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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-21-252880
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		7
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210820
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Amendments to the Registrant's Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210820
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210820

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001504619
		IRS NUMBER:				273794690
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	814-00891
		FILM NUMBER:		211194568

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		590 MADISON AVENUE
		STREET 2:		15TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(212) 905-1000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		590 MADISON AVENUE
		STREET 2:		15TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PennantPark Senior Floating Rate Fund Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20101029
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
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REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 20, 2021 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. </B></P>
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if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of
1933 (17 CFR &#167;230.405) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#167;240.12b-2).</FONT> Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On August 20, 2021, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital, Ltd. (the &#147;Company&#148;) entered into equity distribution agreements (together, the &#147;Equity
Distribution Agreements&#148;) with each of JMP Securities LLC and Raymond James&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc., as the sales agents (each, a &#147;Sales Agent,&#148; and together, the &#147;Sales Agents&#148;), in connection with the sale of shares of
the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), with an aggregate offering price of up to $75&nbsp;million. The Equity Distribution Agreements provide that the Company may offer and sell shares of the
Common Stock from time to time through a Sales Agent in amounts and at times to be determined by the Company (the &#147;Offering&#148;). Actual sales will depend on a variety of factors to be determined by the Company from time to time, including,
market conditions and the trading price of the Common Stock. The Company expects to use the net proceeds from this offering to invest in new or existing portfolio companies or for other general corporate or strategic purposes, including repaying
amounts outstanding under its existing indebtedness. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any shares of Common Stock offered and sold in the Offering will be sold pursuant to a prospectus
supplement dated August&nbsp;20, 2021 (the &#147;Prospectus Supplement&#148;) to the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-235532)</FONT>
declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;29, 2020 (such registration statement as of its effective date, including the exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference therein, are hereinafter
referred to as the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) and the base prospectus, dated January&nbsp;29, 2020 (the &#147;Base Prospectus&#148;), relating to the Offering that forms a part of the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sales of the Common Stock, if any, under the Prospectus Supplement and the Base Prospectus may be made in negotiated transactions or transactions that are
deemed to be &#147;at the market,&#148; as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including sales made directly on The Nasdaq Global Select Market or any similar securities exchange or sales made to or through a market
maker other than on a securities exchange, at prices related to the prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. Under the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreements, each Sales Agent will receive a commission from the Company of up to 2.0% of
the gross sales price of any shares of the Common Stock sold through such Sales Agent under the applicable Equity Distribution Agreement. The Equity Distribution Agreements contain customary representations, warranties and agreements of the Company,
indemnification rights and other obligations of the parties and termination provisions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing description of the Equity Distribution Agreements
is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Equity Distribution Agreements, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 1.1 and 1.2 and are incorporated herein by reference. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any
securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other
jurisdiction. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On August 20, 2021, Venable LLP delivered its legality opinion with respect to the Common Stock to be sold pursuant to the Prospectus
Supplement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5.05. Amendments to the Registrant&#146;s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a
Provision of the Code of Ethics. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On August&nbsp;20, 2021, the board of directors of the Company (the &#147;Board&#148;) adopted an amended Joint Code
of Ethics (as amended, the &#147;Code&#148;) applicable to, among others, the Company and PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC, the Company&#146;s investment adviser (the &#147;Adviser&#148;). The Code was amended to extend the Trading Window (as
defined in the Code), in the case of the Company&#146;s and the Adviser&#146;s decision to sell the Company&#146;s equity securities, from no later than 30 days after the release of financial results for a fiscal quarter to no later than the end of
the quarter during which such financial results have been publicly released. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The amendments reflected in the Code did not relate to or result in any
waiver, explicit or implicit, of any provision of the previous Joint Code of Ethics. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing description of the amendments reflected in the Code is
not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Code, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 14.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.05. A copy of the Code is also publicly available in the
governance documents section of the Company&#146;s website at: <I><U>www.pflt.pennantpark.com</U></I>. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(d) Exhibits </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d197563dex11.htm">Equity Distribution Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2021, by and among PennantPark Floating Rate Capital, Ltd., PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC, PennantPark Investment Administration, LLC and JMP Securities
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d197563dex12.htm">Equity Distribution Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;
20, 2021, by and among PennantPark Floating Rate Capital, Ltd., PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC, PennantPark Investment Administration, LLC and Raymond James&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc., as the sales agent </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d197563dex141.htm">Joint Code of Ethics of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital, Ltd. </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Execution Version </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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LTD. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(a Maryland corporation) </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><U>EQUITY DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Dated: August&nbsp;20, 2021 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(a Maryland corporation) </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Common
Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">EQUITY DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">JMP Securities LLC </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">600 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">San Francisco, California 94111 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the &#147;Adviser&#148;) and PennantPark Investment Administration, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the &#147;Administrator&#148;), each confirms its agreement with JMP Securities LLC (the &#147;Sales Agent&#148;) with respect to
the sale by the Company of shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), having an aggregate offering price of up to $75&nbsp;million. The shares of Common Stock to be sold by the Sales Agent are
herein called, collectively, the &#147;Securities.&#148; The Company, the Adviser and the Administrator have also entered into a sales agreement in substantially similar form to this Agreement (the &#147;Sales Agreement&#148;), dated of even date
herewith, with Raymond James&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc. (the &#147;Other Agent&#148;). The aggregate amount of Securities that may be sold collectively pursuant to this Agreement and the Sales Agreement shall not exceed the lesser of
$75&nbsp;million and the dollar amount of Securities permitted to be sold under the Registration Statement (as defined below). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) a shelf registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-235532),</FONT> relating to the registration
of the Securities and certain of the Company&#146;s other securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;1933 Act&#148;), which registration statement was most declared effective by the Commission on January&nbsp;29, 2020. The
Company has also filed with the Commission a prospectus supplement, dated the date hereof, as such prospectus supplement may be amended (the &#147;Prospectus&#148;), which contains a base prospectus, dated January&nbsp;29, 2020, in accordance with
the provisions of Rule&nbsp;430B (&#147;Rule&nbsp;430B&#148;) of the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated under the 1933 Act (such provisions, the &#147;1933 Act Regulations&#148;) and Rule&nbsp;424(b) (&#147;Rule&nbsp;424(b)&#148;)
of the 1933 Act Regulations. The information, if any, included or incorporated by reference in such prospectus that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be a part of such registration
statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B is referred to as &#147;Rule&nbsp;430B Information.&#148; Unless the context otherwise requires, such registration statement, including all documents filed as part thereof and any Rule&nbsp;430B Information
contained in a prospectus subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) under the 1933 Act and deemed to be part of the registration statement and also including any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b) of
the 1933 Act Regulations, is herein called the &#147;Registration Statement.&#148; All references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including those made pursuant to
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Rule&nbsp;424(b) under the 1933 Act or such other rule under the 1933 Act as may be applicable to the Company, shall be deemed to mean and include, without limitation the filing of any document
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;), which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in or otherwise to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be,
as of any specified date. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to
its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system or any successor system (&#147;EDGAR&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-54A</FONT> Notification of Election to be Subject to Sections 55 through 65 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 Filed Pursuant to Section&nbsp;54(a) of the Investment Company Act (File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;814-00743)</FONT> was filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;7, 2011 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;), and the rules and regulations and any applicable guidance
and/or interpretation of the Commission or its staff thereunder (the &#147;1940 Act Regulations&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has entered into that certain Second
Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement, dated as of February&nbsp;2, 2016 (the &#147;Investment Management Agreement&#148;), with the Adviser. The Company has entered into that certain Administration Agreement, dated as of
April&nbsp;7,&nbsp;2011 (the &#147;Administration Agreement&#148;), with the Administrator. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As used in this Agreement, &#147;Applicable Time&#148; means
the time of each sale of the applicable Securities pursuant to this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Representations
and Warranties</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Representations and Warranties by the Company</I>. The Company represents and warrants
to the Sales Agent as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time, each Representation Date (as defined below) and any Date of Delivery (as defined below) and agrees with the Sales Agent, and the Adviser and the Administrator, jointly and severally,
represent and warrant to and agree with the Sales Agent as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time, each Representation Date (as defined below) and any Date of Delivery Time (as defined below), as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Registration Statement and Prospectuses</U>. The Company is eligible to use Form N-2. Each of the
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto have been declared effective by the Commission under the 1933 Act or have become effective pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462 under the 1933 Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to
the Company&#146;s knowledge, contemplated. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information in connection with the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective, complied in all material respects
with the requirements of the 1933 </P>
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Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1940 Act and the 1940 Act Regulations. The Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time each was filed with the Commission, complied in all
material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1940 Act and the 1940 Act Regulations. The Prospectus delivered to the Sales Agent for use in connection with this offering was or will be identical to the
electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Issuer Free Writing Prospectus</U>. The Company (including its agents and representatives, other
than the Sales Agent in its capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any &#147;written communication&#148; (as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 under
the 1933 Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii)&nbsp;and
(iv)&nbsp;below) an &#147;Issuer Free Writing Prospectus&#148;) other than (i)&nbsp;any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section&nbsp;2(a)(10)(a) of the 1933 Act or Rule&nbsp;134 under the 1933 Act, (ii)&nbsp;the Registration
Statement, (iii)&nbsp;the Prospectus, and (iv)&nbsp;any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case approved in writing in advance by the Sales Agent, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld. Each such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, if any, complies in all material respects with the 1933 Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule&nbsp;433) filed in accordance with the 1933 Act (to the extent required thereby). No Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that has not been superseded or modified. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Documents Incorporated by Reference</U>. The documents incorporated by reference in each of the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, when they were filed or when they will be filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed or will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the 1934 Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Accurate Disclosure</U>. Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment thereto, at its
effective time, at the Applicable Time or at any Date of Delivery, contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto, as of their respective date(s), at the time of any filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) or at any Date of Delivery, included,
includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The representations and warranties in this subsection&nbsp;shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement
(or any amendment thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Sales Agent expressly for use therein (collectively, the
&#147;Sales Agent Information&#148;). For purposes of this Agreement, the only Sales Agent Information shall be the final paragraph of the &#147;Plan of Distribution&#148; in the Prospectus. </P>
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of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule&nbsp;164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act
Regulations) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an &#147;ineligible issuer,&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;405, without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;405 that it is
not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Independent Accountants
of the Company</U>. The accountants who audited or reviewed the financial statements and supporting schedules of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are independent registered public
accountants with respect to the Company within the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the 1933 Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Financial Statements</U>. The financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below) at the dates indicated and the results of
their operations and the changes in the cash flows of the Company and the Subsidiaries for the periods specified (except that the unaudited financial statements were or are subject to
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">normal&nbsp;year-end&nbsp;adjustments</FONT> which were not, or are not expected to be, material in amount to the Company); said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles (&#147;GAAP&#148;) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except, in each case, as may be permitted by the rules and regulations of the Commission). The supporting schedules, if any, included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial
information of the Company and the Subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus have been derived from the accounting records and other books and records of the Company and the Subsidiaries and
present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(viii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>No Material Adverse Change in
Business</U>. Except as otherwise stated therein, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (A)&nbsp;there has been no material adverse change in the business, management, financial
condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a &#147;Material Adverse Effect&#148;), (B) there have been no transactions
entered into by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise and (C)&nbsp;there has been no dividend or
distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock. </P>
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has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Investment Management Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the Securities; and the Company is duly qualified as a
foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to
qualify or to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Subsidiaries of the Company; Portfolio Companies</U>. The Company&#146;s only subsidiaries that
were consolidated with the Company for financial reporting purposes under GAAP as of June&nbsp;30, 2021 are those listed on<U> Schedule </U><U>A</U> hereto (each a &#147;Subsidiary&#148; and, collectively, the &#147;Subsidiaries&#148;). Each of the
Subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in
which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect; except as disclosed in the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable;</FONT>
none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any of the Subsidiaries was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary. Except for any investments made in the ordinary course of business
since the most recent quarter end, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any investments or shares of stock or any other equity or long-term debt securities of any corporation or other entity other than (A)&nbsp;the Subsidiaries and
(B)&nbsp;those corporations or other entities described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the caption &#147;Portfolio Companies&#148; (each a &#147;Portfolio Company&#148; and collectively the &#147;Portfolio Companies&#148;).
Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company does not control (as such term is defined in Section&nbsp;2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act), any of the Portfolio Companies or any corporation or other entity in which it invested since the most
recent quarter end.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Capitalization</U>. The authorized shares of capital stock of the
Company are as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the caption &#147;Description of Our Capital Stock.&#148; The total issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company as of August&nbsp;19, 2021 are as set
forth in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption &#147;The Offering.&#148; The outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have </P>
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been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable.</FONT> None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company were issued
in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to
issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company are outstanding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Authorization of Agreements</U>. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xiii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Authorization and Description of Securities</U>. The Securities
to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder have been duly authorized and when issued and paid for as contemplated herein will be validly issued, fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable;</FONT> and no preemptive rights of
stockholders exist with respect to any of the Securities or the issue and sale thereof. The Common Stock conforms to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and such description conforms to the
rights set forth in the instruments defining the same. No holder of the Common Stock will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder. The Company acknowledges and agrees that all stock-related numbers contained in this
Agreement shall be adjusted to take into account any stock split, stock dividend or similar event effected with respect to the Securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xiv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Registration Rights</U>. There are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights
to have any securities registered for sale pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered for sale or sold by the Company under the 1933 Act pursuant to this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Absence of Violations and Defaults</U>. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is
(A)&nbsp;in violation of its charter, bylaws or similar organizational document, each as amended or supplemented from time to time, (B)&nbsp;in default under any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or
other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is subject (collectively,
&#147;Agreements and Instruments&#148;), except for such defaults that would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (C)&nbsp;in violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment,
order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties,
assets or operations (each, a &#147;Governmental Entity&#148;), except for such violations that would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xvi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Absence of Conflicts</U>. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the
Securities, the performance of the Investment Management Agreement and the Administration Agreement and the consummation of the transactions </P>
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contemplated herein and therein and in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities
as described therein under the caption &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148;) and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder and thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or
without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties
or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not reasonably be expected, singly or in
the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of (a)&nbsp;the charter, bylaws or similar organizational document of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or (b)&nbsp;any law,
statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any Governmental Entity, except, in the case of (b)&nbsp;above, for any violation that would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. As used herein, a &#147;Repayment Event&#148; means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder&#146;s behalf) the right to require the
repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xvii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Employees</U>. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has any employees. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xviii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Absence of Proceedings</U>. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, there is no action, suit, proceeding or, to the knowledge of the Company, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any Governmental Entity now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries, which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, the
Investment Management Agreement, the Administration Agreement or the Securities or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xix)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Accuracy of Exhibits</U>. There are no contracts or documents which are required to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not been so described and filed as required. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xx)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Absence of Further Requirements</U>. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent,
license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any Governmental Entity is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Investment Management Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Securities or the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the
proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption &#147;Use of </P>
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Proceeds&#148;), except (A)&nbsp;such as have been already made or obtained, including under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1940 Act, the 1940 Act Regulations, state securities laws
or the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (&#147;FINRA&#148;), (B) the filing of the Notifications of Election under the 1940 Act, which has been effected and (C)&nbsp;where the failure to obtain any such filing,
authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Possession of Licenses and Permits</U>. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess such permits,
licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, &#147;Governmental Licenses&#148;) issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess
would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to
comply would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the
failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Title to Property</U>. The Company and the Subsidiaries do not own any real property; and
all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries holds properties, are in full force and effect, and neither the
Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any Subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or
questioning the rights of the Company or such Subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxiii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Possession of Intellectual Property</U>. Except as would not reasonably be expected, singly
or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the Subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights,
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">know-how</FONT> (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property
(collectively, &#147;Intellectual Property&#148;) necessary to carry on the business now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with
asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries therein, and
which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
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consolidated basis, maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as defined under <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;13a-15(f)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15d-15(f)</FONT> under the rules and regulations
