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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-22-282603
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		14
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20221110
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221110
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20221110

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:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	814-00861
		FILM NUMBER:		221377259

	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:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">[Letterhead of Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP] </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">November&nbsp;10, 2022 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fidus Investment
Corporation </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1603 Orrington Avenue, Suite 820 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Evanston, IL
60201 </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:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have acted
as counsel to Fidus Investment Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the &#147;<B><I>Company</I></B>&#148;), in connection with the preparation and filing of the registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2</FONT> (File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-253525)</FONT> (as amended as of the date hereof, the &#147;<B><I>Registration Statement</I></B>&#148;) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;<B><I>Commission</I></B>&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<B><I>Securities Act</I></B>&#148;), which Registration Statement was initially filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;25, 2021 (including the exhibits
and schedules thereto, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, any information contained in a prospectus supplement subsequently filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the 1933 Act and deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement of effectiveness pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B under the Securities Act, and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b)
under the Securities Act, is hereinafter referred to as the <B><I>&#147;Registration Statement&#148;</I></B>). The Registration Statement relates to the public offering of securities of the Company that may be offered by the Company from time to
time as set forth in the prospectus dated May&nbsp;3, 2021, which was included in <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-Effective</FONT> Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement, and which forms a part of the Registration Statement (the
&#147;<B><I>Prospectus</I></B>&#148;), and as may be set forth from time to time in one or more supplements to the Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This
opinion letter is rendered in connection with the issuance and sale, from time to time, of up to $50,000,000 in aggregate offering price of shares (the &#147;<B><I>Shares</I></B>&#148;) of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.001 per share,
as described in the prospectus supplement, dated as of November&nbsp;10, 2022 (together with the Prospectus included therein and the information incorporated by reference therein, the &#147;<B><I>Prospectus Supplement</I></B>&#148;). The Shares are
to be sold by the Company pursuant to an equity distribution agreement (the &#147;<B><I>Equity Distribution Agreement</I></B>&#148;), dated as of November&nbsp;10, 2022, by and among the Company and Fidus Investment Advisors, LLC (the
&#147;<B><I>Advisor</I></B>&#148;), on the one hand, and Raymond James&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc. and B.&nbsp;Riley Securities, Inc. (the &#147;<B><I>Sales Agents</I></B>&#148;), on the other hand. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As counsel to the Company, we have participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement and have
examined the originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction as being true copies,&nbsp;of the following: </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">the Equity Distribution Agreement; </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">the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Company (the &#147;<B><I>Articles</I></B>&#148;), certified as
of a recent date by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the &#147;<B><I>SDAT</I></B>&#148;); </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">the Bylaws of the Company, certified as of a recent date by an officer of the Company (the
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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">a Certificate of Good Standing with respect to the Company, issued by the SDAT as of a recent date (the
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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">the resolutions of the board of directors of the Company relating to, among other things, (a)&nbsp;the
authorization and approval of the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, and (b)&nbsp;the authorization of the issuance, offer and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement, certified as of the date hereof by an
officer of the Company (collectively, the &#147;<B><I>Resolutions</I></B>&#148;). </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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relied on certificates of public officials (which we have assumed remain accurate as of the date of this opinion letter) and on a certificate of an officer of the Company. We have not independently established the facts or, in the case of
certificates of public officials, the other statements so relied upon. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With respect to such examination and our opinion expressed in this
opinion letter, we have assumed, without any independent investigation or verification, (i)&nbsp;the genuineness of all signatures on all documents submitted to us for examination, (ii)&nbsp;the legal capacity of all natural persons, (iii)&nbsp;the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, (iv)&nbsp;the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as conformed or reproduced copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copied documents,
(v)&nbsp;that all certificates issued by public officials have been properly issued, and (vi)&nbsp;the accuracy and completeness of all corporate records made available to us by the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The opinion set forth below is limited to the effect of the Maryland General Corporation Law as in effect on the date of this opinion letter,
and we express no opinion as to the applicability or effect of any other laws of such jurisdiction or the laws of any other jurisdictions. Without limiting the preceding sentence, we express no opinion as to any federal or state securities or
broker-dealer laws or regulations thereunder relating to the offer, issuance and sale of the Shares. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion letter has been
prepared, and should be interpreted, in accordance with customary practice followed in the preparation of opinion letters by lawyers who regularly give, and such customary practice followed by lawyers who on behalf of their clients regularly advise
opinion recipients regarding, opinion letters of this kind. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On the basis of and subject to the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, and
subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications set forth in this opinion letter, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the Equity Distribution Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
opinions expressed in this opinion letter (i)&nbsp;are strictly limited to the matters stated in this opinion letter, and without limiting the foregoing, no other opinions are to be inferred and (ii)&nbsp;are only as of the date of this opinion
letter, and we are under no obligation, and do not undertake, to advise the Company or any other person or entity either of any change of law or fact that occurs, or of any fact that comes to our attention, after the date of this opinion letter,
even though such change or such fact may affect the legal analysis or a legal conclusion in this opinion letter. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We hereby consent to the
filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission for incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement, and to the reference to our
