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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-266091
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	497AD
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191011
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191010

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIDUS INVESTMENT Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001513363
		IRS NUMBER:				275017321
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		497AD
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-223350
		FILM NUMBER:		191146967

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1603 ORRINGTON AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 820
		CITY:			EVANSTON
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60201
		BUSINESS PHONE:		847-859-3940

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1603 ORRINGTON AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 820
		CITY:			EVANSTON
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60201
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Filed Pursuant to Rule 497(a) </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-223350</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Rule 482ad </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FIDUS INVESTMENT
CORPORATION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$55,000,000 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>5.375% Notes Due 2024 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pricing Term Sheet </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>October&nbsp;10, 2019 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>The following
sets forth the final terms of the 5.375% Notes due 2024 (the &#147;Notes&#148;) and should only be read together with the preliminary prospectus supplement dated October&nbsp;10, 2019, together with the accompanying prospectus dated May&nbsp;1,
2019, relating to these securities (the &#147;Preliminary Prospectus&#148;), and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Prospectus to the extent inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Prospectus. In all other respects, this
pricing term sheet is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preliminary Prospectus. Terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus. All references to dollar amounts are
references to U.S. dollars. </I></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>Issuer:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Fidus Investment Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Title of the Securities:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">5.375% Notes due 2024 (the &#147;Notes&#148;)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Expected Rating:*</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Egan-Jones Ratings Company: A-</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Initial Aggregate Principal Amount Being Offered:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">$55,000,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Over-Allotment Option:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">$8,250,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes within 30 days of the date hereof solely to cover over-allotments, if any.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Initial Public Offering Price:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">$25.00 per Note (100% of aggregate principal amount)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Principal Payable at Maturity:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">100% of the aggregate principal amount; the principal amount of each Note will be payable on its stated maturity date at the office of the trustee, paying agent, and security registrar for the Notes or at such other office as the
Company may designate.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Type of Note:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Fixed rate note</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Listing:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The Company intends to list the Notes on The Nasdaq Global Select Market within 30 days of the original issue date under the trading symbol &#147;FDUSG&#148;.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Stated Maturity Date:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">November&nbsp;1, 2024</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Interest Rate:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">5.375% per year</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Underwriting Discount:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">$0.75 per Note (or $1,650,000 total assuming the over-allotment option is not exercised)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Net Proceeds to the Issuer, before Expenses:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">$24.25 per Note (or $53,350,000 total assuming the over-allotment option is not exercised)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Day Count Basis:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year of twelve <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> months</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Trade Date:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">October&nbsp;10, 2019</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Settlement Date:**</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">October&nbsp;16, 2019 (T+3)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Date Interest Starts Accruing:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">October&nbsp;16, 2019</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Interest Payment Dates:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Every February&nbsp;1, May&nbsp;1, August&nbsp;1 and November&nbsp;1, commencing February&nbsp;1, 2020. If an interest payment date falls on a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-business</FONT> day, the applicable interest payment
will be made on the next business day and no additional interest will accrue as a result of such delayed payment.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Interest Periods:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The initial interest period will be the period from and including October&nbsp;16, 2019, to, but excluding, the initial interest payment date, and the subsequent interest periods will be the periods from and including an interest
payment date to, but excluding, the next interest payment date or the stated maturity date, as the case may be.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Specified Currency:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">U.S.&nbsp;Dollars</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Denominations:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The Company will issue the Notes in denominations of $25 and integral multiples of $25 in excess thereof.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Business Day:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or another place of payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Optional&nbsp;Redemption:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The Notes may be redeemed in whole or in part at any time or from time to time at the Company&#146;s option on or after November&nbsp;1, 2021 upon not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days&#146; written notice by mail prior to the
date fixed for redemption thereof, at a redemption price of 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest payments otherwise payable for the then-current quarterly interest period accrued to, but excluding,
the date fixed for redemption.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>CUSIP / ISIN:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">316500 404 / US3165004041</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Use of Proceeds:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay outstanding indebtedness under its credit facility. However, the Company may <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-borrow</FONT> under its credit facility and
use such borrowings to invest in lower middle-market companies in accordance with its investment objective and strategies and for working capital and general corporate purposes. After giving effect to the offering and the use of the net proceeds
therefrom to repay outstanding indebtedness under its credit facility (and assuming no exercise of the over-allotment option), the Company will have under its credit facility $9.6&nbsp;million of indebtedness outstanding and $90.4&nbsp;million
available to be drawn.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Sole Bookrunner:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Keefe, Bruyette&nbsp;&amp; Woods, Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Co-Leads:</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">BB&amp;T Capital Markets, a division of BB&amp;T Securities LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Ladenburg Thalmann&nbsp;&amp; Co. Inc., B. Riley FBR, Inc., Oppenheimer&nbsp;&amp; Co. Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">National Securities Corporation</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Trustee,&nbsp;Paying&nbsp;Agent,&nbsp;and Security Registrar:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">U.S. Bank National Association</TD></TR>
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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">Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to
revision or withdrawal at any time. </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">Under <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;15c6-1</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the Notes on the date of pricing or the next two
succeeding business days will be required, by virtue of the fact that the Notes initially will settle T+3, to specify an alternate settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement. Purchasers of the Notes who wish to
trade the Notes on the date of pricing or the next two succeeding business days should consult their own advisor. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Filed Pursuant to Rule 497(a) </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-223350</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Rule 482ad </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investors are advised to carefully
consider the investment objectives, risks and charges and expenses of the Company before investing. The preliminary prospectus supplement dated October&nbsp;10, 2019 and accompanying prospectus dated May&nbsp;1, 2019, contain this and other
information about the Company and should be read carefully before investing. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>This pricing term sheet, the preliminary prospectus supplement, the
accompanying prospectus and the pricing press release are not offers to sell or the solicitation of offers to buy, nor will there be any sale of the Notes referred to in this press release, in any jurisdiction where such offer, solicitation or sale
would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>A shelf registration statement
relating to these securities is on file with and has been declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and a related preliminary prospectus supplement, copies of which may
be obtained, when available, from Keefe, Bruyette&nbsp;&amp; Woods, Inc., Attn: Debt Capital Markets, 787 Seventh Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10019, (telephone <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">number:&nbsp;1-800-966-1559).</FONT></FONT></FONT> </B></P>
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