of the Commission under the 1934 Act (such rules and regulations, the &#147;1934 Act Regulations&#148;)) and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A)&nbsp;transactions are executed in accordance
with management&#146;s general or specific authorization; (B)&nbsp;transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C)&nbsp;access to the
Company&#146;s consolidated assets is permitted only in accordance with management&#146;s general or specific authorization; and (D)&nbsp;the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company&#146;s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1)&nbsp;no material weakness in
the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2)&nbsp;no change in the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting (it being understood that the Company is not as of the date hereof required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements under Section&nbsp;404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of
2002, as amended). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Taxes and Tax Returns</U>. All United States federal income tax returns
of the Company and the Subsidiaries required by law to have been filed by them (taking into account any applicable extensions) have been filed and all taxes shown by such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, have been paid, in
each case, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided or insofar as the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result
in a Material Adverse Effect. The United States federal income tax returns of the Company through the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2020 have been filed, and no assessment in connection therewith has been made against the Company. The Company
and the Subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them (taking into account any applicable extensions) pursuant to applicable foreign, state, local or other law and have paid all taxes due pursuant to such
returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company and the Subsidiaries, except for such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been established by the Company or, in each case, insofar
as the failure to pay such taxes or file such returns would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of any income and corporation tax liability for
any years not finally determined are adequate to meet any current assessments or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-assessments</FONT> for additional income tax for any years not finally determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that would
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxvi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Insurance</U>. The
Company and the Subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance, with financially sound and reputable insurers, in such </P>
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amounts and covering such risks as the Company reasonably believes is prudent, and all such insurance is in full force and effect. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any of the
Subsidiaries will not be able (A)&nbsp;to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (B)&nbsp;to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now
conducted and at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxvii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Investment Company Act</U>. The Company is not required and, upon the issuance and sale of
the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an &#147;investment company&#148; as such term is used in the 1940 Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxviii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Stabilization and Manipulation</U>. The Company has not taken, nor will it take, directly or
indirectly, without giving effect to any activities by the Sales Agent, any action designed, or that would reasonably be expected, to cause or result in, or that constitutes, any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities, other
than activity permitted pursuant to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;10b-18</FONT> under the 1934 Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxix)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Foreign Corrupt Practices Act</U>. None of the Company, any of the Subsidiaries, or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any agent, controlled affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is aware of, has taken or will take
any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the &#147;FCPA&#148;), including making use of the mails or any
means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value
to any &#147;foreign official&#148; (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and to the knowledge of the Company, the Company
and its Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxx)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Anti-Money Laundering Laws</U>. The operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries are and
have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of the
jurisdictions in which the Company and the Subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any other relevant laws, rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively,
the &#147;Anti-Money Laundering Laws&#148;); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge
of the Company, threatened. </P>
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Subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any agent, controlled affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is an
individual or entity (&#147;Person&#148;), or is controlled by a Person that is, (i)&nbsp;currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including the U.S. Department of the Treasury&#146;s
Office of Foreign Assets Control (&#147;OFAC&#148;), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty&#146;s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, &#147;Sanctions&#148;), or (ii)&nbsp;located, organized
or resident in a country or territory that is itself the subject of Sanctions. In the past five (5)&nbsp;years, the Company and the Subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, and are not now knowingly engaged in, any unauthorized dealings or
transactions with any Person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or target of Sanctions.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Lending Relationship</U>. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, the Company (i)&nbsp;does not have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of the Sales Agent and (ii)&nbsp;does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities to repay any
outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of the Sales Agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxiii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Statistical and
Market-Related Data</U>. Any statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate and, to
the extent required, the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxiv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Related Party Transactions</U>. There are no business relationships or related party
transactions involving the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any other person required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which have not been described as required. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Notification of Election</U>. When the Notification of Election was filed with the Commission,
it (A)&nbsp;contained all statements required to be stated therein in accordance with, and complied in all material respects with the requirements of, the 1940 Act and (B)&nbsp;did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxvi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Investment Management Agreement and Administration Agreement</U>. (A)&nbsp;The terms of the
Investment Management Agreement and the Administration Agreement, including compensation terms, comply in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the 1940 Act Regulations and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the &#147;Advisers Act&#148;) and (B)&nbsp;the approvals by the board of directors and the stockholders of the Company of the Investment Management Agreement and the Administration
Agreement have been made in accordance with the requirements of Section&nbsp;15(a) and (c)&nbsp;of the 1940 Act and the 1940 Act Regulations applicable to companies that have elected to </P>
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be regulated as business development companies under the 1940 Act. Each of the Investment Management Agreement and the Administration Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company and is a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be subject to (i)&nbsp;bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws now or thereafter in effect relating to creditors&#146; rights generally and (ii)&nbsp;general principles of equity and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxvii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Interested Persons</U>. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
(A)&nbsp;no person is serving or acting as an officer, director or investment adviser of the Company, except in accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act, and (B)&nbsp;to the knowledge of the Company, no director of the
Company is an &#147;interested person&#148; (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Company or an &#147;affiliated person&#148; (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Sales Agent. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxviii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Business Development Company</U>. (A)&nbsp;The Company has duly elected to be treated by
the Commission under the 1940 Act as a business development company, such election is effective and all required action has been taken by the Company under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act to make the public offering and consummate the sale of the
Securities as provided in this Agreement; (B)&nbsp;the provisions of the charter and bylaws of the Company, and the investment objectives, policies and restrictions described in the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the requirements of
the 1940 Act applicable to business development companies; and (C)&nbsp;the operations of the Company are in compliance in all material respects with the provisions of the 1940 Act and the 1940 Act Regulations applicable to business development
companies. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxix)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>No Extension of Credit</U>. The Company has not, directly or indirectly,
extended credit, agreed to extend credit, arranged to extend credit or renewed any extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan, to or for any director or executive officer of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or to or for any family
member or affiliate of any director or executive officer of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xl)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Regulated Investment Company</U>. The Company has elected to be treated, and has operated, and
intends to continue to operate, its business in such a manner as to enable the Company to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;Code&#148;). The Company
intends to direct the investment of the proceeds of the offering of the Securities in a manner as to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xli)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Sarbanes-Oxley Act</U>. To the extent applicable to the Company on the date hereof, there is
and has been no failure on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Company&#146;s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section&nbsp;402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications. </P>
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forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;27A of the 1933 Act and Section&nbsp;21E of the 1934 Act) contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been
disclosed other than in good faith. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xliii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>IT Systems</U>. The Company and the
Subsidiaries&#146; information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, &#147;IT Systems&#148;) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material
respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants, except,
in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and
safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all material IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential
or regulated data (&#147;Personal Data&#148;)) used in connection with their businesses, and there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Subsidiaries are presently in material compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator
or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access,
misappropriation or modification, except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Representations and Warranties by the Adviser and the Administrator</I>. The Adviser and the Administrator,
jointly and severally, represent to the Sales Agent as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time, each Representation Date (as defined below) and any Date of Delivery (as defined below), and agrees with the Sales Agent, as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>No Material Adverse Change in Business</U>. Except as otherwise stated therein, since the
respective dates as of which information is given or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the business, financial
condition, capitalization, prospects or regulatory status of the Adviser or the Administrator, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or on the ability of the Adviser or the Administrator to carry out its obligations under this
Agreement, the Investment Management Agreement or the Administration Agreement (collectively, an &#147;Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Good Standing</U>. Each of the Adviser and the Administrator has been duly organized and is
validly existing as a limited liability company, in good standing under the laws of its state of organization and has limited liability company power and </P>
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authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and to enter into this Agreement and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and the Investment Management Agreement; and each of the Adviser and the Administrator is duly qualified as a foreign entity to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not otherwise reasonably be expected to result in an
Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Registration Under Advisers Act</U>. The
Adviser is duly registered with the Commission as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act and is not prohibited by the Advisers Act or the 1940 Act from acting under the Investment Management Agreement for the Company as contemplated by the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus. There does not exist any proceeding or, to the Adviser&#146;s knowledge, any facts or circumstances the existence of which could lead to any proceeding which might adversely affect the registration of the
Adviser with the Commission. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Absence of Proceedings</U>. Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there is no action, suit, proceeding or, to the knowledge of the Adviser or the Administrator, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Adviser or the Administrator or any of their properties, assets or operations now pending or, to the knowledge of the Adviser or the Administrator, threatened,
against or affecting the Adviser or the Administrator, which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement (other than as disclosed therein) or which would reasonably be expected to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse
Effect, or which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, the Securities, the Investment Management Agreement or the Administration Agreement or the
performance by the Adviser or the Administrator of its obligations hereunder or thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Absence of Violations and Defaults</U>. Neither the Adviser nor the Administrator is (A)&nbsp;in
violation of its limited liability company agreement, (B)&nbsp;in default under any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Adviser or the Administrator is a
party or by which it may be bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject (collectively, the &#147;Adviser/Administrator Agreements and Instruments&#148;), except for such defaults that would not reasonably be expected, singly or in
the aggregate, to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect, or (C)&nbsp;in violation of any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Adviser or the Administrator or any of their properties, assets or operations, except for such violations that would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the
aggregate, to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. </P>
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delivery and performance of this Agreement, the performance of the Investment Management Agreement and the Administration Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein and in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described therein under the caption &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148;) and compliance by the Adviser and the Administrator with
their obligations hereunder and thereunder do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice of passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Adviser or the Administrator or pursuant to, the Adviser/Administrator Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults, events or conditions giving the holder of
any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder&#146;s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Adviser or the Administrator, or
liens, charges or encumbrances that would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of (a)&nbsp;the limited
liability company agreement of the Adviser or the Administrator, or (b)&nbsp;any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other
authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Adviser or the Administrator or any of their properties, assets or operations except, in the case of (b)&nbsp;above, for any violation that would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the
aggregate, to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Authorization of
this Agreement</U>. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Adviser and the Administrator. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(viii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Investment Management Agreement and Administration Agreement</U>. Each of the Investment
Management Agreement and Administration Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Adviser or the Administrator, as applicable, and is a valid and binding obligation of the Adviser or the Administrator, as applicable,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be subject to (i)&nbsp;bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or thereafter in effect relating to creditors&#146; rights
generally and (ii)&nbsp;general principles of equity and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ix)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Absence of Further Requirements</U>. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent,
license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Adviser or the Administrator of their obligations hereunder or, in connection with the
offering, the issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Investment Management Agreement, the Administration Agreement or the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale
of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148;), except (A)&nbsp;such as have been already </P>

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made or obtained, including under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, state securities laws or the rules of FINRA and (B)&nbsp;where the failure to obtain any such filing, authorization,
approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Descriptions of Adviser and Administrator</U>. The descriptions of the Adviser and the
Administrator contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Possession of
Licenses and Permits</U>. Each of the Adviser and the Administrator possesses such Governmental Licenses issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by it,
except where the failure so to possess would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Adviser and the Administrator is in compliance with the terms and
conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are
valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in an
Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Adviser and the Administrator has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if
the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Stabilization and Manipulation</U>. Neither the Adviser nor the Administrator has taken, nor
will take, directly or indirectly, without giving effect to any activities by the Sales Agent, any action designed, or that would reasonably be expected, to cause or result in, or which constitutes, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of
the Securities, other than activity permitted pursuant to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;10b-18</FONT> under the 1934 Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xiii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Foreign Corrupt Practices Act</U>. None of the Adviser, the Administrator or, to the knowledge
of the Adviser or the Administrator, any director, officer or employee of the Adviser or the Administrator or any agent, controlled affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Adviser or the Administrator is aware of, has taken or will take
any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA, in connection with the business of the Company, including making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in
furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any &#147;foreign official&#148; (as such term is defined
in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and to the knowledge of the Adviser or the Administrator, the
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Adviser and the Administrator have conducted its business, in relation to the Company, in compliance with the FCPA and has instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and
which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xiv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Anti-Money Laundering Laws</U>. The operations of the Adviser and the Administrator are and
have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Anti-Money Laundering Laws; and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory
body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Adviser and the Administrator or any of their properties, assets or operations involving the Adviser or the Administrator with respect to the Anti-Money
Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Adviser or the Administrator, threatened. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>OFAC</U>. None of the Adviser, the Administrator or, to the knowledge of the Adviser or the
Administrator, any director, officer or employee of the Adviser or the Administrator or any agent, controlled affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Adviser or the Administrator is a Person, or is controlled by a Person that is,
(i)&nbsp;currently the subject or target of Sanctions, or (ii)&nbsp;located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is itself the subject of comprehensive Sanctions (currently Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria). During the
last five years, neither the Adviser nor the Administrator has knowingly engaged in, and is not now knowingly engaged in, any unauthorized dealings or transactions with any Person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject
or target of Sanctions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xvi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Key Employees</U>. Neither the Adviser nor the Administrator is
aware that (i)&nbsp;any of its executives, key employees or significant group of employees plans to terminate employment with the Adviser or the Administrator or (ii)&nbsp;any such executive or key employee is subject to any noncompete,
nondisclosure, confidentiality, employment, consulting or similar agreement that would be violated by either the Adviser&#146;s or the Administrator&#146;s present or proposed business activities, except, in each case, as would not reasonably be
expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xvii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>No Labor Disputes</U>. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Adviser or the
Administrator or any of their subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Adviser or the Administrator, is contemplated or threatened, and neither the Adviser nor the Administrator is aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or
dispute with, the employees or any of its or its subsidiaries&#146; principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except in each case as would not reasonably be expected to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xviii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Accounting Controls</U>. The Adviser and the Administrator maintain systems of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A)&nbsp;transactions effectuated by them under the Investment Management Agreement and the Administration Agreement, as applicable, are executed in accordance with its
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management&#146;s general or specific authorization; (B)&nbsp;access to the Company&#146;s consolidated assets that are in its possession or control is permitted only in accordance with its
management&#146;s general or specific authorization; (C)&nbsp;transactions for which it has bookkeeping and record-keeping responsibility under the Investment Management Agreement and the Administration Agreement are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of the Company&#146;s financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for the Company&#146;s assets and (D)&nbsp;the recorded accountability for
such assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xix)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Financial Resources</U>. Each of the Adviser and the Administrator has the financial resources
available to it necessary for the performance of its services and obligations as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Investment Management Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Officer</I><I>&#146;</I><I>s Certificates</I>. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company, any of the
Subsidiaries, the Adviser or the Administrator delivered to the Sales Agent or to counsel for the Sales Agent shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, the Adviser or the Administrator, as applicable, to the Sales Agent as to the
matters covered thereby. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Sale and Delivery of Securities</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell Securities from time to time through the Sales Agent, and the Sales Agent agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell, as sales agent for the Company, the Securities on the
following terms. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each time that the Company wishes to sell Securities on any day that is a
trading day for the Nasdaq Global Select Market (a &#147;Trading Day&#148;) (other than a Trading Day on which the Nasdaq Global Select Market is scheduled to close prior to its regular weekday closing time) pursuant to this Agreement (each, a
&#147;Placement&#148;), the Company will instruct the Sales Agent in writing of the parameters in accordance with which it desires Securities to be sold, which shall at a minimum include the number of Securities to be offered, the time period during
which sales are requested to be made, the minimum price below which sales may not be made and any limitation on the number of Securities that may be sold in any one day (a &#147;Placement Notice&#148;). The Sales Agent will, prior to 4:30 p.m. (New
York City time) or, if later, within three hours after receipt of the Placement Notice, on the same business day (as defined below) on which such Placement Notice is delivered to the Sales Agent, issue to the Company a notice by email addressed to
all of the Authorized Representatives (as defined below) confirming all of the parameters of the Placement. The Placement Notice shall be effective upon receipt by any of the Authorized Representatives of the email notice from the Sales Agent,
unless and until (i)&nbsp;the entire amount of the Securities covered by the Placement Notice have been sold, (ii)&nbsp;in accordance with <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2(a)(ii)</U> hereof, the Company or the Sales Agent suspends or terminates the
Placement Notice, (iii)&nbsp;the Company issues a subsequent Placement </P>
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Notice with parameters superseding those on the earlier dated Placement Notice, or (iv)&nbsp;this Agreement has been terminated under the provisions of <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9</U>.