firm in the &#147;Legal Matters&#148; section of the Prospectus Supplement. We do not admit by giving this consent that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Representations and Warranties by the Company</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">2.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Representations and Warranties of the Adviser</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Placements</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">13</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">4.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Sale of Placement Securities by the Placement Agent</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">14</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">5.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Suspension of Sales</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">14</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">6.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Sale and Delivery to the Sales Agents; Settlement</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">7.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Expenses</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">8.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Agreements of the Company</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">9.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Conditions to the Sales Agents&#146; Obligations</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">21</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">10.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Reimbursement of the Sales Agents&#146; Expenses</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">23</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">11.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Indemnification and Contribution</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">23</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">12.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Termination</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">13.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Representations and Indemnities to Survive</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">14.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Notices</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">26</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">15.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Successors</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">16.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>No Fiduciary Duty</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">17.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Integration</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">18.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Applicable Law</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">19.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Waiver of Jury Trial</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">20.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Counterparts</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">21.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Headings</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">22.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Partial Unenforceability</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">23.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B><U>SCHEDULE A</U></B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B><U>L<SMALL>IST</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> S<SMALL>ALES</SMALL> A<SMALL>GENTS</SMALL></U></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B><U>LIST&nbsp;OF&nbsp;EXHIBITS</U></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>EXHIBIT A</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>Form of Placement Notice</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>EXHIBIT B</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>Authorized Individuals for Placement Notices and Acceptances</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>EXHIBIT C</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>Compensation</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>EXHIBIT D</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>Form of Corporate Opinion of Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>EXHIBIT E</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>Form of Officers&#146; Certificate</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Raymond James&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc. </B></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, FL 33716 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>B. Riley Securities,
Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">299 Park Avenue, 21st Floor </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York
10171 </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:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of Fidus
Investment Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the &#147;<B><U>Company</U></B>&#148;), and Fidus Investment Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the &#147;<U>Adviser</U>&#148;), registered as an investment adviser under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (collectively with the rules and regulations of the Commission (as defined below) promulgated thereunder, the &#147;<B><U>Advisers Act</U></B>&#148;), confirms its agreement with the several sales agents
named in <U>Schedule A</U> hereto (each, a &#147;<B><U>Sales Agent</U></B>&#148; and together, the &#147;<B><U>Sales Agents</U></B>&#148;) with respect to the sale by the Company of shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company
(&#147;<B><U>Common Stock</U></B>&#148;), having an aggregate offering price of up to $50,000,000. The shares of Common Stock to be sold by the Sales Agents are herein called the &#147;<B><U>Securities</U></B>.&#148; The aggregate amount of
Securities that may be sold collectively pursuant to this Agreement shall not exceed the lesser of $50,000,000 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; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B><U>Commission</U></B>&#148;) a shelf registration
statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-253525),</FONT> relating to the registration of the Securities and certain of the Company&#146;s other securities to be issued from
time to time by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (collectively with the rules and regulations of the Commission (the &#147;<B><U>1933 Act Regulations</U></B>&#148;) promulgated thereunder, the &#147;<B><U>1933
Act</U></B>&#148;), which registration statement was initially declared effective on May&nbsp;3, 2021 (the &#147;<B><U>Effective Date</U></B>&#148;) and remains effective. The Company has also filed with the Commission a prospectus supplement, dated
the date hereof, as such prospectus supplement may be amended (the &#147;<B><U>Prospectus</U></B>&#148;), which contains a base prospectus, dated May&nbsp;3, 2021, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B (&#147;<B><U>Rule 430B</U></B>&#148;)
and Rule 424(b) (&#147;<B><U>Rule 424(b)</U></B>&#148;) of the 1933 Act Regulations. The information, if any, included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus that was omitted from the registration statement at the time it became effective
but that is deemed to be a part of the registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B is referred to as &#147;<B><U>430B Information</U></B>.&#148; Unless the context otherwise requires, such registration statement, including all documents filed as
part thereof and any Rule 430B Information contained in a prospectus subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act and deemed to be part of the registration statement, is herein called the &#147;<B><U>Registration
Statement</U></B>,&#148; and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations (&#147;<B><U>Rule 462(b)</U></B>&#148;), is herein called the &#147;<B><U>Rule 462(b) Registration Statement</U></B>&#148; and after
such filing the term &#147;<B><U>Registration Statement</U></B>&#148; shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. All references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including
those made pursuant to Rule 424(b) or such other rule of the 1933 Act Regulations 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 (collectively with the rules and regulations of the Commission (the &#147;<B><U>1934 Act Regulations</U></B>&#148;) promulgated thereunder, the &#147;<B><U>1934 Act</U></B>&#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;<B><U>EDGAR</U></B>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is &#147;contained,&#148;
&#147;included&#148; or &#147;stated&#148; in, or &#147;a part of&#148;, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other
information which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed under the rules of the Commission promulgated thereunder 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; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or </P>

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supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including those made pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, shall be deemed to mean and include, without limitation, the filing of
any document under the 1934 Act which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed under the rules of the Commission promulgated thereunder 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has entered into an (i)&nbsp;Investment Advisory Agreement, dated
as of June&nbsp;20, 2011 (the &#147;<B><U>Investment Advisory Agreement</U></B>&#148;), with the Adviser, and (ii)&nbsp;Administration Agreement, dated as of June&nbsp;20, 2011 (the &#147;<B><U>Administration Agreement</U></B>&#148;), with the
Adviser. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company owns (i) 100% of the limited partnership interests in Fidus Mezzanine Capital, L.P. (&#147;<B><U>Fund
I</U></B>&#148;; (ii) 100% of the limited partnership interests in Fidus Mezzanine Capital II, L.P (the &#147;<B><U>SBIC Fund II</U></B>&#148;); (iii) 100% of the limited partnership interests in Fidus Mezzanine Capital III, L.P. (the
&#147;<B><U>SBIC Fund III</U></B>&#148; and, together with SBIC Fund II, the &#147;<B><U>SBIC Funds</U></B>&#148;); (iv) 100% of the equity interests of Fidus Capital GP, LLC (&#147;<B><U>Fidus Capital</U></B>&#148;); and (v) 100% of the equity
interests of Fidus Investment GP, LLC (the &#147;<B><U>SBIC GP</U></B>&#148;). The SBIC GP, together with the Company, the SBIC Funds, and Fidus Capital, are referred to in this Agreement as the &#147;<B><U>Fidus Entities</U></B>.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As used in this Agreement, &#147;<B>Applicable Time</B>&#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">In consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and of the interests of the parties in the transactions
contemplated hereby, the parties hereby agree as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Representations and Warranties by the Company</U>.
