became effective on May 29, 2020 (including the information, if any, deemed to be part of the Registration Statement
at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430C under the Securities Act), in the form in which it was distributed, is hereinafter
referred to as the “Base Prospectus”; the prospectus supplement to be filed
on or around June 1, 2020 with the Commission pursuant to Rule 497 under the Securities Act, or any other prospectus supplements
filed pursuant to Rule 497 or Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act and, when and if applicable, all documents incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated therein by reference pursuant to the final rule and form amendments adopted by the Commission to implement certain
provisions of the CEF Act, and to be used to confirm sales is hereinafter referred to, together with the Base Prospectus, as the
“Prospectus.” If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement
to register additional Shares pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”),
then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration
Statement.”
ARTICLE II.
Section 2.1.
Miscellaneous Provisions.
(a)
This Amendment shall only serve to amend and modify the Original Agreement to the extent specifically provided herein. All
terms, conditions, provisions and references of and to the Original Agreement which are not specifically modified and/or amended
herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be altered by any provisions herein contained. On and after the date
of this Amendment, each reference in the Original Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,”
“herein” or words of like import, and each reference to the Original Agreement in any other agreements, documents or
instruments executed and delivered pursuant to the Original Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Original Agreement,
as amended by this Amendment; provided that references to “the date of this Agreement” and other similar references
in the Original Agreement shall continue to refer to the date of the Original Agreement and not to the date of this Amendment.
(b)
This Amendment shall be subject to the general provisions contained in Sections 12 through 16 of the Original Agreement,
which are incorporated by reference herein, in each case, mutatis mutandis.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties have caused this Amendment No. 1 to At Market Issuance Sales Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first
above written.
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EAGLE POINT CREDIT COMPANY INC.
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By:
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/s/ Kenneth P. Onorio
Name: Kenneth P. Onorio
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
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EAGLE POINT CREDIT MANAGEMENT LLC
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By:
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/s/ Kenneth P. Onorio
Name: Kenneth P. Onorio
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
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EAGLE POINT ADMINISTRATION LLC
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By:
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/s/ Kenneth P. Onorio
Name: Kenneth P. Onorio
Title: Chief Financial Officer
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B. RILEY FBR, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Patrice McNicoll
Name: Patrice McNicoll
Title: Co-Head of Investment Banking
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NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Jonathan C. Rich
Name: Jonathan C. Rich
Title: EVP – Head of Investment Banking
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