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Sales Agent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to offer and sell all of the Securities designated in the Placement Notice; provided, however, that the Sales Agent shall have no obligation to
offer or sell any Securities, and the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Sales Agent shall have no such obligation in the event an offer or sale of the Securities on behalf of the Company may in the judgment of the Sales Agent constitute the
sale of a &#147;block&#148; under <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;10b-18(a)(5)</FONT> under the 1934 Act, or a &#147;distribution&#148; within the meaning of Rule&nbsp;100 of Regulation M under the 1934 Act or the Sales Agent reasonably
believes it may be deemed an &#147;underwriter&#148; under the 1933 Act in a transaction that is other than (A)&nbsp;by means of ordinary brokers&#146; transactions between members of the Nasdaq Global Select Market that qualify for delivery of a
Prospectus to the Nasdaq Global Select Market in accordance with Rule&nbsp;153 under the 1933 Act or (B)&nbsp;directly on or through an electronic communication network, a &#147;dark pool&#148; or any similar market venue (the transactions described
in (A)&nbsp;and (B) are hereinafter referred to as &#147;At the Market Offerings&#148;). In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any Placement Notice, the terms of such Placement Notice will control. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company or the Sales Agent may, upon notice to the other party
by telephone (confirmed promptly by electronic mail from such party), suspend the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or suspend or terminate a previously issued Placement Notice; provided, however, that such suspension or
termination shall not affect or impair the parties&#146; respective obligations with respect to the Securities sold hereunder prior to the giving of such notice. Each of the parties agrees that no such notice shall be effective against the other
unless it is made to one of its authorized representatives as set forth on Schedule B hereto (the &#147;Authorized Representatives&#148;), as such Schedule may be amended from time to time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sales Agent hereby covenants and agrees not to make any sales of the Securities on behalf of
the Company, pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2(a)</U>, other than (A)&nbsp;by means of At the Market Offerings and (B)&nbsp;such other sales of the Securities on behalf of the Company in its capacity as agent of the Company as shall
be agreed by the Company and the Sales Agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The gross sales price of any Securities sold
pursuant to this Agreement by the Sales Agent, as an agent of the Company, shall be the market price prevailing at the time of sale for Securities sold by the Sales Agent on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or otherwise, at prices related to
prevailing market prices or, subject to specific instructions of the Company, at negotiated prices. The compensation to the Sales Agent, as an agent of the Company, for sales of the Securities shall be at a mutually agreed rate up to 2.0% of the
gross sales price of the Securities sold pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2(a)</U>. The foregoing rate of compensation shall not apply when the Sales Agent acts as principal, in which case the Company may sell Securities to the Sales
Agent as principal at a price agreed upon at the relevant applicable time pursuant to a separate agreement (each, a &#147;Terms Agreement&#148;) relating to such sale. The remaining proceeds, after further deduction for any transaction fees imposed
by any governmental or self-regulatory organization in </P>
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connection with such sales, shall constitute the net proceeds to the Company for such Securities (the &#147;Net Proceeds&#148;). The Sales Agent shall notify the Company as promptly as
practicable if any deduction referenced in the preceding sentence will be made. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sales Agent
shall provide written confirmation to the Company as soon as practicable following the close of trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market each day on which the Securities are sold under this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2(a)</U> setting forth the
aggregate amount of the Securities sold on such day, the aggregate Net Proceeds to the Company, and the aggregate compensation payable by the Company to the Sales Agent with respect to such sales. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Settlement for sales of the Securities pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2(a)</U> will
occur on the second Trading Day following the date on which such sales are made, unless another date shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Sales Agent (provided that, if such Trading Day is not a business day, then settlement will occur on the
next succeeding Trading Day that is also a business day) (each such date, a &#147;Settlement Date&#148;). As used herein, the term &#147;business day&#148; means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The
City of New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close. On each Settlement Date, the Securities sold through the Sales Agent for settlement on such date shall be delivered by the Company (through its transfer
agent) to the Sales Agent against payment of the Net Proceeds for the sale of such Securities. Settlement for all such Securities shall be effected by electronically transferring the Securities by the Company to the Sales Agent&#146;s account, or to
the account of the Sales Agent&#146;s designee, at DTC through its Deposit and Withdrawal at Custodian System (&#147;DWAC&#148;) or by such other means of delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Sales Agent, which in all cases
shall be freely tradable, transferable, registered shares eligible for delivery through DTC, in return for payments in same day funds delivered to the account designated by the Company. If the Company (or its transfer agent) shall default on its
obligation to deliver the Securities on any Settlement Date, the Company shall (A)&nbsp;indemnify and hold the Sales Agent harmless against any loss, claim or damage arising from or as a result of such default by the Company and (B)&nbsp;pay the
Sales Agent any commission to which it would otherwise be entitled absent such default. The Authorized Representatives, or any designees thereof as notified to the Sales Agent in writing, shall be the contact persons for the Company for all matters
related to the settlement of the transfer of the Securities through DWAC for purposes of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2(a)(vi)</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any obligation of the Sales Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell the
Securities on behalf of the Company shall be subject to the continuing accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator, to the performance by the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator of their
obligations hereunder and to the continuing satisfaction of the additional conditions specified in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3</U> of this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the Company wishes to sell the Securities other than as set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2(a)</U> of
this Agreement, it may elect, in its sole discretion, to notify the Sales Agent of the proposed terms of such sale. If the Sales Agent, acting as principal, wishes to accept such proposed </P>
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terms (which it may decline to do for any reason in its sole discretion) or, following discussions with the Company, wishes to accept amended terms, the Company will enter into a Terms Agreement
setting forth the terms of such Placement. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any Terms Agreement, the terms of such Terms Agreement will control. For avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this
Agreement shall be construed to require the Company to engage the Sales Agent in connection with the offer and sale of any of its securities, including shares of the Common Stock, whether in connection with an underwritten offering or otherwise.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event the Company engages the Sales Agent for a sale of Securities that would constitute the sale of a
&#147;block&#148; under <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;10b-18(a)(5)</FONT> under the 1934 Act, or a &#147;distribution,&#148; within the meaning of Rule&nbsp;100 of Regulation M under the 1934 Act, the Company and the Sales Agent will
agree to compensation that is customary for the Sales Agent with respect to such transactions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under no
circumstances shall the Company cause or request the offer or sale of any Securities if, after giving effect to the sale of such Securities, the aggregate gross sales proceeds or the aggregate number of the Securities sold pursuant to this Agreement
would exceed the amount available for offer and sale under the currently effective Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If
any party has reason to believe that the exemptive provisions set forth in Rule&nbsp;101(c)(1) of Regulation M under the 1934 Act are not satisfied with respect to the Securities, it shall promptly notify the other parties and sales of the
Securities under this Agreement shall be suspended until that or other exemptive provisions have been satisfied in the judgment of each party. Upon the reasonable request of the Company in writing to the Sales Agent (which such request may be by
electronic mail), the Sales Agent shall promptly calculate and provide in writing to the Company a report setting forth, for the prior week, the average daily trading volume (as defined in Rule&nbsp;100 of Regulation M under the 1934 Act) of the
Common Stock. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each sale of the Securities to or through the Sales Agent shall be made in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement or, if applicable, a Terms Agreement. The commitment of the Sales Agent to purchase the Securities pursuant to any Terms Agreement shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of the representations and warranties of the
parties herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth. Each Terms Agreement shall specify the number of the Securities to be purchased by the Sales Agent pursuant thereto, the price to be paid to the Company for
such Securities, any provisions relating to rights of, and default by, underwriters acting together with the Sales Agent in the reoffering of the Securities, any provisions relating to the granting of an option to purchase additional Securities for
the purpose of covering over-allotments, and the time and date (each such time and date being referred to herein as a &#147;Date of Delivery&#148;) and place of delivery of and payment for such Securities. Such Terms Agreement shall also specify any
requirements for opinions of counsel, accountants&#146; letters and officers&#146; certificates pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5</U> hereof and any other information or documents required by the Sales Agent. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to such further limitations on offers and sales of Securities or delivery of instructions to offer and sell
Securities as are set forth herein and as may be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Sales Agent offers and sales of Securities pursuant to this </P>
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Agreement shall not be requested by the Company and need not be made by the Sales Agent at any time when or during any period in which the Company is in possession of material <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-public</FONT> information. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company acknowledges and agrees that
(A)&nbsp;there can be no assurance that the Sales Agent will be successful in selling the Securities, (B)&nbsp;the Sales Agent will not incur liability or obligation to the Company or any other person or entity if such Sales Agent does not sell
Securities for any reason other than a failure by the Sales Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable law and regulations to sell such Securities in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and (C)&nbsp;the Sales Agent shall not be under any obligation to purchase Securities on a principal basis pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise specifically agreed in writing by the Sales Agent and the Company. For
purposes of clarification, the Sales Agent shall only be deemed to be acting as a sales agent under this Agreement during the period beginning with the delivery of a Placement Notice from the Company to the Sales Agent and ending upon the suspension
or termination of such Placement Notice. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company agrees that, during the term of this Agreement, any offer
to sell, any solicitation of an offer to buy, or any sales of Securities or sales of Common Stock pursuant to any At the Market Offering (as defined herein and within the meaning of Rule&nbsp;415(a)(4) under the 1933 Act) shall only be effected by
or through the Sales Agent or the Other Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, during the term of this Agreement, any offer to sell, any solicitation of an offer to buy, or any sales of Securities or
sales of Common Stock that do not constitute an At the Market Offering (as defined herein and within the meaning of Rule&nbsp;415(a)(4) under the 1933 Act), including any underwritten offering or private placement transaction exempt from the
requirements of the 1933 Act, may be effected by the Company by or through any person or entity in the Company&#146;s sole discretion. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Covenants of the Company</U>. The Company covenants with the Sales Agent as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests</I>. The Company, subject to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3(c)</U>, will comply with the requirements of Rule&nbsp;415, Rule&nbsp;430B, Rule&nbsp;497 and Rule&nbsp;424(b), and will notify the Sales Agent immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i)&nbsp;when any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii)&nbsp;of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii)&nbsp;of any request by the
Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, or for additional information, (iv)&nbsp;of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or
threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section&nbsp;8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v)&nbsp;if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under
Section&nbsp;8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company will effect all filings required under Rule&nbsp;424(b) and Rule&nbsp;497 within the time period required by Rule&nbsp;424(b) or Rule&nbsp;497, as
applicable, and will take such steps as it deems necessary </P>
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to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule&nbsp;424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly
file such prospectus. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order, prevention or suspension and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Filing of Amendments</I>. The Company will give the Sales Agent notice of its intention to file or prepare any
amendment to the Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule&nbsp;462(b)) or to the Prospectus and will furnish the Sales Agent with copies of any such documents within a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as
the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Sales Agent or counsel for the Sales Agent shall object. The Company shall give the Sales Agent notice of its intention to make any filings pursuant to the 1934 Act or the 1934
Rules and Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time and will furnish the Sales Agent with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such
document to which the Sales Agent or counsel for the Sales Agent shall reasonably object. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Continued
Compliance with Securities Laws</I>. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this
Agreement and in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition
shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Sales Agent or for the Company, to (i)&nbsp;amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii)&nbsp;amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (iii)&nbsp;amend the
Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly (A)&nbsp;give the Sales Agent notice of such event,
(B)&nbsp;prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed
filing or use, furnish the Sales Agent with copies of any such amendment or supplement and (C)&nbsp;file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement. The Company will furnish to the Sales Agent such number of copies of such amendment or
supplement as the Sales Agent may reasonably request. The Company has given the Sales Agent notice of any filings made pursuant to the 1934 Act or 1934 Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Company shall give the Sales
Agent notice of its intention to make any such filing and shall furnish the Sales Agent with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Delivery of Commission Filings</I>. The Company has furnished or, upon written request of the Sales Agent, shall
deliver to the Sales Agent and counsel for the Sales Agent, </P>
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without charge, conformed copies of the Registration Statement, as originally filed, and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith) and conformed copies of all consents and
certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Sales Agent, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for the Sales Agent. The copies of the
Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Sales Agent will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Delivery of Prospectuses</I>. The Company will furnish to the Sales
Agent, without charge, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as the Sales Agent may reasonably request. The
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Sales Agent will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Blue Sky Qualifications</I>. The Company will use its commercially
reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Sales Agent, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Sales Agent may designate and to
maintain such qualifications in effect so long as reasonably required to complete the distribution of the Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a
foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Rule</I><I></I><I>&nbsp;158</I>. The Company will make generally available to its securityholders as soon as
practicable an earnings statement that satisfies the provisions of Section&nbsp;11(a) of the 1933 Act and Rule&nbsp;158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of
the Company occurring after the &#147;effective date&#148; (as defined in Rule&nbsp;158) of the Registration Statement; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on EDGAR. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Listing</I>. The Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to maintain the listing of the Common
Stock (including the Securities) on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>DTC. </I>The Company will cooperate
with the Sales Agent and use its commercially reasonable efforts to permit the offered Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of DTC. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Use of Proceeds; OFAC</I>. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities
in the manner specified in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under &#147;Use of Proceeds.&#148; The Company will not directly or, to its knowledge, indirectly, use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or
otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such
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funding, is the subject of Sanctions (to the extent that such action would result in the violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter,
adviser, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions) or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Reporting Requirements</I>. The Company, during the period when a Prospectus relating to the Securities is
required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and 1934 Act Regulations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Business Development Company Status</I>. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain
its status as a business development company; provided, however, the Company may cease to be, or withdraw its election as, a business development company, with the approval of the board of directors and a vote of stockholders as required by
Section&nbsp;58 of the 1940 Act or any successor provision. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Regulated Investment Company Status</I>. The
Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain its qualification as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code for each full fiscal year during which it is a business development company under the 1940 Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Annual Compliance Reviews</I>. The Company will retain qualified accountants and qualified tax experts to
(i)&nbsp;test procedures and conduct annual compliance reviews designed to determine compliance with the regulated investment company provisions of the Code and (ii)&nbsp;otherwise assist the Company in monitoring appropriate accounting systems and
procedures designed to determine compliance with the regulated investment company provisions of the Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Accounting Controls</I>. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to establish and maintain a system
of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A)&nbsp;transactions are executed in accordance with management&#146;s authorization; (B)&nbsp;transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C)&nbsp;access to the Company&#146;s consolidated assets is permitted only in accordance with management&#146;s authorization; (D)&nbsp;the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; (E)&nbsp;material information relating to the Company and the assets managed by the Adviser is
promptly made known to the officers responsible for establishing and maintaining the system of internal accounting controls; and (F)&nbsp;any significant deficiencies or weaknesses in the design or operation of internal accounting controls that
could adversely affect the Company&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data, and any fraud whether or not material that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in internal controls, are
adequately and promptly disclosed to the Company&#146;s independent auditors and the audit committee of the Company&#146;s board of directors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(p)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Disclosure Controls</I>. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to establish and employ disclosure
controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that </P>
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information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified
in the Commission&#146;s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company&#146;s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate to allow timely
decisions regarding disclosure. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(q)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Issuer Free Writing Prospectus</I>. The Company represents and agrees that,
without the prior consent of the Sales Agent (i)&nbsp;it will not distribute any offering material other than the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, and (ii)&nbsp;it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that
would constitute a &#147;free writing prospectus&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 under the 1933 Act, and which the parties agree, for the purposes of this Agreement, includes (x)&nbsp;any &#147;advertisement&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;482 under
the 1933 Act; and&nbsp;(y) any sales literature, materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including any
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-person</FONT> roadshow or investor presentations (including slides and scripts relating thereto) made to investors by&nbsp;or on behalf of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(r)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Due Diligence Matters. </I>The Company will cooperate with any reasonable due diligence review conducted by the
Sales Agent or its respective agents in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, providing information and making available documents and senior officers, during regular business hours and at the
Company&#146;s principal offices, as either Agent may reasonably request. The parties acknowledge that the due diligence review contemplated by this&nbsp;Section 2(r)&nbsp;will include, without limitation, during the term of this Agreement a
quarterly diligence conference to occur within five business days after each <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> filing or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> filing whereby the Company will make its senior corporate officers
available to address diligence inquiries of the Sales Agent and will provide such additional information and documents as the Sales Agent may reasonably request. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(s)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Stabilization. </I>The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could
reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(t)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company agrees that any offer to sell, any solicitation of an offer to buy, or any sales of Securities pursuant
to this Agreement, the Sales Agreement or any Terms Agreement shall only be effected by or through only one of Agent or the Other Agent, as applicable, at any given time as determined by the Company, but in no event by more than one of them, and the
Company shall in no event request that more than one of Agent or the Other Agent sell Securities during such time period. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Payment of Expenses</U>. The Company shall pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i)&nbsp;the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to
the Sales Agent (including costs of mailing and shipment), (ii)&nbsp;the printing and delivery to the Sales Agent of this Agreement and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale or delivery of the
Securities, (iii)&nbsp;the delivery of Securities to the Sales Agent, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale or </P>
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delivery of the Securities to the Sales Agent, (iv)&nbsp;the fees and disbursements of the Company&#146;s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v)&nbsp;the qualification of the Securities
under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Sales Agent in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of blue sky
surveys and any supplement thereto, (vi)&nbsp;the printing and delivery to the Sales Agent of copies of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vii)&nbsp;the preparation and delivery to the Sales Agent of copies of the blue sky
survey, if any, and any supplement thereto, (viii)&nbsp;the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (ix)&nbsp;the reasonable legal fees and expenses of counsel to the Sales Agent in connection with their performance
under this Agreement, in an aggregate amount of $40,000 in connection with the entry into this Agreement and the Sales Agreement and up to $7,500 per fiscal quarter during the term of this Agreement and the Sales Agreement, which amount shall
include legal fees and expenses relating to the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities and (x)&nbsp;the filing fees incident to the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities. Except as set forth herein, the Sales
Agent will pay all of its other <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT></FONT> costs and expenses incurred in connection with entering into this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including, without limitation, travel and similar expenses, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated or this Agreement is terminated. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Conditions of the Sales Agent</U><U>&#146;</U><U>s Obligations</U>. The obligations of the Sales
Agent hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator contained herein or in certificates of any officer of the Company, any of the Subsidiaries, the Adviser or the
Administrator delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Registration Statement</I>. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted
or are pending or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, contemplated; and the Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information in connection with the Registration Statement. Any required filing of each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule&nbsp;433 has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule&nbsp;433(d). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Opinions of Counsel for the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator</I>. Within five business days after
(i)&nbsp;each date on which the Company files a quarterly report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> or an annual report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K,</FONT> (ii)&nbsp;each date on which Securities are delivered to
the Sales Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, or (iii)&nbsp;such date as the Sales Agent may reasonably request (the date of commencement of the offering of the Securities under this Agreement, the date of commencement of the offering of the
Securities under this Agreement following the termination of a Suspension Period and each date referred to in subclauses (i), (ii) and (iii)&nbsp;above, each a &#147;Representation Date&#148;), the Sales Agent shall have received the favorable
opinions, dated the Representation Date, of Dechert LLP, counsel for the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator, and of Venable LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Sales Agent. Such
counsels may state that insofar as such opinions involve factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and the Subsidiaries, the Adviser and the Administrator and certificates of
public officials. </P>
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business days after each Representation Date, the Sales Agent shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Representation Date, of Proskauer Rose LLP, counsel for the Sales Agent. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion
involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers and other representatives of the Company, the Subsidiaries, the Adviser and the Administrator and certificates of public officials. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Officers</I><I>&#146;</I><I> Certificates</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Within five business days after each Representation Date, there shall not have been, since the date
hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the business, properties, management, financial condition, prospects or results of operations of
the Company and the Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Sales Agent shall have received a certificate of the chief executive officer or the president of the Company and of the
chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated the Representation Date, to the effect that (A)&nbsp;there has been no such material adverse change, (B)&nbsp;the representations and warranties of the Company in
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;1(a)</U> of this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Representation Date, (C)&nbsp;the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Representation Date, and (D)&nbsp;no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the 1933 Act has been issued, no order preventing or suspending
the use of the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge, contemplated by the Commission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Within five business days after each Representation Date, there shall not have been, since the date
hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect, and the Sales Agent shall have received certificates of the managing member of each of the Adviser and the
Administrator, dated the Representation Date, to the effect that (A)&nbsp;there has been no such Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Adviser or the Administrator, as applicable, (B)&nbsp;the representations and
warranties of the Adviser or the Administrator, as applicable, in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;1(b)</U> of this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Representation Date and
(C)&nbsp;the Adviser or the Administrator, as applicable, has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Representation Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Accountant</I><I>&#146;</I><I>s Comfort Letter</I>. Within five business days after each Representation Date,
the Sales Agent shall have received from RSM US LLP a letter, dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Sales Agent, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants&#146; &#147;comfort
letters&#148; to underwriters with respect to the Company&#146;s financial statements and certain financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Additional Documents</I>. Within five business days after each
Representation Date, counsel for the Sales Agent shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated,
or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator in connection with the
issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Sales Agent and counsel for the Sales Agent. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Indemnification</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Indemnification of the Sales Agent by the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator</I>. The Company, the
Adviser and the Administrator, severally and not jointly, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Sales Agent, its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule&nbsp;501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an &#147;Affiliate&#148;)), its selling agents and
each person, if any, who controls the Sales Agent within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the 1933 Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the 1934 Act as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out
of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any Rule&nbsp;430B Information, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included (A)&nbsp;in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto), or (B)&nbsp;in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities (&#147;Marketing
Materials&#148;), including any road show as defined in Rule&nbsp;433(h) under the 1933 Act (a &#147;road show&#148;) or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically), or the omission or alleged
omission in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Marketing Materials of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the
extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any
such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6(d)</U> below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the reasonably incurred and
documented fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the </P>
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Sales Agent), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened,
or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i)&nbsp;or (ii)&nbsp;above; provided, however, that this indemnity
agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including
any Rule&nbsp;430B Information or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Sales Agent Information; and provided, further the Adviser&#146;s indemnity shall only apply to statements
described in (i)&nbsp;above regarding the Adviser and the Administrator&#146;s indemnity shall apply only statements described in (i)&nbsp;above regarding the Administrator. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Indemnification of Company, Directors, Officers, Adviser and Administrator</I>. The Sales Agent agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Adviser, the Administrator their directors, each of the Company&#146;s officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company, the Adviser or the Administrator
within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the 1933 Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection&nbsp;(a) of this Section, as incurred, but
only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any Rule&nbsp;430B Information, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Sales Agent Information. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Actions against Parties; Notification</I>. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably
practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to
the extent it is not materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights and defenses) as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity
agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6(a)</U> above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Sales Agent, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6(b)</U> above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to the
indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local
counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying
party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced
or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6</U> or <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7</U> hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are
actual or potential parties thereto), unless such </P>
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settlement, compromise or consent (i)&nbsp;includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and
(ii)&nbsp;does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse</I>. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested
an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6(a)(ii)</U> effected
without its written consent if (i)&nbsp;such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii)&nbsp;such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement
at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii)&nbsp;such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Contribution</U>. If the indemnification provided for in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6</U> hereof
is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of
such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i)&nbsp;in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator, on the
one hand, and the Sales Agent, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii)&nbsp;if the allocation provided by clause (i)&nbsp;is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)&nbsp;above but also the relative fault of the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator, on the one hand, and of the Sales Agent, on the other hand, in connection with the statements
or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. For the avoidance of doubt, the Adviser&#146;s and the Administrator&#146;s contribution agreement shall
only apply to instances in which the Adviser or the Administrator has an indemnity obligation as described above in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6(a)</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The relative benefits received by the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator, on the one hand, and the Sales Agent, on the other hand, in connection with
the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the
Company, on the one hand, and the total commissions received by the Sales Agent, on the other hand, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate Net Proceeds. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The relative fault of the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator, on the one hand, and the Sales Agent, on the other hand, shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator or by
the Sales Agent and the parties&#146; relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. </P>
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equitable if contribution pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7</U> were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7</U>. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7</U> shall be deemed to include any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever
based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the provisions of this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7</U>, the Sales Agent shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the commissions received by the Sales Agent in connection with the Securities sold by it. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any indemnification and contribution
by the Company shall be subject to the requirements and limitations of Section&nbsp;17(i)&nbsp;of the 1940 Act and any applicable guidance from the Commission or its staff thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7</U>, each person, if any, who controls the Sales Agent within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the 1933
Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the 1934 Act and the Sales Agent&#146;s Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as the Sales Agent, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration
Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company, the Adviser or the Administrator within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the 1933 Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, the
Adviser or the Administrator, as the case may be. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Representations, Warranties and Agreements to
Survive</U>. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company, any of the Subsidiaries, the Adviser or the Administrator submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in
full force and effect regardless of (i)&nbsp;any investigation made by or on behalf of the Sales Agent or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling the Sales Agent, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and
(ii)&nbsp;delivery of and payment for the Securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Termination of Agreement</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Termination by the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator</I>. The Company, the Adviser and the
Administrator may terminate this Agreement, by giving one day advance notice to the Sales Agent, at any time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Termination by the Sales Agent</I>. The Sales Agent may terminate this Agreement, by giving one day advance
notice to the Company, at any time (i)&nbsp;if there has been, in the judgment of the Sales Agent, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, </P>
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any material adverse change in the business, properties, management, financial condition, prospects or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as one enterprise or the
Adviser or the Administrator, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, which would make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (ii)&nbsp;if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or
escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the
judgment of the Sales Agent, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the offering or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, (iii)&nbsp;if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially
limited by the Commission or The Nasdaq Stock Market, (iv)&nbsp;if trading generally on the NYSE Amex or The New York Stock Exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have
been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority, (v)&nbsp;a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities
settlement or clearance services in the United States or with respect to Clearstream or Euroclear systems in Europe, or (vi)&nbsp;if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New&nbsp;York authorities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Liabilities</I>. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without
liability of any party to any other party except as provided in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;4</U> hereof, provided that <U>Sections</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;1</U>, <U>6</U><U>,</U> <U>7</U>, <U>8</U>, <U>14</U>, <U>15</U> and <U>16</U> shall survive
such termination and remain in full force and effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>No Joint Venture</U>. The Company, the
Adviser, the Administrator and the Sales Agent expressly acknowledge, understand and agree that the Sales Agent and the Other Agent are not, and shall not be deemed for any purpose, to be acting as an joint venture or partner of one another and that
neither the Sales Agent nor the Other Agent assume responsibility or liability, express or implied, for any actions or omissions of, or the performance of services by the Sales Agent or the Other Agent, respectively, in connection with the offering
of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement or the Sales Agreement, or otherwise. The obligations of the Sales Agent hereunder and of the Other Agent under the Sales Agreement shall be several and not joint. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;11.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Notices</U>. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed
to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Sales Agent shall be directed to JMP Securities LLC at 600 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100, San Francisco, California 94111, Facsimile: (415) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">835-8920,</FONT> Attention: Equity Securities, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Proskauer Rose LLP at 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 600 South, Washington, D.C. 20004, Attention: William Tuttle.