The Company represents and warrants to each of the Sales Agents as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time and each Representation Date (as defined below) and agrees with the Sales Agents, 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;The Company meets the requirements of, and complies with, the conditions for the use of Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2</FONT> under the 1933 Act. Each of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto has been declared effective by the Commission under the 1933 Act or has
become effective pursuant to Rule 462(b). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) 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, are threatened by the Commission. </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;(1) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements thereto, contain and will
contain all statements which are required to be stated therein, and conform and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the 1933 Act. At the respective times, the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement,
and any post-effective amendments thereto became effective, at the date hereof and at the Applicable Time, the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, and any post-effective amendments thereto, as the case may be, complied
and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and did not and will not contain 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, and (2)&nbsp;at the time the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto was or is first issued, at the date hereof and at the Applicable Time, neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto included
or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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; <I>provided,
however</I>, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon, and in conformity with,
written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Sales Agents, specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information shall be the second to last paragraph of the &#147;Plan of
Distribution&#148; in the Prospectus. </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;The Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the
Sales Agents in their respective capacities as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not </P>
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prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any &#147;written communication&#148; (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act (&#147;<B><U>Rule 405</U></B>&#148;)) that constitutes an offer
to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities, without the prior consent of the Sales Agents (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld), and which the parties agree, for the purposes of this Agreement, includes (i)&nbsp;any
&#147;advertisement&#148; as defined in Rule 482 under the 1933 Act; (ii)&nbsp;any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section&nbsp;2(a)(10)(a) of the 1933 Act or Rule 134 under the 1933 Act; (iii)&nbsp;any written communication with
potential investors undertaken in reliance on Rule 163B under the Act (&#147;<B><U>Written <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Testing-the-Waters</FONT></FONT> Communication</U></B>&#148;); and (iv)&nbsp;any Sales
Material (as defined below). No such written communication conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as they may be from time to time superseded or modified. </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;The documents (other than exhibits) incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the 1934 Act, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents (other than exhibits) so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
when such documents are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the 1934 Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. </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;The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, together with related notes
and schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position and the results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries, as of the indicated dates and for the indicated periods. Such financial statements and related schedules have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
(&#147;<B><U>GAAP</U></B>&#148;), consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein, and all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of results for such periods have been made. Any summary and selected
consolidated financial and statistical data included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein, and such data have been compiled on a basis consistent with the financial
statements presented therein and the books and records of the Company. Any disclosures contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus regarding <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;non-GAAP</FONT> financial measures&#148; (as such term
is defined by the 1933 Act) comply with Regulation G under the 1934 Act, and Item 10 of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT> under the 1933 Act, to the extent applicable. The Company and its subsidiaries do not have any material
liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, and there are no transactions, arrangements and other relationships between and/or among the Company, and/or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of its affiliates, subsidiaries and any
unconsolidated entity, including, but not limited to, any structural finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity that would reasonably be expected to affect materially the Company&#146;s liquidity or the availability of or requirements for
its capital resources (including any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">off-balance</FONT> sheet obligations or any &#147;variable interest entities&#148; within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Board&#146;s Accounting Standards
Codification Topic 810), which are not disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. There are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that are
not included as required. </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;At the time 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 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 405, without taking into account any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer. </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;The Company is duly organized, validly existing as a corporation and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Maryland. The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation for transaction of business and in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its businesses requires such
qualification, and has all corporate power and authority necessary to own or lease its properties and to conduct its businesses as currently carried on and described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and the Material </P>
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Agreements (as defined below), except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, (i)&nbsp;have or
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, financial condition, prospects, stockholder&#146;s equity or results of operations of the Company taken as a whole, or (ii)&nbsp;prevent or materially
interfere with consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (the occurrence of any such change or any such prevention described in the foregoing clauses (i)&nbsp;and (ii) being referred to as a &#147;<B><U>Company Material Adverse
Effect</U></B>&#148;). </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;Each of Fund I and the SBIC Funds is a limited partnership duly organized and validly
existing as a limited partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware and is duly qualified as a foreign limited partnership to transact business, and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required whether by
reason of ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, with all requisite power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as currently carried on and described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect. All of the issued and
outstanding partnership interests of Fund I and the SBIC Funds, and all of the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests of Fidus Capital and the SBIC GP, have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable</FONT> and are owned by the Company, directly or indirectly, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim; and no options, warrants or other rights to purchase,
agreements or other obligations to issue or other rights to convert any obligations into ownership interests in any of Fund I, the SBIC Funds, Fidus Capital, or the SBIC GP are outstanding. </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 does not own, directly or indirectly, any shares of stock or any other equity or long-term debt
securities of any corporation or other entity other than (i) 100% of the limited partnership interests in Fund I and the SBIC Funds and 100% of the equity interests in Fidus Capital and the SBIC GP, (ii)&nbsp;those corporations or other entities
accounted for as portfolio investments in accordance with the Commission&#146;s rules and regulations (each a &#147;<B><U>Portfolio Compan</U></B><B>y</B>&#148; and collectively, the &#147;<B><U>Portfolio Companies</U></B>&#148;), and (iii) 100% of
the equity interests in tax blocker corporations that hold equity interests in one or more Portfolio Companies. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as of the respective dates set forth therein, none of the
Fidus Entities controls (as such term is defined in Section&nbsp;2(a)(9) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (collectively with the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, the &#147;<B><U>1940
Act</U></B>&#148;)), any of the Portfolio Companies. </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;None of the Company nor any of Fund I or the SBIC Funds
is in breach of the Company&#146;s or any of its subsidiaries&#146; respective charters or certificates or articles of incorporation (as amended, restated and supplemented), bylaws, certificates of formation, limited liability company agreements,
certificates of limited partnership, partnership agreements or other organizational documents; and except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, none of the Company nor any of Fund I or the SBIC Funds is in (i)&nbsp;default
or breach of, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default or result in a Repayment Event (as defined below) under, any of the terms or provisions of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company, Fund I or any SBIC Fund is a party or by which any of its respective property is bound or subject, and no event has occurred that would result in the creation or imposition of any
lien, of any charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument; or (ii)&nbsp;violation of
any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary, except, in the case of each of clauses (i)&nbsp;and (ii) above,
for any such conflicts, breaches, defaults or violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. </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;The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby (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;) and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof
will not conflict with or result in a breach of (i)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s charter or bylaws; (ii)&nbsp;except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a breach of or default
(and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a </P>
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default) or Repayment Event (as defined below) under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which any of its