Notices to the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator shall be directed to them at 590 Madison Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10022, facsimile <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;(212)&nbsp;905-1075,&nbsp;Attention:</FONT> Arthur Penn.
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Company acknowledges and agrees that (a)&nbsp;the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">arm&#146;s-length</FONT> commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Sales Agent, on the other hand, (b)&nbsp;in connection with the offering of the Securities and the process leading thereto, the
Sales Agent is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or their respective stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c)&nbsp;the Sales Agent has not assumed or
will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering of the Securities or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Sales Agent has advised or is currently advising the Company or
any of its subsidiaries on other matters) and the Sales Agent has no obligation to the Company with respect to the offering of the Securities except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d)&nbsp;the Sales Agent and its respective
affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and (e)&nbsp;the Sales Agent has not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering of the
Securities and the Company has consulted its own respective legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;13.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Parties</U>. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Sales Agent,
the Company, the Adviser, the Administrator and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Sales Agent, the Company, the
Adviser and the Administrator and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6</U> and <U>7</U> and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Sales Agent, the Company, the
Adviser and the Administrator and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities
from the Sales Agent shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;14.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Trial by Jury</U>. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on
behalf of its stockholders and affiliates), the Adviser, the Administrator and the Sales Agent hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;15.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>GOVERNING LAW</U>. THIS
AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF, THE STATE OF NEW YORK. </P>
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Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted in (i)&nbsp;the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York,
Borough of Manhattan or (ii)&nbsp;the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the &#147;Specified Courts&#148;), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction
(except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court, as to which such jurisdiction is <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-exclusive)</FONT> of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service
of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party&#146;s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally
waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding
brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;17.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>TIME</U>. TIME SHALL BE
OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;18.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Counterparts</U>. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of
2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly
delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;19.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Effect of Headings</U>. The
Section&nbsp;headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;20.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event that the Sales Agent that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special
Resolution Regime, the transfer from the Sales Agent of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if
this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event that the Sales Agent that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of the Sales Agent becomes
subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against the Sales Agent are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under
the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. </P>
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&#147;BHC Act Affiliate&#148; has the meaning assigned to the term &#147;affiliate&#148; in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. &#167; 1841(k). &#147;Covered Entity&#148; means any of the following: (i)&nbsp;a &#147;covered
entity&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167; 252.82(b); (ii)&nbsp;a &#147;covered bank&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167; 47.3(b); or (iii)&nbsp;a
&#147;covered FSI&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167; 382.2(b). &#147;Default Right&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R.
&#167;&#167; 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. &#147;U.S. Special Resolution Regime&#148; means each of (i)&nbsp;the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii)&nbsp;Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
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Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Sales Agent, the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator in accordance with its terms. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Consolidated subsidiaries of the Company: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PennantPark Floating
Rate Funding I, LLC </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PennantPark Floating Rate Funding II, LLC </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PennantPark CLO I, LLC </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PennantPark CLO I, Ltd. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PennantPark CLO I Depositor, LLC </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PFLT Investment Holdings, LLC
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Richard Cheung </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Sales Agent Authorized Representatives
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Execution Version </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">PENNANTPARK FLOATING RATE CAPITAL
LTD. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(a Maryland corporation) </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><U>EQUITY DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Dated: August&nbsp;20, 2021 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(a Maryland corporation) </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Common
Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">EQUITY DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Raymond James&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">880 Carillon Parkway|
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">St. Petersburg, Florida 33716 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the &#147;Adviser&#148;) and PennantPark Investment Administration, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the &#147;Administrator&#148;), each confirms its agreement with Raymond James&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc. (the &#147;Sales
Agent&#148;) with respect to the sale by the Company of shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), having an aggregate offering price of up to $75&nbsp;million. The shares of Common Stock to be
sold by the Sales Agent are herein called, collectively, the &#147;Securities.&#148; The Company, the Adviser and the Administrator have also entered into a sales agreement in substantially similar form to this Agreement (the &#147;Sales
Agreement&#148;), dated of even date herewith, with JMP Securities LLC (the &#147;Other Agent&#148;). The aggregate amount of Securities that may be sold collectively pursuant to this Agreement and the Sales Agreement shall not exceed the lesser of
$75&nbsp;million and the dollar amount of Securities permitted to be sold under the Registration Statement (as defined below). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) a shelf registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-235532),</FONT> relating to the registration
of the Securities and certain of the Company&#146;s other securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;1933 Act&#148;), which registration statement was most declared effective by the Commission on January&nbsp;29, 2020. The
Company has also filed with the Commission a prospectus supplement, dated the date hereof, as such prospectus supplement may be amended (the &#147;Prospectus&#148;), which contains a base prospectus, dated January&nbsp;29, 2020, in accordance with
the provisions of Rule&nbsp;430B (&#147;Rule&nbsp;430B&#148;) of the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated under the 1933 Act (such provisions, the &#147;1933 Act Regulations&#148;) and Rule&nbsp;424(b) (&#147;Rule&nbsp;424(b)&#148;)
of the 1933 Act Regulations. The information, if any, included or incorporated by reference in such prospectus that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be a part of such registration
statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B is referred to as &#147;Rule&nbsp;430B Information.&#148; Unless the context otherwise requires, such registration statement, including all documents filed as part thereof and any Rule&nbsp;430B Information
contained in a prospectus subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) under the 1933 Act and deemed to be part of the registration statement and also including any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b) of
the 1933 Act Regulations, is herein called the &#147;Registration Statement.&#148; All references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including those made pursuant to
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Rule&nbsp;424(b) under the 1933 Act or such other rule under the 1933 Act as may be applicable to the Company, shall be deemed to mean and include, without limitation the filing of any document
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;), which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in or otherwise to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be,
as of any specified date. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to
its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system or any successor system (&#147;EDGAR&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-54A</FONT> Notification of Election to be Subject to Sections 55 through 65 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 Filed Pursuant to Section&nbsp;54(a) of the Investment Company Act (File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;814-00743)</FONT> was filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;7, 2011 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;), and the rules and regulations and any applicable guidance
and/or interpretation of the Commission or its staff thereunder (the &#147;1940 Act Regulations&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has entered into that certain Second
Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement, dated as of February&nbsp;2, 2016 (the &#147;Investment Management Agreement&#148;), with the Adviser. The Company has entered into that certain Administration Agreement, dated as of
April&nbsp;7,&nbsp;2011 (the &#147;Administration Agreement&#148;), with the Administrator. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As used in this Agreement, &#147;Applicable Time&#148; means
the time of each sale of the applicable Securities pursuant to this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Representations
and Warranties</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Representations and Warranties by the Company</I>. The Company represents and warrants
to the Sales Agent as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time, each Representation Date (as defined below) and any Date of Delivery (as defined below) and agrees with the Sales Agent, and the Adviser and the Administrator, jointly and severally,
represent and warrant to and agree with the Sales Agent as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time, each Representation Date (as defined below) and any Date of Delivery Time (as defined below), as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Registration Statement and Prospectuses</U>. The Company is eligible to use Form N-2. Each of the
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto have been declared effective by the Commission under the 1933 Act or have become effective pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462 under the 1933 Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to
the Company&#146;s knowledge, contemplated. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information in connection with the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective, complied in all material respects
with the requirements of the 1933 </P>
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Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1940 Act and the 1940 Act Regulations. The Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time each was filed with the Commission, complied in all
material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1940 Act and the 1940 Act Regulations. The Prospectus delivered to the Sales Agent for use in connection with this offering was or will be identical to the
electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Issuer Free Writing Prospectus</U>. The Company (including its agents and representatives, other
than the Sales Agent in its capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any &#147;written communication&#148; (as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 under
the 1933 Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii)&nbsp;and
(iv)&nbsp;below) an &#147;Issuer Free Writing Prospectus&#148;) other than (i)&nbsp;any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section&nbsp;2(a)(10)(a) of the 1933 Act or Rule&nbsp;134 under the 1933 Act, (ii)&nbsp;the Registration
Statement, (iii)&nbsp;the Prospectus, and (iv)&nbsp;any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case approved in writing in advance by the Sales Agent, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld. Each such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, if any, complies in all material respects with the 1933 Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule&nbsp;433) filed in accordance with the 1933 Act (to the extent required thereby). No Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that has not been superseded or modified. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Documents Incorporated by Reference</U>. The documents incorporated by reference in each of the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, when they were filed or when they will be filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed or will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the 1934 Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Accurate Disclosure</U>. Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment thereto, at its
effective time, at the Applicable Time or at any Date of Delivery, contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto, as of their respective date(s), at the time of any filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) or at any Date of Delivery, included,
includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The representations and warranties in this subsection&nbsp;shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement
(or any amendment thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Sales Agent expressly for use therein (collectively, the
&#147;Sales Agent Information&#148;). For purposes of this Agreement, the only Sales Agent Information shall be the final paragraph of the &#147;Plan of Distribution&#148; in the Prospectus. </P>
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of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule&nbsp;164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act
Regulations) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an &#147;ineligible issuer,&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;405, without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;405 that it is
not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Independent Accountants
of the Company</U>. The accountants who audited or reviewed the financial statements and supporting schedules of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are independent registered public
accountants with respect to the Company within the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the 1933 Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Financial Statements</U>. The financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below) at the dates indicated and the results of
their operations and the changes in the cash flows of the Company and the Subsidiaries for the periods specified (except that the unaudited financial statements were or are subject to
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">normal&nbsp;year-end&nbsp;adjustments</FONT> which were not, or are not expected to be, material in amount to the Company); said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles (&#147;GAAP&#148;) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except, in each case, as may be permitted by the rules and regulations of the Commission). The supporting schedules, if any, included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial
information of the Company and the Subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus have been derived from the accounting records and other books and records of the Company and the Subsidiaries and
present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(viii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>No Material Adverse Change in
Business</U>. Except as otherwise stated therein, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (A)&nbsp;there has been no material adverse change in the business, management, financial
condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a &#147;Material Adverse Effect&#148;), (B) there have been no transactions
entered into by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise and (C)&nbsp;there has been no dividend or
distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock. </P>
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has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Investment Management Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the Securities; and the Company is duly qualified as a
foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to
qualify or to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Subsidiaries of the Company; Portfolio Companies</U>. The Company&#146;s only subsidiaries that
were consolidated with the Company for financial reporting purposes under GAAP as of June&nbsp;30, 2021 are those listed on<U> Schedule </U><U>A</U> hereto (each a &#147;Subsidiary&#148; and, collectively, the &#147;Subsidiaries&#148;). Each of the
Subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in
which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect; except as disclosed in the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable;</FONT>
none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any of the Subsidiaries was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary. Except for any investments made in the ordinary course of business
since the most recent quarter end, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any investments or shares of stock or any other equity or long-term debt securities of any corporation or other entity other than (A)&nbsp;the Subsidiaries and
(B)&nbsp;those corporations or other entities described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the caption &#147;Portfolio Companies&#148; (each a &#147;Portfolio Company&#148; and collectively the &#147;Portfolio Companies&#148;).
Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company does not control (as such term is defined in Section&nbsp;2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act), any of the Portfolio Companies or any corporation or other entity in which it invested since the most
recent quarter end.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Capitalization</U>. The authorized shares of capital stock of the
Company are as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the caption &#147;Description of Our Capital Stock.&#148; The total issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company as of August&nbsp;19, 2021 are as set
forth in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption &#147;The Offering.&#148; The outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have </P>
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been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable.</FONT> None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company were issued
in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to
issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company are outstanding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Authorization of Agreements</U>. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xiii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Authorization and Description of Securities</U>. The Securities
to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder have been duly authorized and when issued and paid for as contemplated herein will be validly issued, fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable;</FONT> and no preemptive rights of
stockholders exist with respect to any of the Securities or the issue and sale thereof. The Common Stock conforms to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and such description conforms to the
rights set forth in the instruments defining the same. No holder of the Common Stock will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder. The Company acknowledges and agrees that all stock-related numbers contained in this
Agreement shall be adjusted to take into account any stock split, stock dividend or similar event effected with respect to the Securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xiv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Registration Rights</U>. There are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights
to have any securities registered for sale pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered for sale or sold by the Company under the 1933 Act pursuant to this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Absence of Violations and Defaults</U>. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is
(A)&nbsp;in violation of its charter, bylaws or similar organizational document, each as amended or supplemented from time to time, (B)&nbsp;in default under any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or
other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is subject (collectively,
&#147;Agreements and Instruments&#148;), except for such defaults that would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (C)&nbsp;in violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment,
order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties,
assets or operations (each, a &#147;Governmental Entity&#148;), except for such violations that would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xvi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Absence of Conflicts</U>. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the
Securities, the performance of the Investment Management Agreement and the Administration Agreement and the consummation of the transactions </P>
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contemplated herein and therein and in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities
as described therein under the caption &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148;) and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder and thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or
without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties
or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not reasonably be expected, singly or in
the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of (a)&nbsp;the charter, bylaws or similar organizational document of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or (b)&nbsp;any law,
statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any Governmental Entity, except, in the case of (b)&nbsp;above, for any violation that would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. As used herein, a &#147;Repayment Event&#148; means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder&#146;s behalf) the right to require the
repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xvii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Employees</U>. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has any employees. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xviii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Absence of Proceedings</U>. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, there is no action, suit, proceeding or, to the knowledge of the Company, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any Governmental Entity now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries, which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, the
Investment Management Agreement, the Administration Agreement or the Securities or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xix)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Accuracy of Exhibits</U>. There are no contracts or documents which are required to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not been so described and filed as required. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xx)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Absence of Further Requirements</U>. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent,
license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any Governmental Entity is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Investment Management Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Securities or the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the
proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption &#147;Use of </P>
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Proceeds&#148;), except (A)&nbsp;such as have been already made or obtained, including under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1940 Act, the 1940 Act Regulations, state securities laws
or the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (&#147;FINRA&#148;), (B) the filing of the Notifications of Election under the 1940 Act, which has been effected and (C)&nbsp;where the failure to obtain any such filing,
authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Possession of Licenses and Permits</U>. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess such permits,
licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, &#147;Governmental Licenses&#148;) issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess
would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to
comply would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the
failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Title to Property</U>. The Company and the Subsidiaries do not own any real property; and
all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries holds properties, are in full force and effect, and neither the
Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any Subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or
questioning the rights of the Company or such Subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxiii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Possession of Intellectual Property</U>. Except as would not reasonably be expected, singly
or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the Subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights,
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">know-how</FONT> (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property
(collectively, &#147;Intellectual Property&#148;) necessary to carry on the business now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with
asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries therein, and
which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
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consolidated basis, maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as defined under <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;13a-15(f)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15d-15(f)</FONT> under the rules and regulations
of the Commission under the 1934 Act (such rules and regulations, the &#147;1934 Act Regulations&#148;)) and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A)&nbsp;transactions are executed in accordance
with management&#146;s general or specific authorization; (B)&nbsp;transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C)&nbsp;access to the
Company&#146;s consolidated assets is permitted only in accordance with management&#146;s general or specific authorization; and (D)&nbsp;the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company&#146;s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1)&nbsp;no material weakness in
the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2)&nbsp;no change in the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting (it being understood that the Company is not as of the date hereof required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements under Section&nbsp;404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of
2002, as amended). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Taxes and Tax Returns</U>. All United States federal income tax returns
of the Company and the Subsidiaries required by law to have been filed by them (taking into account any applicable extensions) have been filed and all taxes shown by such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, have been paid, in
each case, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided or insofar as the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result
in a Material Adverse Effect. The United States federal income tax returns of the Company through the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2020 have been filed, and no assessment in connection therewith has been made against the Company. The Company
and the Subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them (taking into account any applicable extensions) pursuant to applicable foreign, state, local or other law and have paid all taxes due pursuant to such
returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company and the Subsidiaries, except for such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been established by the Company or, in each case, insofar
as the failure to pay such taxes or file such returns would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of any income and corporation tax liability for
any years not finally determined are adequate to meet any current assessments or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-assessments</FONT> for additional income tax for any years not finally determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that would
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxvi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Insurance</U>. The
Company and the Subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance, with financially sound and reputable insurers, in such </P>
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amounts and covering such risks as the Company reasonably believes is prudent, and all such insurance is in full force and effect. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any of the
Subsidiaries will not be able (A)&nbsp;to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (B)&nbsp;to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now
conducted and at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxvii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Investment Company Act</U>. The Company is not required and, upon the issuance and sale of
the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an &#147;investment company&#148; as such term is used in the 1940 Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxviii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Stabilization and Manipulation</U>. The Company has not taken, nor will it take, directly or
indirectly, without giving effect to any activities by the Sales Agent, any action designed, or that would reasonably be expected, to cause or result in, or that constitutes, any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities, other
than activity permitted pursuant to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;10b-18</FONT> under the 1934 Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxix)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Foreign Corrupt Practices Act</U>. None of the Company, any of the Subsidiaries, or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any agent, controlled affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is aware of, has taken or will take
any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the &#147;FCPA&#148;), including making use of the mails or any
means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value
to any &#147;foreign official&#148; (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and to the knowledge of the Company, the Company
and its Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxx)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Anti-Money Laundering Laws</U>. The operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries are and
have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of the
jurisdictions in which the Company and the Subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any other relevant laws, rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively,
the &#147;Anti-Money Laundering Laws&#148;); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge
of the Company, threatened. </P>
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Subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any agent, controlled affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is an
individual or entity (&#147;Person&#148;), or is controlled by a Person that is, (i)&nbsp;currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including the U.S. Department of the Treasury&#146;s
Office of Foreign Assets Control (&#147;OFAC&#148;), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty&#146;s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, &#147;Sanctions&#148;), or (ii)&nbsp;located, organized
or resident in a country or territory that is itself the subject of Sanctions. In the past five (5)&nbsp;years, the Company and the Subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, and are not now knowingly engaged in, any unauthorized dealings or
transactions with any Person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or target of Sanctions.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Lending Relationship</U>. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, the Company (i)&nbsp;does not have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of the Sales Agent and (ii)&nbsp;does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities to repay any
outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of the Sales Agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxiii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Statistical and
Market-Related Data</U>. Any statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate and, to
the extent required, the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxiv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Related Party Transactions</U>. There are no business relationships or related party
transactions involving the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any other person required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which have not been described as required. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Notification of Election</U>. When the Notification of Election was filed with the Commission,
it (A)&nbsp;contained all statements required to be stated therein in accordance with, and complied in all material respects with the requirements of, the 1940 Act and (B)&nbsp;did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxvi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Investment Management Agreement and Administration Agreement</U>. (A)&nbsp;The terms of the
Investment Management Agreement and the Administration Agreement, including compensation terms, comply in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the 1940 Act Regulations and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the &#147;Advisers Act&#148;) and (B)&nbsp;the approvals by the board of directors and the stockholders of the Company of the Investment Management Agreement and the Administration
Agreement have been made in accordance with the requirements of Section&nbsp;15(a) and (c)&nbsp;of the 1940 Act and the 1940 Act Regulations applicable to companies that have elected to </P>
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be regulated as business development companies under the 1940 Act. Each of the Investment Management Agreement and the Administration Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company and is a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be subject to (i)&nbsp;bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws now or thereafter in effect relating to creditors&#146; rights generally and (ii)&nbsp;general principles of equity and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxvii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Interested Persons</U>. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
(A)&nbsp;no person is serving or acting as an officer, director or investment adviser of the Company, except in accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act, and (B)&nbsp;to the knowledge of the Company, no director of the
Company is an &#147;interested person&#148; (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Company or an &#147;affiliated person&#148; (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Sales Agent. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxviii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Business Development Company</U>. (A)&nbsp;The Company has duly elected to be treated by
the Commission under the 1940 Act as a business development company, such election is effective and all required action has been taken by the Company under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act to make the public offering and consummate the sale of the
Securities as provided in this Agreement; (B)&nbsp;the provisions of the charter and bylaws of the Company, and the investment objectives, policies and restrictions described in the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the requirements of
the 1940 Act applicable to business development companies; and (C)&nbsp;the operations of the Company are in compliance in all material respects with the provisions of the 1940 Act and the 1940 Act Regulations applicable to business development
companies. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxix)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>No Extension of Credit</U>. The Company has not, directly or indirectly,
extended credit, agreed to extend credit, arranged to extend credit or renewed any extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan, to or for any director or executive officer of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or to or for any family
member or affiliate of any director or executive officer of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xl)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Regulated Investment Company</U>. The Company has elected to be treated, and has operated, and
intends to continue to operate, its business in such a manner as to enable the Company to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;Code&#148;). The Company
intends to direct the investment of the proceeds of the offering of the Securities in a manner as to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xli)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Sarbanes-Oxley Act</U>. To the extent applicable to the Company on the date hereof, there is
and has been no failure on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Company&#146;s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section&nbsp;402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications. </P>
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forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;27A of the 1933 Act and Section&nbsp;21E of the 1934 Act) contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been
disclosed other than in good faith. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xliii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>IT Systems</U>. The Company and the
Subsidiaries&#146; information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, &#147;IT Systems&#148;) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material
respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants, except,
in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and
safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all material IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential
or regulated data (&#147;Personal Data&#148;)) used in connection with their businesses, and there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Subsidiaries are presently in material compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator
or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access,
misappropriation or modification, except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Representations and Warranties by the Adviser and the Administrator</I>. The Adviser and the Administrator,
jointly and severally, represent to the Sales Agent as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time, each Representation Date (as defined below) and any Date of Delivery (as defined below), and agrees with the Sales Agent, as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>No Material Adverse Change in Business</U>. Except as otherwise stated therein, since the
respective dates as of which information is given or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the business, financial
condition, capitalization, prospects or regulatory status of the Adviser or the Administrator, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or on the ability of the Adviser or the Administrator to carry out its obligations under this
Agreement, the Investment Management Agreement or the Administration Agreement (collectively, an &#147;Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Good Standing</U>. Each of the Adviser and the Administrator has been duly organized and is
validly existing as a limited liability company, in good standing under the laws of its state of organization and has limited liability company power and </P>
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authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and to enter into this Agreement and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and the Investment Management Agreement; and each of the Adviser and the Administrator is duly qualified as a foreign entity to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not otherwise reasonably be expected to result in an
Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Registration Under Advisers Act</U>. The
Adviser is duly registered with the Commission as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act and is not prohibited by the Advisers Act or the 1940 Act from acting under the Investment Management Agreement for the Company as contemplated by the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus. There does not exist any proceeding or, to the Adviser&#146;s knowledge, any facts or circumstances the existence of which could lead to any proceeding which might adversely affect the registration of the
Adviser with the Commission. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Absence of Proceedings</U>. Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there is no action, suit, proceeding or, to the knowledge of the Adviser or the Administrator, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Adviser or the Administrator or any of their properties, assets or operations now pending or, to the knowledge of the Adviser or the Administrator, threatened,
against or affecting the Adviser or the Administrator, which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement (other than as disclosed therein) or which would reasonably be expected to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse
Effect, or which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, the Securities, the Investment Management Agreement or the Administration Agreement or the
performance by the Adviser or the Administrator of its obligations hereunder or thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Absence of Violations and Defaults</U>. Neither the Adviser nor the Administrator is (A)&nbsp;in
violation of its limited liability company agreement, (B)&nbsp;in default under any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Adviser or the Administrator is a
party or by which it may be bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject (collectively, the &#147;Adviser/Administrator Agreements and Instruments&#148;), except for such defaults that would not reasonably be expected, singly or in
the aggregate, to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect, or (C)&nbsp;in violation of any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Adviser or the Administrator or any of their properties, assets or operations, except for such violations that would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the
aggregate, to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. </P>
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delivery and performance of this Agreement, the performance of the Investment Management Agreement and the Administration Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein and in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described therein under the caption &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148;) and compliance by the Adviser and the Administrator with
their obligations hereunder and thereunder do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice of passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Adviser or the Administrator or pursuant to, the Adviser/Administrator Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults, events or conditions giving the holder of
any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder&#146;s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Adviser or the Administrator, or
liens, charges or encumbrances that would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of (a)&nbsp;the limited
liability company agreement of the Adviser or the Administrator, or (b)&nbsp;any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other
authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Adviser or the Administrator or any of their properties, assets or operations except, in the case of (b)&nbsp;above, for any violation that would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the
aggregate, to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Authorization of
this Agreement</U>. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Adviser and the Administrator. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(viii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Investment Management Agreement and Administration Agreement</U>. Each of the Investment
Management Agreement and Administration Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Adviser or the Administrator, as applicable, and is a valid and binding obligation of the Adviser or the Administrator, as applicable,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be subject to (i)&nbsp;bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or thereafter in effect relating to creditors&#146; rights
generally and (ii)&nbsp;general principles of equity and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ix)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Absence of Further Requirements</U>. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent,
license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Adviser or the Administrator of their obligations hereunder or, in connection with the
offering, the issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Investment Management Agreement, the Administration Agreement or the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale
of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148;), except (A)&nbsp;such as have been already </P>

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made or obtained, including under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, state securities laws or the rules of FINRA and (B)&nbsp;where the failure to obtain any such filing, authorization,
approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Descriptions of Adviser and Administrator</U>. The descriptions of the Adviser and the
Administrator contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Possession of
Licenses and Permits</U>. Each of the Adviser and the Administrator possesses such Governmental Licenses issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by it,
except where the failure so to possess would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Adviser and the Administrator is in compliance with the terms and
conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are
valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in an
Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Adviser and the Administrator has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if
the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Stabilization and Manipulation</U>. Neither the Adviser nor the Administrator has taken, nor
will take, directly or indirectly, without giving effect to any activities by the Sales Agent, any action designed, or that would reasonably be expected, to cause or result in, or which constitutes, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of
the Securities, other than activity permitted pursuant to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;10b-18</FONT> under the 1934 Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xiii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Foreign Corrupt Practices Act</U>. None of the Adviser, the Administrator or, to the knowledge
of the Adviser or the Administrator, any director, officer or employee of the Adviser or the Administrator or any agent, controlled affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Adviser or the Administrator is aware of, has taken or will take
any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA, in connection with the business of the Company, including making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in
furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any &#147;foreign official&#148; (as such term is defined
in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and to the knowledge of the Adviser or the Administrator, the
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Adviser and the Administrator have conducted its business, in relation to the Company, in compliance with the FCPA and has instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and
which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xiv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Anti-Money Laundering Laws</U>. The operations of the Adviser and the Administrator are and
have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Anti-Money Laundering Laws; and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory
body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Adviser and the Administrator or any of their properties, assets or operations involving the Adviser or the Administrator with respect to the Anti-Money
Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Adviser or the Administrator, threatened. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>OFAC</U>. None of the Adviser, the Administrator or, to the knowledge of the Adviser or the
Administrator, any director, officer or employee of the Adviser or the Administrator or any agent, controlled affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Adviser or the Administrator is a Person, or is controlled by a Person that is,
(i)&nbsp;currently the subject or target of Sanctions, or (ii)&nbsp;located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is itself the subject of comprehensive Sanctions (currently Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria). During the
last five years, neither the Adviser nor the Administrator has knowingly engaged in, and is not now knowingly engaged in, any unauthorized dealings or transactions with any Person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject
or target of Sanctions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xvi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Key Employees</U>. Neither the Adviser nor the Administrator is
aware that (i)&nbsp;any of its executives, key employees or significant group of employees plans to terminate employment with the Adviser or the Administrator or (ii)&nbsp;any such executive or key employee is subject to any noncompete,
nondisclosure, confidentiality, employment, consulting or similar agreement that would be violated by either the Adviser&#146;s or the Administrator&#146;s present or proposed business activities, except, in each case, as would not reasonably be
expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xvii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>No Labor Disputes</U>. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Adviser or the
Administrator or any of their subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Adviser or the Administrator, is contemplated or threatened, and neither the Adviser nor the Administrator is aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or
dispute with, the employees or any of its or its subsidiaries&#146; principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except in each case as would not reasonably be expected to result in an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xviii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Accounting Controls</U>. The Adviser and the Administrator maintain systems of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A)&nbsp;transactions effectuated by them under the Investment Management Agreement and the Administration Agreement, as applicable, are executed in accordance with its
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management&#146;s general or specific authorization; (B)&nbsp;access to the Company&#146;s consolidated assets that are in its possession or control is permitted only in accordance with its
management&#146;s general or specific authorization; (C)&nbsp;transactions for which it has bookkeeping and record-keeping responsibility under the Investment Management Agreement and the Administration Agreement are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of the Company&#146;s financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for the Company&#146;s assets and (D)&nbsp;the recorded accountability for
such assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xix)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Financial Resources</U>. Each of the Adviser and the Administrator has the financial resources
available to it necessary for the performance of its services and obligations as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Investment Management Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Officer</I><I>&#146;</I><I>s Certificates</I>. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company, any of the
Subsidiaries, the Adviser or the Administrator delivered to the Sales Agent or to counsel for the Sales Agent shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, the Adviser or the Administrator, as applicable, to the Sales Agent as to the
matters covered thereby. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Sale and Delivery of Securities</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell Securities from time to time through the Sales Agent, and the Sales Agent agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell, as sales agent for the Company, the Securities on the
following terms. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each time that the Company wishes to sell Securities on any day that is a
trading day for the Nasdaq Global Select Market (a &#147;Trading Day&#148;) (other than a Trading Day on which the Nasdaq Global Select Market is scheduled to close prior to its regular weekday closing time) pursuant to this Agreement (each, a
&#147;Placement&#148;), the Company will instruct the Sales Agent in writing of the parameters in accordance with which it desires Securities to be sold, which shall at a minimum include the number of Securities to be offered, the time period during
which sales are requested to be made, the minimum price below which sales may not be made and any limitation on the number of Securities that may be sold in any one day (a &#147;Placement Notice&#148;). The Sales Agent will, prior to 4:30 p.m. (New
York City time) or, if later, within three hours after receipt of the Placement Notice, on the same business day (as defined below) on which such Placement Notice is delivered to the Sales Agent, issue to the Company a notice by email addressed to
all of the Authorized Representatives (as defined below) confirming all of the parameters of the Placement. The Placement Notice shall be effective upon receipt by any of the Authorized Representatives of the email notice from the Sales Agent,
unless and until (i)&nbsp;the entire amount of the Securities covered by the Placement Notice have been sold, (ii)&nbsp;in accordance with <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2(a)(ii)</U> hereof, the Company or the Sales Agent suspends or terminates the
Placement Notice, (iii)&nbsp;the Company issues a subsequent Placement </P>
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Notice with parameters superseding those on the earlier dated Placement Notice, or (iv)&nbsp;this Agreement has been terminated under the provisions of <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9</U>.