property is bound or subject, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, of any charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other
agreement or instrument; or (iii)&nbsp;except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority having
jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary, except, in the case of each of clauses (ii)&nbsp;and (iii) above, for any such conflicts, breaches, defaults or violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, a &#147;<B>Repayment Event</B>&#148; means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person or entity 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 its subsidiaries, as applicable. </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;Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, there has not been (i)&nbsp;any Company Material Adverse Effect, (ii)&nbsp;other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any transaction which is material to the Company taken as a whole, (iii)&nbsp;any obligation or
liability, direct or contingent (including any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">off-balance</FONT> sheet obligations), incurred by the Company which is material to the Company taken as a whole, (iv)&nbsp;any material change in the capital stock or
outstanding long-term indebtedness of the Company, (v)&nbsp;any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the capital stock of the Company, other than in each case above (A)&nbsp;in the ordinary course of business, (B)&nbsp;as
otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or (C)&nbsp;where such matter, item, change, or development would not make the statements in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus contain 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. </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;The issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid
and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable.</FONT> The Company has an authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as of the dates referred to therein and such authorized
capital stock conforms in all material respects to the description thereof set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including pursuant to the
Company&#146;s dividend reinvestment plan, as of the date referred to therein, the Company did not have reserved or available for issuance any Common Stock in respect of options, or any rights or warrants to subscribe for, or any securities or
obligations convertible into, or exchangeable for, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, any shares of capital stock or other securities. None of the outstanding Common Stock was issued in violation of the preemptive rights, rights of
first refusal or other similar rights of any security holder of the Company, nor does any person or entity have any preemptive right of first refusal or other right to acquire any of the Securities covered by this Agreement. Neither the filing of
the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights, other than those which have been waived or satisfied, for or relating to the registration of any class of securities of
the Company. No shares of preferred stock of the Company have been designated, offered, sold or issued and no shares of preferred stock are currently outstanding. </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;The Company, Fund I, and the SBIC Funds have duly authorized, executed and delivered and currently are a party to
or payee with respect to the promissory notes and other agreements evidencing their respective investments in the Portfolio Companies (each, a &#147;<B><U>Portfolio Company Agreement</U></B>&#148;). Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, each Portfolio Company is current in all material respects with all its obligations under the applicable Portfolio Company Agreements, and no event of default (or a default which with
the giving of notice or the passage of time would become an event of default) has occurred under such agreements, except to the extent that any such failure to be current in its obligations and any such default would not reasonably be expected to
result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. </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;This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company. Each of this Agreement and the Investment Advisory Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of the Company, 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 hereafter in effect relating to creditors&#146; rights generally, (ii)&nbsp;general principles of equity and the discretion of the court before which any
proceeding therefore may be brought, and (iii)&nbsp;with respect to this Agreement, any federal or state securities laws and public policy considerations limitations on the indemnification and contribution provisions of
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11</U> hereof. </P>
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and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company against payment of the consideration set forth herein by the Applicable Sales Agent (as defined below) pursuant to this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid
and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable;</FONT> and no holder of the Securities is or will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder. </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;The Common Stock and the Company&#146;s charter and bylaws conform in all material respects to the respective
statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and such statements conform to the rights set forth in the respective instruments and agreements defining the same. </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;No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or any
governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the offering of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, for the
issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities or for the consummation of transactions as contemplated hereby and thereby, in each case on the terms contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except for such consents, approvals,
authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under the 1934 Act and applicable state securities laws or the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (&#147;<B><U>FINRA</U></B>&#148;). </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;RSM US LLP, whose report on the financial statements of the Company is filed with the Commission as part of the
Company&#146;s most recent Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, is and, during the periods covered by its report,
was an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries within the meaning of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). </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;[Reserved]. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(u)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There are no legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings pending, nor, to the Company&#146;s
knowledge, any legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, to which any Fidus Entity is a party or to which any property of any Fidus Entity is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the relevant Fidus
Entity, would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement (collectively, the &#147;<B><U>Actions</U></B>&#148;); to
the Company&#146;s knowledge, no such Actions are threatened by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the relevant Fidus Entity, would reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; and there are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits, proceedings or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, investigations that are required under the 1933 Act to be
described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There are no contracts or other documents that are
required under the 1933 Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not so filed or incorporated by reference as required; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that the Company will file this Agreement under a Current Report on
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> under the 1934 Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(w)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the Fidus Entities possesses or
has obtained, all governmental licenses, certificates, consents, orders, approvals, permits and other authorizations necessary for the ownership or lease of its properties or the conduct of its businesses as described in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus (the &#147;<B><U>Permits</U></B>&#148;), except where the failure to possess, obtain or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, none of the Fidus Entities has received written notice of any proceeding relating to revocation or modification of any such Permit, except where such revocation or modification would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. </P>
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terms, comply in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act, and the approvals by the Company&#146;s board of directors and the Company&#146;s stockholders, as applicable, of the Investment Advisory
Agreement have been obtained in accordance with the requirements of Section&nbsp;15 of the 1940 Act applicable to companies that have elected to be regulated as business development companies under the 1940 Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(y)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the Company, nor to the Company&#146;s knowledge after due inquiry, any of its directors, officers, or
controlling persons, has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the 1934 Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation (including,
without limitation, as defined in Regulation M under the 1934 Act (&#147;<B>Regulation M</B>&#148;), of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(z)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except for Fidus Securities, LLC, which is a registered broker-dealer under the 1934 Act, neither the Company nor
any of its related entities (i)&nbsp;is required to register as a &#147;broker&#148; or &#147;dealer&#148; in accordance with the provisions of the 1934 Act or (ii)&nbsp;directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is a
&#147;person associated with a member&#148; or &#147;associated person of a member&#148; (within the meaning set forth in the FINRA Manual). To the Company&#146;s knowledge after due inquiry, no officer or director of the Company is an associated
person of a FINRA registered broker-dealer firm. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(aa)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, the Company, Fund I, and the SBIC Funds have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns which have been required to be filed and paid all taxes shown thereon through the date hereof, to the extent that such taxes have become
due and are not being contested in good faith, except where failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus, no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company which has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no knowledge of any
federal, state or other governmental tax deficiency, penalty or assessment which has been asserted or threatened against it, which would have a Company Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(bb)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company, Fund I, and the SBIC Funds have good and marketable title to all of the personal property (excluding
Intellectual Property, which is addressed below) reflected in the consolidated financial statements herein described or described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as being owned by the Company, Fund I, or the SBIC Funds, in each case