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Sales Agent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to offer and sell all of the Securities designated in the Placement Notice; provided, however, that the Sales Agent shall have no obligation to
offer or sell any Securities, and the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Sales Agent shall have no such obligation in the event an offer or sale of the Securities on behalf of the Company may in the judgment of the Sales Agent constitute the
sale of a &#147;block&#148; under <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;10b-18(a)(5)</FONT> under the 1934 Act, or a &#147;distribution&#148; within the meaning of Rule&nbsp;100 of Regulation M under the 1934 Act or the Sales Agent reasonably
believes it may be deemed an &#147;underwriter&#148; under the 1933 Act in a transaction that is other than (A)&nbsp;by means of ordinary brokers&#146; transactions between members of the Nasdaq Global Select Market that qualify for delivery of a
Prospectus to the Nasdaq Global Select Market in accordance with Rule&nbsp;153 under the 1933 Act or (B)&nbsp;directly on or through an electronic communication network, a &#147;dark pool&#148; or any similar market venue (the transactions described
in (A)&nbsp;and (B) are hereinafter referred to as &#147;At the Market Offerings&#148;). In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any Placement Notice, the terms of such Placement Notice will control. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company or the Sales Agent may, upon notice to the other party
by telephone (confirmed promptly by electronic mail from such party), suspend the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or suspend or terminate a previously issued Placement Notice; provided, however, that such suspension or
termination shall not affect or impair the parties&#146; respective obligations with respect to the Securities sold hereunder prior to the giving of such notice. Each of the parties agrees that no such notice shall be effective against the other
unless it is made to one of its authorized representatives as set forth on Schedule B hereto (the &#147;Authorized Representatives&#148;), as such Schedule may be amended from time to time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sales Agent hereby covenants and agrees not to make any sales of the Securities on behalf of
the Company, pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2(a)</U>, other than (A)&nbsp;by means of At the Market Offerings and (B)&nbsp;such other sales of the Securities on behalf of the Company in its capacity as agent of the Company as shall
be agreed by the Company and the Sales Agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The gross sales price of any Securities sold
pursuant to this Agreement by the Sales Agent, as an agent of the Company, shall be the market price prevailing at the time of sale for Securities sold by the Sales Agent on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or otherwise, at prices related to
prevailing market prices or, subject to specific instructions of the Company, at negotiated prices. The compensation to the Sales Agent, as an agent of the Company, for sales of the Securities shall be at a mutually agreed rate up to 2.0% of the
gross sales price of the Securities sold pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2(a)</U>. The foregoing rate of compensation shall not apply when the Sales Agent acts as principal, in which case the Company may sell Securities to the Sales
Agent as principal at a price agreed upon at the relevant applicable time pursuant to a separate agreement (each, a &#147;Terms Agreement&#148;) relating to such sale. The remaining proceeds, after further deduction for any transaction fees imposed
by any governmental or self-regulatory organization in </P>
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connection with such sales, shall constitute the net proceeds to the Company for such Securities (the &#147;Net Proceeds&#148;). The Sales Agent shall notify the Company as promptly as
practicable if any deduction referenced in the preceding sentence will be made. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sales Agent
shall provide written confirmation to the Company as soon as practicable following the close of trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market each day on which the Securities are sold under this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2(a)</U> setting forth the
aggregate amount of the Securities sold on such day, the aggregate Net Proceeds to the Company, and the aggregate compensation payable by the Company to the Sales Agent with respect to such sales. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Settlement for sales of the Securities pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2(a)</U> will
occur on the second Trading Day following the date on which such sales are made, unless another date shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Sales Agent (provided that, if such Trading Day is not a business day, then settlement will occur on the
next succeeding Trading Day that is also a business day) (each such date, a &#147;Settlement Date&#148;). As used herein, the term &#147;business day&#148; means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The
City of New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close. On each Settlement Date, the Securities sold through the Sales Agent for settlement on such date shall be delivered by the Company (through its transfer
agent) to the Sales Agent against payment of the Net Proceeds for the sale of such Securities. Settlement for all such Securities shall be effected by electronically transferring the Securities by the Company to the Sales Agent&#146;s account, or to
the account of the Sales Agent&#146;s designee, at DTC through its Deposit and Withdrawal at Custodian System (&#147;DWAC&#148;) or by such other means of delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Sales Agent, which in all cases
shall be freely tradable, transferable, registered shares eligible for delivery through DTC, in return for payments in same day funds delivered to the account designated by the Company. If the Company (or its transfer agent) shall default on its
obligation to deliver the Securities on any Settlement Date, the Company shall (A)&nbsp;indemnify and hold the Sales Agent harmless against any loss, claim or damage arising from or as a result of such default by the Company and (B)&nbsp;pay the
Sales Agent any commission to which it would otherwise be entitled absent such default. The Authorized Representatives, or any designees thereof as notified to the Sales Agent in writing, shall be the contact persons for the Company for all matters
related to the settlement of the transfer of the Securities through DWAC for purposes of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2(a)(vi)</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any obligation of the Sales Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell the
Securities on behalf of the Company shall be subject to the continuing accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator, to the performance by the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator of their
obligations hereunder and to the continuing satisfaction of the additional conditions specified in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3</U> of this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the Company wishes to sell the Securities other than as set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2(a)</U> of
this Agreement, it may elect, in its sole discretion, to notify the Sales Agent of the proposed terms of such sale. If the Sales Agent, acting as principal, wishes to accept such proposed </P>
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terms (which it may decline to do for any reason in its sole discretion) or, following discussions with the Company, wishes to accept amended terms, the Company will enter into a Terms Agreement
setting forth the terms of such Placement. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any Terms Agreement, the terms of such Terms Agreement will control. For avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this
Agreement shall be construed to require the Company to engage the Sales Agent in connection with the offer and sale of any of its securities, including shares of the Common Stock, whether in connection with an underwritten offering or otherwise.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event the Company engages the Sales Agent for a sale of Securities that would constitute the sale of a
&#147;block&#148; under <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;10b-18(a)(5)</FONT> under the 1934 Act, or a &#147;distribution,&#148; within the meaning of Rule&nbsp;100 of Regulation M under the 1934 Act, the Company and the Sales Agent will
agree to compensation that is customary for the Sales Agent with respect to such transactions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under no
circumstances shall the Company cause or request the offer or sale of any Securities if, after giving effect to the sale of such Securities, the aggregate gross sales proceeds or the aggregate number of the Securities sold pursuant to this Agreement
would exceed the amount available for offer and sale under the currently effective Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If
any party has reason to believe that the exemptive provisions set forth in Rule&nbsp;101(c)(1) of Regulation M under the 1934 Act are not satisfied with respect to the Securities, it shall promptly notify the other parties and sales of the
Securities under this Agreement shall be suspended until that or other exemptive provisions have been satisfied in the judgment of each party. Upon the reasonable request of the Company in writing to the Sales Agent (which such request may be by
electronic mail), the Sales Agent shall promptly calculate and provide in writing to the Company a report setting forth, for the prior week, the average daily trading volume (as defined in Rule&nbsp;100 of Regulation M under the 1934 Act) of the
Common Stock. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each sale of the Securities to or through the Sales Agent shall be made in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement or, if applicable, a Terms Agreement. The commitment of the Sales Agent to purchase the Securities pursuant to any Terms Agreement shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of the representations and warranties of the
parties herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth. Each Terms Agreement shall specify the number of the Securities to be purchased by the Sales Agent pursuant thereto, the price to be paid to the Company for
such Securities, any provisions relating to rights of, and default by, underwriters acting together with the Sales Agent in the reoffering of the Securities, any provisions relating to the granting of an option to purchase additional Securities for
the purpose of covering over-allotments, and the time and date (each such time and date being referred to herein as a &#147;Date of Delivery&#148;) and place of delivery of and payment for such Securities. Such Terms Agreement shall also specify any
requirements for opinions of counsel, accountants&#146; letters and officers&#146; certificates pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5</U> hereof and any other information or documents required by the Sales Agent. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to such further limitations on offers and sales of Securities or delivery of instructions to offer and sell
Securities as are set forth herein and as may be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Sales Agent offers and sales of Securities pursuant to this </P>
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Agreement shall not be requested by the Company and need not be made by the Sales Agent at any time when or during any period in which the Company is in possession of material <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-public</FONT> information. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company acknowledges and agrees that
(A)&nbsp;there can be no assurance that the Sales Agent will be successful in selling the Securities, (B)&nbsp;the Sales Agent will not incur liability or obligation to the Company or any other person or entity if such Sales Agent does not sell
Securities for any reason other than a failure by the Sales Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable law and regulations to sell such Securities in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and (C)&nbsp;the Sales Agent shall not be under any obligation to purchase Securities on a principal basis pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise specifically agreed in writing by the Sales Agent and the Company. For
purposes of clarification, the Sales Agent shall only be deemed to be acting as a sales agent under this Agreement during the period beginning with the delivery of a Placement Notice from the Company to the Sales Agent and ending upon the suspension
or termination of such Placement Notice. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company agrees that, during the term of this Agreement, any offer
to sell, any solicitation of an offer to buy, or any sales of Securities or sales of Common Stock pursuant to any At the Market Offering (as defined herein and within the meaning of Rule&nbsp;415(a)(4) under the 1933 Act) shall only be effected by
or through the Sales Agent or the Other Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, during the term of this Agreement, any offer to sell, any solicitation of an offer to buy, or any sales of Securities or
sales of Common Stock that do not constitute an At the Market Offering (as defined herein and within the meaning of Rule&nbsp;415(a)(4) under the 1933 Act), including any underwritten offering or private placement transaction exempt from the
requirements of the 1933 Act, may be effected by the Company by or through any person or entity in the Company&#146;s sole discretion. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Covenants of the Company</U>. The Company covenants with the Sales Agent as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests</I>. The Company, subject to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3(c)</U>, will comply with the requirements of Rule&nbsp;415, Rule&nbsp;430B, Rule&nbsp;497 and Rule&nbsp;424(b), and will notify the Sales Agent immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i)&nbsp;when any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii)&nbsp;of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii)&nbsp;of any request by the
Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, or for additional information, (iv)&nbsp;of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or
threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section&nbsp;8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v)&nbsp;if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under
Section&nbsp;8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company will effect all filings required under Rule&nbsp;424(b) and Rule&nbsp;497 within the time period required by Rule&nbsp;424(b) or Rule&nbsp;497, as
applicable, and will take such steps as it deems necessary </P>
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to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule&nbsp;424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly
file such prospectus. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order, prevention or suspension and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Filing of Amendments</I>. The Company will give the Sales Agent notice of its intention to file or prepare any
amendment to the Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule&nbsp;462(b)) or to the Prospectus and will furnish the Sales Agent with copies of any such documents within a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as
the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Sales Agent or counsel for the Sales Agent shall object. The Company shall give the Sales Agent notice of its intention to make any filings pursuant to the 1934 Act or the 1934
Rules and Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time and will furnish the Sales Agent with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such
document to which the Sales Agent or counsel for the Sales Agent shall reasonably object. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Continued
Compliance with Securities Laws</I>. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this
Agreement and in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition
shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Sales Agent or for the Company, to (i)&nbsp;amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii)&nbsp;amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (iii)&nbsp;amend the
Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly (A)&nbsp;give the Sales Agent notice of such event,
(B)&nbsp;prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed
filing or use, furnish the Sales Agent with copies of any such amendment or supplement and (C)&nbsp;file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement. The Company will furnish to the Sales Agent such number of copies of such amendment or
supplement as the Sales Agent may reasonably request. The Company has given the Sales Agent notice of any filings made pursuant to the 1934 Act or 1934 Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Company shall give the Sales
Agent notice of its intention to make any such filing and shall furnish the Sales Agent with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Delivery of Commission Filings</I>. The Company has furnished or, upon written request of the Sales Agent, shall
deliver to the Sales Agent and counsel for the Sales Agent, </P>
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without charge, conformed copies of the Registration Statement, as originally filed, and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith) and conformed copies of all consents and
certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Sales Agent, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for the Sales Agent. The copies of the
Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Sales Agent will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Delivery of Prospectuses</I>. The Company will furnish to the Sales
Agent, without charge, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as the Sales Agent may reasonably request. The
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Sales Agent will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Blue Sky Qualifications</I>. The Company will use its commercially
reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Sales Agent, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Sales Agent may designate and to
maintain such qualifications in effect so long as reasonably required to complete the distribution of the Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a
foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Rule</I><I></I><I>&nbsp;158</I>. The Company will make generally available to its securityholders as soon as
practicable an earnings statement that satisfies the provisions of Section&nbsp;11(a) of the 1933 Act and Rule&nbsp;158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of
the Company occurring after the &#147;effective date&#148; (as defined in Rule&nbsp;158) of the Registration Statement; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on EDGAR. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Listing</I>. The Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to maintain the listing of the Common
Stock (including the Securities) on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>DTC. </I>The Company will cooperate
with the Sales Agent and use its commercially reasonable efforts to permit the offered Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of DTC. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Use of Proceeds; OFAC</I>. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities
in the manner specified in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under &#147;Use of Proceeds.&#148; The Company will not directly or, to its knowledge, indirectly, use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or
otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such
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funding, is the subject of Sanctions (to the extent that such action would result in the violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter,
adviser, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions) or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Reporting Requirements</I>. The Company, during the period when a Prospectus relating to the Securities is
required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and 1934 Act Regulations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Business Development Company Status</I>. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain
its status as a business development company; provided, however, the Company may cease to be, or withdraw its election as, a business development company, with the approval of the board of directors and a vote of stockholders as required by
Section&nbsp;58 of the 1940 Act or any successor provision. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Regulated Investment Company Status</I>. The
Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain its qualification as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code for each full fiscal year during which it is a business development company under the 1940 Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Annual Compliance Reviews</I>. The Company will retain qualified accountants and qualified tax experts to
(i)&nbsp;test procedures and conduct annual compliance reviews designed to determine compliance with the regulated investment company provisions of the Code and (ii)&nbsp;otherwise assist the Company in monitoring appropriate accounting systems and
procedures designed to determine compliance with the regulated investment company provisions of the Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Accounting Controls</I>. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to establish and maintain a system
of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A)&nbsp;transactions are executed in accordance with management&#146;s authorization; (B)&nbsp;transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C)&nbsp;access to the Company&#146;s consolidated assets is permitted only in accordance with management&#146;s authorization; (D)&nbsp;the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; (E)&nbsp;material information relating to the Company and the assets managed by the Adviser is
promptly made known to the officers responsible for establishing and maintaining the system of internal accounting controls; and (F)&nbsp;any significant deficiencies or weaknesses in the design or operation of internal accounting controls that
could adversely affect the Company&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data, and any fraud whether or not material that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in internal controls, are
adequately and promptly disclosed to the Company&#146;s independent auditors and the audit committee of the Company&#146;s board of directors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(p)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Disclosure Controls</I>. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to establish and employ disclosure
controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that </P>
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information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified
in the Commission&#146;s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company&#146;s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate to allow timely
decisions regarding disclosure. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(q)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Issuer Free Writing Prospectus</I>. The Company represents and agrees that,
without the prior consent of the Sales Agent (i)&nbsp;it will not distribute any offering material other than the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, and (ii)&nbsp;it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that
would constitute a &#147;free writing prospectus&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 under the 1933 Act, and which the parties agree, for the purposes of this Agreement, includes (x)&nbsp;any &#147;advertisement&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;482 under
the 1933 Act; and&nbsp;(y) any sales literature, materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including any
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-person</FONT> roadshow or investor presentations (including slides and scripts relating thereto) made to investors by&nbsp;or on behalf of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(r)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Due Diligence Matters. </I>The Company will cooperate with any reasonable due diligence review conducted by the
Sales Agent or its respective agents in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, providing information and making available documents and senior officers, during regular business hours and at the
Company&#146;s principal offices, as either Agent may reasonably request. The parties acknowledge that the due diligence review contemplated by this&nbsp;Section 2(r)&nbsp;will include, without limitation, during the term of this Agreement a
quarterly diligence conference to occur within five business days after each <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> filing or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> filing whereby the Company will make its senior corporate officers
available to address diligence inquiries of the Sales Agent and will provide such additional information and documents as the Sales Agent may reasonably request. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(s)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Stabilization. </I>The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could
reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(t)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company agrees that any offer to sell, any solicitation of an offer to buy, or any sales of Securities pursuant
to this Agreement, the Sales Agreement or any Terms Agreement shall only be effected by or through only one of Agent or the Other Agent, as applicable, at any given time as determined by the Company, but in no event by more than one of them, and the
Company shall in no event request that more than one of Agent or the Other Agent sell Securities during such time period. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Payment of Expenses</U>. The Company shall pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i)&nbsp;the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to
the Sales Agent (including costs of mailing and shipment), (ii)&nbsp;the printing and delivery to the Sales Agent of this Agreement and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale or delivery of the
Securities, (iii)&nbsp;the delivery of Securities to the Sales Agent, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale or </P>
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delivery of the Securities to the Sales Agent, (iv)&nbsp;the fees and disbursements of the Company&#146;s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v)&nbsp;the qualification of the Securities
under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Sales Agent in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of blue sky
surveys and any supplement thereto, (vi)&nbsp;the printing and delivery to the Sales Agent of copies of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vii)&nbsp;the preparation and delivery to the Sales Agent of copies of the blue sky
survey, if any, and any supplement thereto, (viii)&nbsp;the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (ix)&nbsp;the reasonable legal fees and expenses of counsel to the Sales Agent in connection with their performance
under this Agreement, in an aggregate amount of $40,000 in connection with the entry into this Agreement and the Sales Agreement and up to $7,500 per fiscal quarter during the term of this Agreement and the Sales Agreement, which amount shall
include legal fees and expenses relating to the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities and (x)&nbsp;the filing fees incident to the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities. Except as set forth herein, the Sales
Agent will pay all of its other <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT></FONT> costs and expenses incurred in connection with entering into this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including, without limitation, travel and similar expenses, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated or this Agreement is terminated. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Conditions of the Sales Agent</U><U>&#146;</U><U>s Obligations</U>. The obligations of the Sales
Agent hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator contained herein or in certificates of any officer of the Company, any of the Subsidiaries, the Adviser or the
Administrator delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Registration Statement</I>. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted
or are pending or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, contemplated; and the Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information in connection with the Registration Statement. Any required filing of each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule&nbsp;433 has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule&nbsp;433(d). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Opinions of Counsel for the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator</I>. Within five business days after
(i)&nbsp;each date on which the Company files a quarterly report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> or an annual report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K,</FONT> (ii)&nbsp;each date on which Securities are delivered to
the Sales Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, or (iii)&nbsp;such date as the Sales Agent may reasonably request (the date of commencement of the offering of the Securities under this Agreement, the date of commencement of the offering of the
Securities under this Agreement following the termination of a Suspension Period and each date referred to in subclauses (i), (ii) and (iii)&nbsp;above, each a &#147;Representation Date&#148;), the Sales Agent shall have received the favorable
opinions, dated the Representation Date, of Dechert LLP, counsel for the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator, and of Venable LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Sales Agent. Such
counsels may state that insofar as such opinions involve factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and the Subsidiaries, the Adviser and the Administrator and certificates of
public officials. </P>
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business days after each Representation Date, the Sales Agent shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Representation Date, of Proskauer Rose LLP, counsel for the Sales Agent. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion
involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers and other representatives of the Company, the Subsidiaries, the Adviser and the Administrator and certificates of public officials. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Officers</I><I>&#146;</I><I> Certificates</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Within five business days after each Representation Date, there shall not have been, since the date
hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the business, properties, management, financial condition, prospects or results of operations of
the Company and the Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Sales Agent shall have received a certificate of the chief executive officer or the president of the Company and of the
chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated the Representation Date, to the effect that (A)&nbsp;there has been no such material adverse change, (B)&nbsp;the representations and warranties of the Company in
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;1(a)</U> of this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Representation Date, (C)&nbsp;the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Representation Date, and (D)&nbsp;no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the 1933 Act has been issued, no order preventing or suspending
the use of the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge, contemplated by the Commission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Within five business days after each Representation Date, there shall not have been, since the date
hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, an Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect, and the Sales Agent shall have received certificates of the managing member of each of the Adviser and the
Administrator, dated the Representation Date, to the effect that (A)&nbsp;there has been no such Adviser/Administrator Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Adviser or the Administrator, as applicable, (B)&nbsp;the representations and
warranties of the Adviser or the Administrator, as applicable, in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;1(b)</U> of this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Representation Date and
(C)&nbsp;the Adviser or the Administrator, as applicable, has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Representation Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Accountant</I><I>&#146;</I><I>s Comfort Letter</I>. Within five business days after each Representation Date,
the Sales Agent shall have received from RSM US LLP a letter, dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Sales Agent, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants&#146; &#147;comfort
letters&#148; to underwriters with respect to the Company&#146;s financial statements and certain financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Additional Documents</I>. Within five business days after each
Representation Date, counsel for the Sales Agent shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated,
or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator in connection with the
issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Sales Agent and counsel for the Sales Agent. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Indemnification</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Indemnification of the Sales Agent by the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator</I>. The Company, the
Adviser and the Administrator, severally and not jointly, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Sales Agent, its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule&nbsp;501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an &#147;Affiliate&#148;)), its selling agents and
each person, if any, who controls the Sales Agent within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the 1933 Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the 1934 Act as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out
of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any Rule&nbsp;430B Information, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included (A)&nbsp;in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto), or (B)&nbsp;in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities (&#147;Marketing
Materials&#148;), including any road show as defined in Rule&nbsp;433(h) under the 1933 Act (a &#147;road show&#148;) or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically), or the omission or alleged
omission in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Marketing Materials of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the
extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any
such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6(d)</U> below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the reasonably incurred and
documented fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the </P>
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Sales Agent), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened,
or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i)&nbsp;or (ii)&nbsp;above; provided, however, that this indemnity
agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including
any Rule&nbsp;430B Information or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Sales Agent Information; and provided, further the Adviser&#146;s indemnity shall only apply to statements
described in (i)&nbsp;above regarding the Adviser and the Administrator&#146;s indemnity shall apply only statements described in (i)&nbsp;above regarding the Administrator. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Indemnification of Company, Directors, Officers, Adviser and Administrator</I>. The Sales Agent agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Adviser, the Administrator their directors, each of the Company&#146;s officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company, the Adviser or the Administrator
within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the 1933 Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection&nbsp;(a) of this Section, as incurred, but
only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any Rule&nbsp;430B Information, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Sales Agent Information. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Actions against Parties; Notification</I>. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably
practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to
the extent it is not materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights and defenses) as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity
agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6(a)</U> above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Sales Agent, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6(b)</U> above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to the
indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local
counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying
party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced
or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6</U> or <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7</U> hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are
actual or potential parties thereto), unless such </P>
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settlement, compromise or consent (i)&nbsp;includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and
(ii)&nbsp;does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse</I>. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested
an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6(a)(ii)</U> effected
without its written consent if (i)&nbsp;such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii)&nbsp;such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement
at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii)&nbsp;such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Contribution</U>. If the indemnification provided for in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6</U> hereof
is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of
such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i)&nbsp;in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator, on the
one hand, and the Sales Agent, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii)&nbsp;if the allocation provided by clause (i)&nbsp;is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)&nbsp;above but also the relative fault of the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator, on the one hand, and of the Sales Agent, on the other hand, in connection with the statements
or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. For the avoidance of doubt, the Adviser&#146;s and the Administrator&#146;s contribution agreement shall
only apply to instances in which the Adviser or the Administrator has an indemnity obligation as described above in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6(a)</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The relative benefits received by the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator, on the one hand, and the Sales Agent, on the other hand, in connection with
the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the
Company, on the one hand, and the total commissions received by the Sales Agent, on the other hand, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate Net Proceeds. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The relative fault of the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator, on the one hand, and the Sales Agent, on the other hand, shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator or by
the Sales Agent and the parties&#146; relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company, the Adviser, the Administrator and the Sales Agent agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7</U> were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7</U>. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7</U> shall be deemed to include any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever
based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the provisions of this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7</U>, the Sales Agent shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the commissions received by the Sales Agent in connection with the Securities sold by it. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any indemnification and contribution
by the Company shall be subject to the requirements and limitations of Section&nbsp;17(i)&nbsp;of the 1940 Act and any applicable guidance from the Commission or its staff thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7</U>, each person, if any, who controls the Sales Agent within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the 1933
Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the 1934 Act and the Sales Agent&#146;s Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as the Sales Agent, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration
Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company, the Adviser or the Administrator within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the 1933 Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, the
Adviser or the Administrator, as the case may be. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Representations, Warranties and Agreements to
Survive</U>. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company, any of the Subsidiaries, the Adviser or the Administrator submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in
full force and effect regardless of (i)&nbsp;any investigation made by or on behalf of the Sales Agent or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling the Sales Agent, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and
(ii)&nbsp;delivery of and payment for the Securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Termination of Agreement</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Termination by the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator</I>. The Company, the Adviser and the
Administrator may terminate this Agreement, by giving one day advance notice to the Sales Agent, at any time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Termination by the Sales Agent</I>. The Sales Agent may terminate this Agreement, by giving one day advance
notice to the Company, at any time (i)&nbsp;if there has been, in the judgment of the Sales Agent, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, </P>
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any material adverse change in the business, properties, management, financial condition, prospects or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as one enterprise or the
Adviser or the Administrator, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, which would make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (ii)&nbsp;if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or
escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the
judgment of the Sales Agent, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the offering or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, (iii)&nbsp;if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially
limited by the Commission or The Nasdaq Stock Market, (iv)&nbsp;if trading generally on the NYSE Amex or The New York Stock Exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have
been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority, (v)&nbsp;a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities
settlement or clearance services in the United States or with respect to Clearstream or Euroclear systems in Europe, or (vi)&nbsp;if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New&nbsp;York authorities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Liabilities</I>. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without
liability of any party to any other party except as provided in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;4</U> hereof, provided that <U>Sections</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;1</U>, <U>6</U><U>,</U> <U>7</U>, <U>8</U>, <U>14</U>, <U>15</U> and <U>16</U> shall survive
such termination and remain in full force and effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>No Joint Venture</U>. The Company, the
Adviser, the Administrator and the Sales Agent expressly acknowledge, understand and agree that the Sales Agent and the Other Agent are not, and shall not be deemed for any purpose, to be acting as an joint venture or partner of one another and that
neither the Sales Agent nor the Other Agent assume responsibility or liability, express or implied, for any actions or omissions of, or the performance of services by the Sales Agent or the Other Agent, respectively, in connection with the offering
of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement or the Sales Agreement, or otherwise. The obligations of the Sales Agent hereunder and of the Other Agent under the Sales Agreement shall be several and not joint. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;11.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Notices</U>. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed
to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Sales Agent shall be directed to Raymond James&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc. at 880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716, facsimile
No.&nbsp;(901) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">579-4891</FONT> and (727) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">567-8750,</FONT> Attention: Larry M. Herman, Managing Director/Financial Services Investment Banking and Thomas Donegan, General
Counsel/Global Equities&nbsp;&amp; Investment Banking, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Proskauer Rose LLP at 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 600 South, Washington, D.C. 20004, Attention: William Tuttle. Notices to the Company,
the Adviser and the Administrator shall be directed to them at 590 Madison Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10022, facsimile <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;(212)&nbsp;905-1075,&nbsp;Attention:</FONT> Arthur Penn. </P>
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Company acknowledges and agrees that (a)&nbsp;the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">arm&#146;s-length</FONT> commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Sales Agent, on the other hand, (b)&nbsp;in connection with the offering of the Securities and the process leading thereto, the
Sales Agent is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or their respective stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c)&nbsp;the Sales Agent has not assumed or
will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering of the Securities or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Sales Agent has advised or is currently advising the Company or
any of its subsidiaries on other matters) and the Sales Agent has no obligation to the Company with respect to the offering of the Securities except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d)&nbsp;the Sales Agent and its respective
affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and (e)&nbsp;the Sales Agent has not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering of the
Securities and the Company has consulted its own respective legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;13.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Parties</U>. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Sales Agent,
the Company, the Adviser, the Administrator and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Sales Agent, the Company, the
Adviser and the Administrator and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6</U> and <U>7</U> and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Sales Agent, the Company, the
Adviser and the Administrator and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities
from the Sales Agent shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;14.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Trial by Jury</U>. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on
behalf of its stockholders and affiliates), the Adviser, the Administrator and the Sales Agent hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;15.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>GOVERNING LAW</U>. THIS
AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF, THE STATE OF NEW YORK. </P>
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Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted in (i)&nbsp;the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York,
Borough of Manhattan or (ii)&nbsp;the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the &#147;Specified Courts&#148;), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction
(except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court, as to which such jurisdiction is <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-exclusive)</FONT> of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service
of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party&#146;s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally
waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding
brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;17.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>TIME</U>. TIME SHALL BE
OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;18.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Counterparts</U>. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of
2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly
delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;19.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Effect of Headings</U>. The
Section&nbsp;headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION&nbsp;20.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event that the Sales Agent that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special
Resolution Regime, the transfer from the Sales Agent of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if
this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event that the Sales Agent that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of the Sales Agent becomes
subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against the Sales Agent are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under
the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. </P>
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&#147;BHC Act Affiliate&#148; has the meaning assigned to the term &#147;affiliate&#148; in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. &#167; 1841(k). &#147;Covered Entity&#148; means any of the following: (i)&nbsp;a &#147;covered
entity&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167; 252.82(b); (ii)&nbsp;a &#147;covered bank&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167; 47.3(b); or (iii)&nbsp;a
&#147;covered FSI&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167; 382.2(b). &#147;Default Right&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R.
&#167;&#167; 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. &#147;U.S. Special Resolution Regime&#148; means each of (i)&nbsp;the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii)&nbsp;Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder. </P>
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Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Sales Agent, the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator in accordance with its terms. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Arthur H. Penn</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;Arthur H. Penn <BR>Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;Arthur H. Penn <BR>Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Managing Member</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">as of the date first above written: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RAYMOND
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;Larry Herman</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Consolidated subsidiaries of the Company: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PennantPark Floating
Rate Funding I, LLC </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PennantPark Floating Rate Funding II, LLC </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PennantPark CLO I, LLC </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PennantPark CLO I, Ltd. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">590 Madison Avenue </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10022 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2:</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>1933 Act File
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-235532&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></U> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and
Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have served as Maryland counsel to PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;)
and a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;), in connection with certain matters of Maryland law arising out of the issuance of shares (the &#147;Shares&#148;) of common stock,
$0.001 par value per share, of the Company having an aggregate offering price of up to $75,000,000, to be issued in an <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">at-the-market</FONT></FONT> public offering (the
&#147;Offering&#148;), covered by the Registration Statement, and all amendments thereto (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;), filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;1933 Act&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with our representation of the Company, and as a basis for
the opinion hereinafter set forth, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents (hereinafter collectively referred to as the &#147;Documents&#148;): </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registration Statement, and the related form of prospectus included therein; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Prospectus Supplement, dated August&nbsp;20, 2021, in the form to be filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 497 under the 1933 Act; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The charter of the Company, certified by the State Department of
Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the &#147;SDAT&#148;); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws of the Company, certified as of the
date hereof by an officer of the Company; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A certificate of the SDAT as to the good standing of the Company,
dated as of a recent date; </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">August 20, 2021 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"> Page
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Directors of the Company, relating to, among other things, the authorization of (a)&nbsp;the registration, sale and issuance of the Shares, (b)&nbsp;the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Distribution Agreement and
(c)&nbsp;the delegation to designated officers of the Company of the power to determine the number and price of the Shares and certain other matters in connection with the Offering, subject to the Resolutions, certified as of the date hereof by an
officer of the Company; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Equity Distribution Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;20, 2021 (the &#147;JMP
Distribution Agreement&#148;), by and among the Company, PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the &#147;Adviser&#148;), and PennantPark Investment Administration, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
&#147;Administrator&#148;), and JMP Securities LLC; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Equity Distribution Agreement, dated as of
August&nbsp;20, 2021 (the &#147;Raymond James Distribution Agreement&#148; and, together with the JMP Distribution Agreement, the &#147;Distribution Agreements&#148;), by and among the Company, the Adviser, the Administrator and Raymond
James&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc.; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A certificate executed by an officer of the Company, dated as of the date
hereof; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Such other documents and matters as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to express the opinion
set forth below, subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In expressing the opinion set forth below, we
have assumed the following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of such
individual or any other person, is legally competent to do&nbsp;so. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each individual executing any of the
Documents on behalf of a party (other than the Company) is duly authorized to do&nbsp;so. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the parties
(other than the Company) executing any of the Documents has duly and validly executed and delivered each of the Documents to which such party is a signatory, and such party&#146;s obligations set forth therein are legal, valid and binding and are
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">August 20, 2021 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"> Page
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and content of all Documents submitted to us as unexecuted drafts do not differ in any respect relevant to this opinion from the form and content of such Documents as executed and delivered. All Documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic
copies conform to the original documents. All signatures on all such Documents are genuine. All public records reviewed or relied upon by us or on our behalf are true and complete. All representations, warranties, statements and information
contained in the Documents are true and complete. There has been no oral or written modification of or amendment to any of the Documents, and there has been no waiver of any provision of any of the Documents, by action or omission of the parties or
otherwise. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon the issuance of any of the Shares, the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and
outstanding will not exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock that the Company is then authorized to issue under the Charter. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein, it is our opinion that: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland
and is in good standing with the SDAT. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The issuance of the Shares has been duly authorized and, when issued and
delivered by the Company pursuant to the Distribution Agreements, the Prospectus Supplement, the Resolutions and the Registration Statement against payment of the consideration set forth therein, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Maryland and we do not express any opinion herein concerning
any other law. We express no opinion as to compliance with the 1940 Act or other federal securities laws, or state securities laws, including the securities laws of the State of Maryland. To the extent that any matter as to which our opinion is
expressed herein would be governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland, we do not express any opinion on such matter. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The opinion expressed herein is limited to the matters specifically set forth herein and no other opinion shall be inferred beyond the matters
expressly stated. We assume no obligation to supplement this opinion if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if we become aware of any fact that might change the opinion expressed herein after the date hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion is being furnished to you for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT
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&#147;Current Report&#148;), which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Current Report and the said
incorporation by reference and to the use of the name of our firm therein. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section&nbsp;7 of the 1933 Act </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>JOINT CODE OF ETHICS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FOR </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PENNANTPARK
INVESTMENT CORPORATION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PENNANTPARK FLOATING RATE CAPITAL LTD. </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section I Statement of General Fiduciary Principles </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Joint Code of Ethics (the &#147;Code&#148;) has been adopted by each of PennantPark Investment Corporation, PennantPark Floating Rate
Capital, Ltd. (each individually, the &#147;Corporation&#148;), and PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC, the Corporations&#146; investment adviser (the &#147;Adviser&#148;), in compliance with Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">17j-1</FONT>
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the &#147;Act&#148;) and Section&nbsp;204A of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the &#147;Advisers Act&#148;). The purpose of the Code is to establish standards and procedures for the detection and
prevention of activities by which persons having knowledge of the investments and investment intentions of the Corporations may abuse their fiduciary duty to the Corporations, and otherwise to deal with the types of conflict of interest situations
to which Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">17j-1</FONT> is addressed. As it relates to Section&nbsp;204A of the Advisers Act, the purpose of this Code is to establish procedures that, taking into consideration the nature of the Adviser&#146;s
business, are reasonably designed to prevent misuse of material <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-public</FONT> information in violation of the federal securities laws by persons associated with the Adviser. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Code is based on the principle that the directors and officers of the Corporations, and the managers, partners, officers and employees of
the Adviser, who provide services to the Corporations, owe a fiduciary duty to the Corporations to conduct their personal securities transactions in a manner that does not interfere with the Corporations&#146; transactions or otherwise take unfair
advantage of their relationship with the Corporations. All directors, managers, partners, officers and employees of the Corporations, and the Adviser (&#147;Covered Personnel&#148;) are expected to adhere to this general principle as well as to
comply with all of the specific provisions of this Code that are applicable to them. Any Covered Personnel who is affiliated with another entity that is a registered investment adviser is, in addition, expected to comply with the provisions of the
code of ethics that has been adopted by such other investment adviser. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Technical compliance with the Code will not automatically insulate
any Covered Personnel from scrutiny of transactions that show a pattern of compromise or abuse of the individual&#146;s fiduciary duty to the Corporation. Accordingly, all Covered Personnel must seek to avoid any actual or potential conflicts
between their personal interests and the interests of the Corporation and its shareholders. In sum, all Covered Personnel shall place the interests of the Corporation before their own personal interests. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All Covered Personnel must read and retain this Code. </P>
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to the Corporation or the Adviser, who in connection with his or her regular functions or duties makes, participates in, or obtains information regarding the purchase or sale of any Covered
Security (as defined below) by the Corporation, or whose functions relate to the making of any recommendation with respect to such purchases or sales; and (ii)&nbsp;any natural person in a Control relationship to the Corporation or the Adviser, who
obtains information concerning recommendations made to the Corporation with regard to the purchase or sale of any Covered Security by the Corporation. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">&#147;Beneficial Ownership&#148; is interpreted in the same manner as it would be under Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">16a-1(a)(2)</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;) in determining whether a person is a beneficial owner of a security for purposes of Section&nbsp;16 of the 1934 Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">&#147;Chief Compliance Officer&#148; means the Chief Compliance Officer of the Corporation (who also may serve
as the compliance officer of the Adviser and/or one or more affiliates of the Adviser). </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">&#147;Control&#148; shall have the same meaning as that set forth in Section&nbsp;2(a)(9) of the Act.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">&#147;Covered Security&#148; means a security as defined in Section&nbsp;2(a)(36) of the Act, which includes:
any note, stock, treasury stock, security future, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate,