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and claims, except for any failure to have good and valid title for any liens, encumbrances and claims that (i)&nbsp;do not materially interfere with the use made of such property by the Company, Fund I, or
the SBIC Funds, as applicable, or (ii)&nbsp;would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company, Fund I or any of the SBIC Funds owns any real property. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(cc)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company, Fund I, and the SBIC Funds own,
license, or possess adequate enforceable rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks (both registered and unregistered), service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">know-how</FONT> (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary information, systems or procedures) (collectively, the &#147;<B><U>Intellectual Propert</U></B><B>y</B>&#148;), necessary for
the conduct of their respective businesses as conducted as of the date hereof, except to the extent that the failure to own or possess adequate rights to use such Intellectual Property would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; except as disclosed in writing to the Representatives, none of the Company, Fund I, or any SBIC Fund has received any written notice of any claim of infringement or conflict which asserted
Intellectual Property rights of others, which infringement or conflict would reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect; none of the Company, Fund I, or any SBIC Fund has received any written notice of any claim
challenging the rights of the Company, Fund I, or an SBIC Fund in or to any Intellectual Property owned, licensed or optioned by the Company, Fund I, or an SBIC Fund which claim would reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse
Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(dd)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company, on a consolidated basis, maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting
(as defined under Rules <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13a-15(f)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15d-15(f)</FONT> under the 1934 Act) and a system of internal </P>
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accounting controls designed to provide reasonable assurance that (i)&nbsp;transactions are executed in accordance with management&#146;s general or specific authorizations;
(ii)&nbsp;transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii)&nbsp;access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management&#146;s general
or specific authorization; and (iv)&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. Since the date of the latest audited
financial statements of the Company included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has been 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. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company&#146;s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (A)&nbsp;no
material weakness in the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (B)&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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ee)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as set
forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, 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 with any
applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the &#147;<B><U>Sarbanes-Oxley Act</U></B>&#148;) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Each of the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the
Company (or each former principal executive officer of the Company and each former principal financial officer of the Company as applicable) has made all certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act with respect to all
reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it or furnished by it to the Commission. For purposes of the preceding sentence, &#147;principal executive officer&#148; and &#147;principal financial officer&#148;
shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ff)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company does not have any
employees. To the knowledge of the Company, no labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Adviser exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened which would reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(gg)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No Fidus Entity is, or after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, will be a
&#147;registered management investment company&#148; or an entity &#147;controlled&#148; by a &#147;registered management investment company,&#148; as such terms are defined in the 1940 Act. The Company has elected to be regulated as a business
development company under the 1940 Act and has filed with the Commission, pursuant to Section&nbsp;54(a) of the 1940 Act, a duly completed and executed Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-54A</FONT> (the &#147;<B><U>Company BDC
Election</U></B>&#148;); the Company has not filed with the Commission any notice of withdrawal of the Company BDC Election pursuant to Section&nbsp;54(c) of the 1940 Act; the Company BDC Election remains in full force and effect, and, to the
Company&#146;s actual knowledge, no order of suspension or revocation of such election under the 1940 Act has been issued or proceedings therefore initiated or threatened by the Commission. The operations of the Company are in compliance with the
provisions of the 1940 Act applicable to business development companies and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder applicable to business development companies, except where such <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-compliance</FONT>
would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(hh)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The operations of the Fidus Entities are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable
financial record-keeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions in which the Fidus Entities conduct business, and the applicable rules and
regulations thereunder, and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental or regulatory agency having jurisdiction over the Fidus Entities (collectively, the &#147;<B><U>Money
Laundering Laws</U></B>&#148;), except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving
any of the Fidus Entities with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, threatened. </P>
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its obligations under, this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(jj)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company maintains insurance in such
amounts and covering such risks as the Company reasonably believes are adequate for its business and customary for companies of similar size engaged in similar businesses in similar industries. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(kk)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has not sent or received notice of, or otherwise communicated or received communication with respect
to, termination of any agreement filed as an exhibit to, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement (each such agreement a &#147;<B><U>Material Agreement</U></B>&#148; and, collectively, the &#147;<B><U>Material
Agreements</U></B>&#148;), nor has any such termination been threatened by any person or entity. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ll)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as
set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (i)&nbsp;no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers and
stockholders of the Company, on the other hand, that is required by the 1933 Act to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus that is not so described; (ii)&nbsp;no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company
or any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders or directors of the Company, on the other hand, that is required by the rules of FINRA to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus that is not so described;
(iii)&nbsp;there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to, or for the benefit of, any of its officers or directors or any of the members of the families of any of them; and (iv)&nbsp;the
Company has not offered, or caused either Sales Agent to offer, Securities to any person with the intent to influence unlawfully a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any of its products or
services. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(mm)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The statistical, industry-related and market-related data, if any, included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the Company reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which they are derived. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(nn)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None of the Company, nor any director or officer of the Company, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent,
employee or representative of any of the Company, or other person or entity acting on behalf of the Company, is currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government (including, without limitation, the
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department or the U.S. Department of State and including the designation as a &#147;specially designated national&#148; or &#147;blocked person&#148;), the United Nations Security Council, the
European Union, Her Majesty&#146;s Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, &#147;<B><U>Sanctions</U></B>&#148;), nor is the Company located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the target of Sanctions,
including without limitation Cuba, Iran, North Korea, the Crimean region, Sudan and Syria (each such country or territory that is a target of Sanctions, a &#147;<B><U>Sanctioned Countr</U></B><B>y</B>&#148;); and the Company will not directly or
indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i)&nbsp;to fund or facilitate any unlawful
activities of or business with any person or entity that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the target of Sanctions, (ii)&nbsp;to fund or facilitate any unlawful activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii)&nbsp;in any
other manner that will result in a violation by any person or entity (including any person or entity participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. For the past five years, the Company has not
knowingly engaged in, and is not now knowingly engaged in, and the Company will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any person or entity that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the target of Sanctions or with any
Sanctioned Country. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(oo)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None of the Company or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, any employee or agent of the
Company, has made any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state or foreign office in violation of any law, which violation is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(pp)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any (i)&nbsp;advertising, sales literature, press releases, other promotional material (including &#147;prospectus
wrappers,&#148; &#147;broker kits,&#148; &#147;road show slides,&#148; &#147;road show scripts&#148; and &#147;electronic road show presentations&#148;), (ii) &#147;free writing prospectus&#148; as defined in Rule 405 (other than for the information
set forth in </P>
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<U>Exhibit B</U> hereto) (the materials set forth in clause (i)&nbsp;and clause (ii)&nbsp;authorized for use by the Company in connection with the public offering of the Securities, collectively,
&#147;<B><U>Sales Material</U></B>&#148;) and (iii)&nbsp;Written <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Testing-the-Waters</FONT></FONT> Communication, if any, authorized for use by the Company in connection with the
public offering of the Securities does not and will not conflict in any material respect with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, and does not and will not contain 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 in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading. Moreover, any Sales Material and any Written
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Testing-the-Waters</FONT></FONT> Communication complies and will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act (except that this representation and
warranty does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Sales Material made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Sales Agents furnished to the Company by the Sales Agents expressly for use therein). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(qq)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (the
&#147;<B><U>SBA Regulations</U></B>&#148;), and except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and for such prohibitions pursuant to the SBA Regulations or that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material
Adverse Effect, no SBIC Fund is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary&#146;s equity interests, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances
to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary&#146;s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(rr)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None of the Company, any of its consolidated subsidiaries, or any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate
of the Company or any consolidated subsidiary of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee of any consolidated subsidiary of the Company is aware of or has taken 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;<B><U>FCPA</U></B>&#148;), or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating
Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offense under any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, 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 any applicable anti-bribery or anticorruption laws, and the Adviser, the Company, the
Company&#146;s consolidated subsidiaries and their respective affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with any applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws and have instituted, maintained and enforced and will continue to
maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ss)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has elected (which election has not been revoked) to be treated, and intends to continue to operate
its business so as to qualify, as a regulated investment company (&#147;<B><U>RIC</U></B>&#148;) under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code (the &#147;<B><U>Code</U></B>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(tt)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus: (i)&nbsp;no person or entity is serving or
acting as an officer, director or investment adviser of the Company, Fund I or the SBIC Funds, except in accordance with the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act; and (ii)&nbsp;to the knowledge of the Company, after due
inquiry, 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 any Sales Agent. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(uu)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Agreement complies in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the 1940 Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the SBIC Funds is licensed to operate as a Small Business Investment Company
(&#147;<B><U>SBIC</U></B>&#148;) by the U.S. Small Business Administration (&#147;<B><U>SBA</U></B>&#148;). Each of the SBIC Funds&#146; SBIC license is in good standing with, and has not been revoked or suspended by, the SBA and no adverse
regulatory findings contained in any examinations reports prepared by the SBA regarding either of the SBIC Funds are outstanding or unresolved. Each of the SBIC Funds is conducting its business in compliance in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the SBA. Neither of the SBIC Funds is in default under the terms of any debenture guaranteed by the SBA, and no event, which with the passage of time, notice or both has occurred, which would be a default or event of
default thereunder. </P>
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procedures reasonably designed to prevent violation of the Federal Securities Laws (as that term is defined in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">38a-1</FONT> under the 1940 Act) by the Company; (ii)&nbsp;is conducting its business in compliance
with all laws, rules, regulations, decisions, directives and orders except for such failure to comply which would not reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect; and (iii)&nbsp;is conducting its business in compliance in
all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1940 Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xx)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) The Company is not aware of any
security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure, or other compromise of or relating to the Company&#146;s information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data and databases, equipment or technology
(collectively, &#147;<B><U>IT Systems and Data</U></B>&#148;) except in each case as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect; and (ii)&nbsp;the Company has implemented appropriate
controls, policies, procedures, and technological safeguards to maintain and protect the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of its IT Systems and Data reasonably consistent with industry standards and practices, or as required
by applicable regulatory standards and the Company is, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, 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 Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Sales Agents or to counsel for the Sales Agents shall be deemed
a representation and warranty by the Company to each 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">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Representations and Warranties of the Adviser</U>. The Adviser represents and warrants to each of the Sales
Agents as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time and each Representation Date (as defined below), and agrees with each of the Sales Agents, 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;Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
except as otherwise stated therein, there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, assets, business affairs, operations or regulatory status of the Adviser, whether or not arising in the ordinary
course of business, that would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, or would otherwise reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to prevent the Adviser from
carrying out its obligations under the Investment Advisory Agreement (an &#147;<B><U>Adviser Material Adverse Effect</U></B>&#148;). </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;The Adviser has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware and has the 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 and perform its obligations under this Agreement; the
Adviser has the requisite power and authority to execute and deliver and perform its obligations under the Investment Advisory Agreement; and the Adviser is duly qualified to transact business as a foreign entity and is in good standing in each
other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of ownership or leasing of its property or the conduct of business, except, in each case, where the failure to qualify or be in good standing would not otherwise
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in an Adviser Material Adverse Effect. </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;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 Advisory 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 reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to lead to any
proceeding, which might adversely affect the registration of the Adviser with the Commission. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There is no action, suit, claim or proceeding or, to the knowledge of
the Adviser, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Adviser, threatened, against or affecting the Adviser which is required to be
disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (other than as disclosed therein), or which would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect or an Adviser Material Adverse
Effect, or which would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the Investment Advisory Agreement; the aggregate of all
pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Adviser is a party or of which any of its property or assets is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including ordinary routine litigation
incidental to its business, would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect or an Adviser Material Adverse Effect. </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;The Adviser is not (i)&nbsp;in violation of its organizational or governing documents, (ii)&nbsp;in default in the
performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Adviser is a party or by
which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Adviser is subject (collectively, the &#147;<B><U>Agreements and Instruments</U></B>&#148;), or (iii)&nbsp;in violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation,
judgment, order or decree except, in the case of clauses (ii)&nbsp;and (iii) only, for such violations or defaults that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in an Adviser Material Adverse Effect; and the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Investment Advisory Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein and in the Registration Statement and compliance by the Adviser with its obligations
hereunder and under the Investment Advisory Agreement 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 under, or result in the creation or imposition of
any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Adviser pursuant to the Agreements and Instruments except for such violations or defaults that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in an
Adviser Material Adverse Effect, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the limited liability company operating agreement (as amended to date) of the Adviser; nor will such action result in any violation of any applicable
law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Adviser or any of its assets, properties or operations, except for such
violations that would not reasonably be expected to result in an Adviser Material Adverse Effect. </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 of this
Agreement and the Investment Advisory Agreement has been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by the Adviser and is a valid and binding obligation of the Adviser, 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 hereafter 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 therefore may be brought. </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;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 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, except such as have been already obtained under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act or will be obtained prior to the date hereof. </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 descriptions of the Adviser contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Written <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Testing-the-Waters</FONT></FONT> Communication and Sales Material do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. </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 Adviser possesses such