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-organization</FONT> certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting-trust certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, fractional undivided interest in oil, gas, or other
mineral rights, any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege on any security (including a certificate of deposit) or on any group or index of securities (including any interest therein or based on the value thereof), or any put, call, straddle,
option, or privilege entered into on a national securities exchange relating to foreign currency, or, in general, any interest or instrument commonly known as a &#147;security,&#148; or any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or
interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing. Except that &#147;Covered Security&#148; does not include: (i)&nbsp;direct obligations of the Government of the United States;
(ii)&nbsp;bankers&#146; acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and high quality short-term debt instruments, including repurchase agreements; and (iii)&nbsp;shares issued by <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">open-end</FONT>
investment companies registered under the Act. References to a Covered Security in this Code (e.g., a prohibition or requirement applicable to the purchase or sale of a Covered Security) shall be deemed to refer to and to include any warrant for,
option in, or security immediately convertible into that Covered Security, and shall also include any instrument that has an investment return or value that is based, in whole or in part, on that Covered Security (collectively,
&#147;Derivatives&#148;). Therefore, except as otherwise specifically provided by this Code: (i)&nbsp;any prohibition or requirement of this Code applicable to the purchase or sale of a Covered Security shall also be applicable to the purchase or
sale of a Derivative relating to that Covered Security; and (ii)&nbsp;any prohibition or requirement of this Code applicable to the purchase or sale of a Derivative shall also be applicable to the purchase or sale of a Covered Security relating to
that Derivative. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">&#147;Independent Director&#148; means a director of the Corporation who is not an &#147;interested
person&#148; of the Corporation within the meaning of Section&nbsp;2(a)(19) of the Act. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">&#147;Initial Public Offering&#148; means an offering of securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933
(the &#147;1933 Act&#148;), the issuer of which, immediately before the registration, was not subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">&#147;Limited Offering&#148; means an offering that is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act pursuant to
Section&nbsp;4(2) or Section&nbsp;4(6) thereof or pursuant to Rule 504, Rule 505, or Rule 506 thereunder. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">&#147;Restricted List&#148; means the &#147;Pipeline&#148; report of potential investments combined with the
current holdings of the clients. PennantPark Access Persons are restricted from trading any security on the Restricted List. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">&#147;Security Held or to be Acquired&#148; by the Corporation means: (i)&nbsp;any Covered Security which,
within the most recent 15 days: (A)&nbsp;is or has been held by the Corporation; or (B)&nbsp;is being or has been considered by the Corporation or the Adviser for purchase by the Corporation; and (ii)&nbsp;any option to purchase or sell, and any
security convertible into or exchangeable for, a Covered Security described in Section II (K)(i). </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;17j-1</FONT> Organization&#148; means the Corporation or the Adviser, as
the context requires. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section III Objective and General Prohibitions </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Covered Personnel may not engage in any investment transaction under circumstances in which the Covered Personnel benefits from or interferes
with the purchase or sale of investments by the Corporation. In addition, Covered Personnel may not use information concerning the investments or investment intentions of the Corporation, or their ability to influence such investment intentions, for
personal gain or in a manner detrimental to the interests of the Corporation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Covered Personnel may not engage in conduct that is
deceitful, fraudulent or manipulative, or that involves false or misleading statements, in connection with the purchase or sale of investments by the Corporation. In this regard, Covered Personnel should recognize that Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">17j-1</FONT> makes it unlawful for any affiliated person of the Corporation, or any affiliated person of an investment adviser for the Corporation, in connection with the purchase or sale, directly or indirectly, by the
person of a Security Held or to be Acquired by the Corporation to: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud the Corporation; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">make any untrue statement of a material fact to the Corporation or omit to state to the Corporation a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">engage in any act, practice or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the
Corporation; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">engage in any manipulative practice with respect to the Corporation. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Covered Personnel should also recognize that a violation of this Code or of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">17j-1</FONT> may result in
the imposition of: (1)&nbsp;sanctions as provided by Section VIII below; or (2)&nbsp;administrative, civil and, in certain cases, criminal fines, sanctions or penalties. </P>
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Period to Trade PennantPark shares </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as noted below, all Access Persons must obtain the prior written approval of the Managing
Member (or such person as the Managing Member may designate) (&#147;Approving Officer&#148;) before engaging in any transaction in his or her Personal Account. The Approving Officer may approve the transaction if he concludes that the transaction
would comply with the provisions of this Code of Ethics and is not likely to have any adverse economic impact on clients. A request for preclearance must be made by email, with a copy to the Compliance Officer, in advance of the contemplated
transaction. No particular form is required, but the email must include sufficient detail for the Approving Officer to decide if a trade is permissible. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any approval given under this paragraph will be provided by email and will remain in effect for 72 hours. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Exceptions to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-Clearance</FONT> Requirement Policy, </U> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Access Persons will be allowed to trade securities of the Corporations during a &#147;window period&#148; that may be announced following the
release of Corporations&#146; earnings release. If the window is opened for trading, it will begin no earlier than the second business day after a Corporation publicly releases quarterly or annual financial results and extends no later than (i) 30
calendar days after the release of results (29 calendar days in all) or (ii)&nbsp;in the case of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital, Ltd.&#146;s and the Adviser&#146;s decision to sell such Corporation&#146;s equity securities, the end of the
quarterly period during which such financial results of such Corporation have been publicly released. Note that the ability of an officer, director or other Access Person to engage in transactions in the securities of a Corporation during a window
period is not automatic or absolute because no trades may be made even during a window period by an individual who possesses material, nonpublic information. Further, the window period may not open in a particular quarter, and it may be closed prior
to (i)&nbsp;the expiration of 30 days or (ii)&nbsp;to the extent provided above in the case of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital, Ltd., the applicable quarter end, in each case as events require. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additionally, Independent Directors are not required to seek preapproval for any transactions other than those which would trigger reporting
requirements as set forth in Section VI (C)&nbsp;of this Code below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section V Prohibited Transactions </B></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">An Access Person may not purchase or otherwise acquire direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership of any Covered
Security on the Restricted List, and may not sell or otherwise dispose of any Covered Security on the Restricted List in which he or she has direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership, if he or she knows or should know at the time of entering into the
transaction that: (1)&nbsp;the Corporation has purchased or sold the Covered Security within the last 15 calendar days, or is purchasing or selling or intends to purchase or sell the Covered Security in the next 15 calendar days; or (2)&nbsp;the
Adviser has within the last 15 calendar days considered purchasing or selling the Covered Security for the Corporation or within the next 15 calendar days intend to consider purchasing or selling the Covered Security for the Corporation.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Every Advisory Person of the Corporation or the Adviser must obtain approval from the Corporation or the
Adviser, as the case may be, before directly or indirectly acquiring Beneficial Ownership in any securities in an Initial Public Offering or in a Limited Offering. Such approval must be obtained from the Chief Compliance Officer, unless he is the
person seeking such approval, in which case it must be obtained from the President of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">17j-1</FONT> Organization. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">No Access Person shall recommend any transaction in any Covered Securities by the Corporation without having
disclosed to the Chief Compliance Officer his or her interest, if any, in such Covered Securities or the issuer thereof, including: the Access Person&#146;s Beneficial Ownership of any Covered Securities of such issuer; any contemplated transaction
by the Access Person in such Covered Securities; any position the Access Person has with such issuer; and any present or proposed business relationship between such issuer and the Access Person (or a party which the Access Person has a significant
interest). </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section VI Reports by Access Persons </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Personal Securities Holdings Reports. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All Access Persons shall within 10 days of the date on which they become Access Persons, and thereafter, within 30 days after the end of each
calendar year, disclose the title, number of shares and principal amount of all Covered Securities in which they have a Beneficial Ownership as of the date the person became an Access Person, in the case of such person&#146;s initial report, and as
of the last day of the year, as to annual reports. A form of such report, which is hereinafter called a &#147;Personal Securities Holdings Report,&#148; is attached as Schedule A. Each Personal Securities Holdings Report must also disclose the name
of any broker, dealer or bank with whom the Access Person maintained an account in which any securities were held for the direct or indirect benefit of the Access Person as of the date the person became an Access Person or as of the last day of the
year, as the case may be. Each Personal Securities Holdings Report shall state the date it is being submitted. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Quarterly Transaction Reports. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, each Access Person shall make a written report to the Chief Compliance Officer of all
transactions occurring in the quarter in a Covered Security in which he or she had any Beneficial Ownership. A form of such report, which is hereinafter called a &#147;Quarterly Securities Transaction Report,&#148; is attached as Schedule B. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Quarterly Securities Transaction Report shall be in the form of Schedule B or such other form approved by the Chief Compliance Officer and
must contain the following information with respect to each reportable transaction: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) Date and nature of the transaction (purchase, sale
or any other type of acquisition or disposition); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) Title, interest rate and maturity date (if applicable), number of shares and
principal amount of each Covered Security involved and the price of the Covered Security at which the transaction was effected; </P>
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and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(4) The date the report is submitted by the Access Person. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the reporting requirements set forth in this Section V, an Independent Director who would be required to make a report under
this Section V solely by reason of being a director of the Corporation is not required to file a Personal Securities Holding Report upon becoming a director of the Corporation or an annual Personal Securities Holding Report. Such an Independent
Director also need not file a Quarterly Securities Transaction Report unless such director knew or, in the ordinary course of fulfilling his or her official duties as a director of the Corporation, should have known that during the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15-day</FONT> period immediately preceding or after the date of the transaction in a Covered Security by the director such Covered Security is or was purchased or sold by the Corporation or the Corporation or the Adviser
considered purchasing or selling such Covered Security. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Access Persons of the Adviser. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">An Access Person of the Adviser need not make a Quarterly Transaction Report if all of the information in the report would duplicate
information required to be recorded pursuant to Rules <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">204-2(a)(12)</FONT> or (13)&nbsp;under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Brokerage Accounts and Statements. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Access Persons, except Independent Directors, shall: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) within 10 days after the end of each calendar quarter, identify the name of the broker, dealer or bank with whom the Access Person
established an account in which any securities were held during the quarter for the direct or indirect benefit of the Access Person and identify any new account(s) and the date the account(s) were established. This information shall be included on
the appropriate Quarterly Securities Transaction Report. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) instruct the brokers, dealers or banks with whom they maintain such an
account to provide duplicate account statements to the Chief Compliance Officer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) on an annual basis, certify that they have complied
with the requirements of (1)&nbsp;and (2) above. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Form of Reports. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Quarterly Securities Transaction Report may consist of broker statements or other statements that provide a list of all personal Covered
Securities holdings and transactions in the time period covered by the report and contain the information required in a Quarterly Securities Transaction Report. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Responsibility to Report. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">It is the responsibility of each Access Person to take the initiative to comply with the requirements of this Section V. Any effort by the
Corporation, or by the Adviser and its affiliates, to facilitate the reporting process does not change or alter that responsibility. A person need not make a report hereunder with respect to transactions effected for, and Covered Securities held in,
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Where to File Reports. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All Quarterly Securities Transaction Reports and Personal Securities Holdings Reports must be filed with the Chief Compliance Officer. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Disclaimers. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any report required by this Section V may contain a statement that the report will not be construed as an admission that the person making the
report has any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership in the Covered, Security to which the report relates. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section VII Additional Prohibitions
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Confidentiality of the Corporation&#146;s Transactions. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Until disclosed in a public report to shareholders or to the Securities and Exchange Commission in the normal course, all information
concerning the securities &#147;being considered for purchase or sale&#148; by the Corporation shall be kept confidential by all Covered Personnel and disclosed by them only on a &#147;need to know&#148; basis. It shall be the responsibility of the
Chief Compliance Officer to report any inadequacy found in this regard to the directors of the Corporation. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Outside Business Activities and Directorships. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Access Persons may not engage in any outside business activities that may give rise to conflicts of interest or jeopardize the integrity or
reputation of the Corporation. Similarly, no such outside business activities may be inconsistent with the interests of the Corporation. All directorships of public or private companies held by Access Persons shall be reported to the Chief
Compliance Officer. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Gratuities. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Covered Personnel shall not, directly or indirectly, take, accept or receive gifts or other consideration in merchandise, services or otherwise
of more than nominal value from any person, firm, corporation, association or other entity other than such person&#146;s employer that does business, or proposes to do business, with the Corporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section VIII Prohibition Against Insider Trading </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Section is intended to satisfy the requirements of Section&nbsp;204A of the Advisers Act, which is applicable to the Adviser and requires
that the Adviser establish and enforce procedures designed to prevent the misuse of material, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-public</FONT> information by its associated persons. It applies to all Advisory Persons. Trading securities while in
possession of material, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-public</FONT> information, or improperly communicating that information to others, may expose an Advisory Person to severe penalties. Criminal sanctions may include a fine of up to
$1,000,000 and/or ten years imprisonment. The SEC can recover the profits gained or losses avoided through the violative trading, a penalty of up to three times the illicit windfall, and an order permanently barring an Advisory Person from the
securities industry. Finally, an Advisory Person may be sued by investors seeking to recover damages for insider trading violations. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">No Advisory Person may trade a security, either personally or on behalf of any other person or account
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Information is &#147;material&#148; where there is a substantial likelihood that a reasonable investor would
consider it important in making his or her investment decisions. Generally, this includes any information the disclosure of which will have a substantial effect on the price of a security. No simple test exists to determine when information is
material; assessments of materiality involve a highly fact specific inquiry. For this reason, an Advisory Person should direct any questions about whether information is material to the Chief Compliance Officer. Material information often relates to
a company&#146;s results and operations, including, for example, dividend changes, earnings results, changes in previously released earnings estimates, significant merger or acquisition proposals or agreements, major litigation, liquidation
problems, and extraordinary management developments. Material information may also relate to the market for a company&#146;s securities. Information about a significant order to purchase or sell Securities may, in some contexts, be material. <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-publication</FONT> information regarding reports in the financial press may also be material. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Information is &#147;public&#148; when it has been disseminated broadly to investors in the marketplace. For
example, information is public after it has become available to the general public through a public filing with the SEC or some other government agency, the Dow Jones &#147;tape&#148; or The Wall Street Journal or some other publication of general
circulation, and after sufficient time has passed so that the information has been disseminated widely. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">An Advisory Person, before executing any trade for himself or herself, or others, including the Corporation or
other accounts managed by the Adviser or by a stockholder of the Adviser, or any affiliate of the stockholder (&#147;Client Accounts&#148;), must determine whether he or she has material, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-public</FONT>
information. Any Advisory Person who believes he or she is in possession of material, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-public</FONT> information must take the following steps: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) Report the information and proposed trade immediately to the Chief Compliance Officer. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) Do not purchase or sell the securities on behalf of anyone, including Client Accounts. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) Do not communicate the information to any person, other than to the Chief Compliance Officer. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">After the Chief Compliance Officer has reviewed the issue, the Chief Compliance Officer will determine whether the information is material and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-public</FONT> and, if so, what action the Advisory Person should take. An Advisory Person must consult with the Chief Compliance Officer before taking any further action. This degree of caution will protect the
Advisory Person and the Adviser. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To prevent and detect insider trading from occurring, the Chief Compliance Officer shall prepare and maintain a
&#147;Restricted List&#148; in order to monitor and prevent the occurrence of insider trading in certain securities that Access Persons are prohibited or restricted from trading. The Chief Compliance Officer manages, maintains and updates the
Restricted List to actually restrict trading (no buying, no selling, no shorting, no trading, etc.) in the securities of specific issuers for personal accounts and on behalf Adviser&#146;s clients. Before
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executing any trade for himself or herself, Advisory Persons are required to determine whether the transaction involves a security on the Restricted List. Advisory Persons are prohibited from
trading any security which appears on the Restricted List, except that, with prior approval, an Advisory Person may sell securities which were not on the Restricted List when acquired (or which were acquired at a time when the Advisory Person was
not subject to such restrictions). The Restricted List must be maintained strictly confidential and not disclosed to anyone outside of the Adviser and the Corporation. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Contacts with public companies will sometimes be a part of an Adviser&#146;s research efforts. Persons
providing investment advisory services to the Corporation may make investment decisions on the basis of conclusions formed through such contacts and analysis of publicly available information. Difficult legal issues arise, however, when, in the
course of these contacts, an Advisory Person becomes aware of material, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-public</FONT> information. This could happen, for example, if a company&#146;s chief financial officer prematurely discloses quarterly
results to an analyst, or an investor relations representative makes selective disclosure of adverse news to a handful of investors. In such situations, the Adviser must make a judgment as to its further conduct. To protect yourself, clients and the
Adviser, you should contact the Chief Compliance Officer immediately if you believe that you may have received material, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-public</FONT> information. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section IX Annual Certification </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Access Persons. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Access Persons who are directors, managers, officers or employees of the Corporation or the Adviser shall be required to certify annually that
they have read this Code and that they understand it and recognize that they are subject to it. Further, such Access Persons shall be required to certify annually that they have complied with the requirements of this Code. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Board Review. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No less frequently than annually, the Corporation and the Adviser must furnish to the Corporation&#146;s board of directors, and the board must
consider, a written report that: (A)&nbsp;describes any issues arising under this Code or procedures since the last report to the board, including, but not limited to, information about material violations of the Code or procedures and sanctions
imposed in response to material violations; and (B)&nbsp;certifies that the Corporation or the Adviser, as applicable, has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent Access Persons from violating the Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section X Sanctions </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any violation of
this Code shall be subject to the imposition of such sanctions by the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">17j-1</FONT> Organization as may be deemed appropriate under the circumstances to achieve the purposes of Rule
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">17j-1</FONT> and this Code. The sanctions to be imposed shall be determined by the board of directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors, provided, however, that with respect to violations by persons
who are directors, managers, officers or employees of the Adviser (or of a company that controls the Adviser), the sanctions to be imposed shall be determined by the Adviser (or the controlling person thereof). Sanctions may include, but are not
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termination of employment, a letter of censure and/or restitution of an amount equal to the difference between the price paid or received by the Corporation and the more advantageous price paid
or received by the offending person. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section XI Administration and Construction </B></P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(A)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The administration of this Code shall be the responsibility of the Chief Compliance Officer.
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(B)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The duties of the Chief Compliance Officer are as follows: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) Continuous maintenance of a current list of the names of all Access Persons with an appropriate description of their title or employment,
including a notation of any directorships held by Access Persons who are officers or employees of the Adviser or of any company that controls the Adviser, and informing all Access Persons of their reporting obligations hereunder; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) On an annual basis, providing all Covered Personnel a copy of this Code and informing such persons of their duties and obligations
hereunder including any supplemental training that may be required from time to time; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) Maintaining or supervising the maintenance of
all records and reports required by this Code; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(4) Preparing listings of all transactions effected by Access Persons who are subject to
the requirement to file Quarterly Securities Transaction Reports and reviewing such transactions against a listing of all transactions effected by the Corporation; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(5) Issuance either personally or with the assistance of counsel as may be appropriate, of any interpretation of this Code that may appear
consistent with the objectives of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">17j-1</FONT> and this Code; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(6) Conduct such inspections or
investigations as shall reasonably be required to detect and report, with recommendations, any apparent violations of this Code to the board of directors of the Corporation; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(7) Submission of a report to the board of directors of the Corporation, no less frequently than annually, a written report that describes any
issues arising under the Code since the last such report, including but not limited to the information described in Section VII (B); and </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(C)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Chief Financial Officer shall maintain and cause to be maintained in an easily accessible place at the
principal place of business of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">17j-1</FONT> Organization, the following records: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) A copy of all codes of ethics adopted by the Corporation or the Adviser and its affiliates, as the case may be, pursuant to Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">17j-1</FONT> that have been in effect at any time during the past five (5)&nbsp;years; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) A record of each
violation of such codes of ethics and of any action taken as a result of such violation for at least five (5)&nbsp;years after the end of the fiscal year in which the violation occurs; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) A copy of each report made by an Access Person for at least two (2)&nbsp;years after the end of the fiscal year in which the report is
made, and for an additional three (3)&nbsp;years in a place that need not be easily accessible; </P>
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two (2)&nbsp;years from the end of the fiscal year of the Corporation in which such report is made or issued and for an additional three (3)&nbsp;years in a place that need not be easily accessible; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(5) A list of all persons who are, or within the past five (5)&nbsp;years have been, required to make reports pursuant to the Rule and this
Code of Ethics, or who are or were responsible for reviewing such reports; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(6) A copy of each report required by Section VII (B)&nbsp;for
at least two (2)&nbsp;years after the end of the fiscal year in which it is made, and for an additional three (3)&nbsp;years in a place that need not be easily accessible; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(7) A record of any decision, and the reasons supporting the decision, to approve the acquisition by an Advisory Person of securities in an
Initial Public Offering or Limited Offering for at least five (5)&nbsp;years after the end of the fiscal year in which the approval is granted. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">This Code may not be amended or modified except in a written form that is specifically approved by majority
vote of the Independent Directors. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Joint Code of Ethics, originally adopted December&nbsp;12, 2007, is annually
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