licenses issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by it (&#147;<B><U>Governmental Licenses</U></B>&#148;), except where the failure so to possess would
not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in an Adviser Material Adverse Effect; the Adviser is in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would
not, individually or in the </P>
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aggregate, result in an Adviser Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the
failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in an Adviser Material Adverse Effect; and the Adviser has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in an Adviser Material
Adverse Effect. </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;Neither the Adviser, nor to the Adviser&#146;s knowledge, any of its affiliates, has taken or
will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate
the sale or resale of the Securities. </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;The Adviser (i)&nbsp;has adopted and implemented written policies and
procedures pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">206(4)-7</FONT> under the Advisers Act reasonably designed to prevent violations of the Advisers Act by the Adviser; (ii)&nbsp;is conducting its business in compliance with all laws,
rules, regulations, decisions, directives and orders except for such failure to comply which would not reasonably be expected to result in an Adviser Material Adverse Effect; and (iii)&nbsp;is conducting its business in compliance in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Advisers Act. </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;The Adviser is not aware that (i)&nbsp;any
executive, key employee or significant group of employees of any of the Fidus Entities, as applicable, plans to terminate employment with the respective Fidus Entity, or (ii)&nbsp;any such executive or key employee is subject to any <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-compete,</FONT> nondisclosure, confidentiality, employment, consulting or similar agreement that would be violated by the present or proposed business activities of the Fidus Entities except where such termination or
violation would not reasonably be expected to have an Adviser Material Adverse Effect. </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) The Adviser is not
aware of any security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure, or other compromise of or relating to the Adviser&#146;s IT Systems and Data except in each case as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate,
have an Adviser Material Adverse Effect; and (ii)&nbsp;the Adviser has implemented appropriate controls, policies, procedures, and technological safeguards to maintain and protect the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of its
IT Systems and Data reasonably consistent with industry standards and practices, or as required by applicable regulatory standards and the Adviser is, to the Adviser&#146;s knowledge, 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 Data and to the
protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any certificate signed by any
officer or other authorized person of the Adviser and delivered to the Sales Agents or to counsel for the Sales Agents shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Adviser to each 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">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Placements</U>. Each time that the Company wishes to issue and sell the Securities hereunder (each, a
&#147;<B><U>Placement</U></B>&#148;), it shall notify the Applicable Sales Agent (as defined below) by email notice (or other method mutually agreed to in writing by the parties) containing the parameters in accordance with which the Company desires
the Securities to be sold, which shall at a minimum include the number of Securities to be issued (the &#147;<B><U>Placement Securities</U></B>&#148;), the time period during which sales are requested to be made, any limitation on the number of
Securities that may be sold in any one day and any minimum price below which sales may not be made (a &#147;<B><U>Placement Notice</U></B>&#148;), a form of which containing such minimum sales parameters necessary is attached hereto as <U>Exhibit
A</U>. The Placement Notice shall originate from any of the individuals from the Company set forth on <U>Exhibit B</U> (with a copy to each of the other individuals from the Company listed on such schedule) and shall be addressed to each of the
individuals from each Sales Agent set forth on <U>Exhibit B</U>, as such <U>Exhibit B</U> may be amended from time to time. If a Sales Agent wishes to accept such proposed terms included in the Placement Notice (which it may decline to do so for any
reason in its sole discretion) or, following discussion with the Company, wishes to propose modified terms, the Sales Agent shall, prior to 4:30 p.m. (eastern time) on the Business Day (as defined below) following the Business Day on which such
Placement Notice is delivered to the Sales Agent, issue to the Company a </P>
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notice by email (or other method mutually agreed to in writing by the parties), addressed to all of the individuals from the Company and the Sales Agent set forth on <U>Exhibit B</U>, setting
forth the terms that the Sales Agent is willing to accept. Where the terms provided in the Placement Notice are proposed to be modified as provided for in the immediately preceding sentence, such terms shall not be binding on the Company or the
Sales Agent until the Company delivers to the Sales Agent an acceptance by email (or other method mutually agreed to in writing by the parties) of all of the terms of such Placement Notice, as proposed to be modified (the
&#147;<B><U>Acceptance</U></B>&#148;), which email shall be addressed to all of the individuals from the Company and the Sales Agent set forth on <U>Exhibit B</U>. The Placement Notice shall be effective upon receipt by the Company of a Sales
Agent&#146;s acceptance of the terms of the Placement Notice or, if modified by the Sales Agent as provided for above, upon receipt by the Sales Agent of the Company&#146;s Acceptance, as the case may be, unless and until (i)&nbsp;the entire amount
of the Placement Securities have been sold, (ii)&nbsp;in accordance with the Placement Notice requirements set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph, the Company suspends or terminates the Placement Notice, (iii)&nbsp;the time period during
which sales are requested to be made pursuant to the Placement Notice has expired; (iv)&nbsp;the Company issues a subsequent Placement Notice with parameters superseding those on the earlier dated Placement Notice, (v)&nbsp;the Agreement has been
terminated under the provisions of <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;12</U> hereof, or (vi)&nbsp;any party shall have suspended the sale of the Placement Securities in accordance with <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5</U> below. The amount of any
discount, commission, or other compensation to be paid by the Company to each Applicable Sales Agent (defined below) in connection with the sale of the Placement Securities shall be calculated in accordance with the terms set forth in <U>Exhibit
C</U>. It is expressly acknowledged and agreed that neither the Company nor the Sales Agents shall have any obligation whatsoever with respect to a Placement or any Placement Securities unless and until the Company delivers a Placement Notice to a
Sales Agent and either (i)&nbsp;the Sales Agent accepts the terms of such Placement Notice or (ii)&nbsp;where the terms of such Placement Notice are proposed to be modified, the Company accepts such modified terms by means of an Acceptance pursuant
to the terms set forth above, and then only upon the terms specified in the Placement Notice (as modified by the corresponding Acceptance, if applicable) and herein (and after such acceptance by either a Sales Agent or the Company, any Sales Agent
bound to such terms is referred to as an &#147;<B><U>Applicable Sales Agent</U></B>&#148;). In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of a Placement Notice (as modified by the corresponding Acceptance, if
applicable), the terms of the Placement Notice (as modified by the corresponding Acceptance, if applicable) shall control. The term &#147;Business Day&#148; means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that is not a day on which banking
institutions in The City of New York, New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Sale of Placement Securities by a </U><U>Sales Agent</U>. Subject to the provisions of
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6(a)</U>, the Applicable Sales Agent, for the period specified in the Placement Notice, shall use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices to sell the Placement
Securities up to the amount specified, and otherwise in accordance with the terms of such Placement Notice (as modified by the corresponding Acceptance, if applicable). The Applicable Sales Agent shall provide written confirmation to the Company no
later than the opening of the Trading Day (as defined below) immediately following the Trading Day on which it has made sales of Placement Securities hereunder setting forth the number of Placement Securities sold on such day, the compensation
payable by the Company to the Applicable Sales Agent pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3</U> with respect to such sales, payments, if any, made by the Adviser in respect of such Placements, and the Net Proceeds (as defined below) payable to
the Company, with an itemization of the deductions made by the Applicable Sales Agent (as set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6(b)</U>) from the gross proceeds that it receives from such sales. Subject to the terms of the Placement Notice (as
modified by the corresponding Acceptance, if applicable), the Applicable Sales Agent may sell Placement Securities by any method permitted by law deemed to be an &#147;at the market&#148; offering as defined in Rule 415 of the 1933 Act, including,
without limitation, sales made directly on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or on any other existing trading market for the Common Stock or to or through a market maker. If specified in a Placement Notice (as modified by the corresponding Acceptance,
if applicable), the Applicable Sales Agent may also sell Placement Securities by any other method permitted by law, including but not limited to in privately negotiated transactions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For the purposes hereof, &#147;<U>Trading Day</U>&#148; means any day on which shares of Common Stock are purchased and sold on the principal
market on which the Common Stock is listed and during which there has been no market disruption of, unscheduled closing of, or suspension of trading on such principal market. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Suspension of Sales</U>. Either the Company or the Applicable Sales Agent may, upon notice to the other party in
writing (including by email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other party set forth on <U>Exhibit B</U>, if receipt of such correspondence is actually acknowledged by any of the individuals to whom the notice
</P>
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is sent, other than via auto-reply) or by telephone (confirmed immediately by verifiable facsimile transmission or email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other party set forth on
<U>Exhibit B</U>), suspend any sale of Placement Securities; <I>provided, however</I>, that such suspension shall not affect or impair either party&#146;s obligations with respect to any Placement Securities sold hereunder prior to the receipt of
such notice. Each of the parties agrees that no such notice under this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5</U> shall be effective against the other unless it is made to one of the individuals named on <U>Exhibit B</U> hereto, as such Exhibit may be
amended from time to time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Sale and Delivery to the Sales Agents; Settlement</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>Sale of Placement Securities</I>. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject
to the terms and conditions herein set forth, upon the Applicable Sales Agent&#146;s acceptance of the terms of a Placement Notice or upon receipt by a Sales Agent of an Acceptance, as the case may be, and unless the sale of the Placement Securities
described therein has been declined, suspended, or otherwise terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Applicable Sales Agent, for the period specified in the Placement Notice, shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
consistent with its normal trading and sales practices to sell such Placement Securities up to the amount specified, and otherwise in accordance with the terms of such Placement Notice. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i)&nbsp;there can be
no assurance that the Applicable Sales Agent will be successful in selling Placement Securities, (ii)&nbsp;the Applicable Sales Agent will incur no liability or obligation to the Company or any other person or entity if it does not sell Placement
Securities for any reason other than a failure by the Applicable Sales Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices to sell such Placement Securities as required under this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6</U>, and (iii)&nbsp;a Sales Agent shall be under no obligation to purchase Securities on a principal basis pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise agreed by the Applicable Sales Agent in the Placement Notice
(as amended by the corresponding Acceptance, if applicable). </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>Settlement of Placement Securities</I>. Unless
otherwise specified in the Placement Notice, settlement for sales of Placement Securities will occur on the second (2nd) Trading Day (or such earlier day as is industry practice for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">regular-way</FONT> trading)
following the date on which such sales are made (each, a &#147;<B><U>Settlement Date</U></B>&#148;). The amount of proceeds to be delivered to the Company on a Settlement Date against receipt of the Placement Securities sold (the &#147;<B><U>Net
Proceeds</U></B>&#148;) will be equal to the aggregate sales price received by the Applicable Sales Agent at which such Placement Securities were sold, after deduction for (i)&nbsp;the Applicable Sales Agent&#146;s commission, discount or other
compensation for such sales payable by the Company pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3</U> hereof and (ii)&nbsp;other amounts, if any, due and payable by the Adviser to the Applicable Sales Agent hereunder pursuant to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3</U> and <U>Exhibit C</U> hereof. </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>Delivery of Placement Securities</I>. On
or before each Settlement Date, concurrently with the receipt by the Company of the Net Proceeds due to the Company in respect of such Settlement Date, the Company will, or will cause its transfer agent to, electronically transfer the Placement
Securities being sold by crediting the Applicable Sales Agent&#146;s or its designee&#146;s account (provided the Applicable Sales Agent shall have given the Company written notice of such designee prior to the Settlement Date) at The Depository
Trust Company through its Deposit and Withdrawal at Custodian System or by such other means of delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto which in all cases shall be freely tradable, transferable, registered shares in good
deliverable form. On each Settlement Date, the Sales Agent will deliver the related Net Proceeds in same day funds to an account designated by the Company on, or prior to, the Settlement Date. If the Company or its transfer agent (if applicable),
defaults in its obligation to deliver Placement Securities on a Settlement Date, the Company agrees that, in addition to and in no way limiting the rights and obligations set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11</U> hereto, it shall
(i)&nbsp;hold the Applicable Sales Agent harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or expense (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in connection with such default by the Company and (ii)&nbsp;pay to the
Applicable Sales Agent any commission, discount, or other compensation to which it would otherwise have been entitled absent such default. </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>Denominations; Registration</I>. If requested by the Applicable Sales Agent at least two (2)&nbsp;Business Days
prior to the Settlement Date, then in lieu of electronic transfer, certificates for the Securities shall be issued in such denominations and registered in such names as the Applicable Sales Agent shall have specified in such request. The
certificates for the Securities will be made available for examination and packaging by the Applicable Sales Agent in The City of New York, New York not later than noon (New York time) on the Business Day prior to the Settlement Date. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company covenants and agrees with the several Sales Agents that, whether or not the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement are consummated, 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, printing or reproduction and filing with the
Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto) and the Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to either of them; (ii)&nbsp;the printing (or reproduction) and delivery to the Sales Agents and
dealers (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, in each case, as may be reasonably requested
by the Sales Agents for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii)&nbsp;the costs and expenses incurred by the Company arising out of the marketing of the sale of the Securities to investors; (iv)&nbsp;the preparation,
printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of the Securities and any certificates for the Securities; (v)&nbsp;the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any Blue Sky memorandum and all closing documents printed (or
reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (vi)&nbsp;any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Sales Agents relating to such registration and qualification); (vii) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Securities on the Nasdaq Global Select Market; (viii)&nbsp;the reasonable legal
fees and expenses of counsel to the Sales Agents in an amount not to exceed (A) $75,000 in connection with the preparation of this Agreement and matters relating to the initial launch of the offering of the Securities thereunder, which amount shall
include legal fees relating to the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities and thereafter, (B) $15,000 on the first day of each calendar quarter that this Agreement is in effect in connection with the maintenance of the offering
of Securities and the Sales Agents&#146; performance of their obligations under this Agreement; and (x)&nbsp;the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the inclusion of the Securities on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and the filing fees
incident to the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities; (ix)&nbsp;the fees and expenses of the Fidus Entities&#146; accountants, counsel and other advisors; (x)&nbsp;the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for
the Securities; and (xi)&nbsp;all other reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Company or the Adviser incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. </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 this Agreement is terminated by the Sales Agents in accordance with the provisions of
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9</U> or <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;12(a)(i)</U>, <U>9(a)(iii)</U> and <U>9(a)(iv)</U> hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Sales Agents for all of their <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT></FONT> expenses incurred, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Sales Agents. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Agreements of the Company</U>. The Company agrees with the Sales Agents that: </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;During any period that a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, the
Company, subject to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8(b)</U> of this Agreement, will comply with the requirements of Rule 415, Rule 430B, and Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act and will notify the Sales Agents 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 relating
to the Registration Statement, (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, and (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 any Prospectus, including under Section&nbsp;8A of the 1933 Act, 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. The Company will promptly effect the filings necessary pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act, within the time period required by Rule 424(b), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain
promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. During any period that a prospectus relating to the
Securities is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act (but in any event through the date of the last sale of Securities pursuant hereto), the Company will use its reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop
order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. </P>
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required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, the Company will give the Sales Agents notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule 462(b)) or any amendment, supplement or
revision to any preliminary prospectus (including any prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time it became effective) or to the Prospectus, will furnish the Sales Agents with copies of any such documents 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 Agents or counsel for the Sales Agents shall reasonably object. The Company, during any period when the Prospectus 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 and the 1940 Act, and will give the Sales Agents notice of any filings made pursuant to the 1934 Act and the 1940
Act within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time and shall furnish the Sales Agents with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing. </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;Upon the Sales Agents&#146; written request, the Company will deliver to the Sales Agents, without charge,
conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed, and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein)
and conformed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and, upon the Sales Agents&#146; request, will also deliver to the Sales Agents, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each
amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Sales Agents. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Sales Agents 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> or as filed with the Commission in paper form as 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">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will furnish to each Sales Agent, without charge, during the period when the Prospectus is required to
be delivered under the 1933 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Sales Agent may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Sales Agents 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;[Reserved]. </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;If there occurs an event or development as a result of which the Prospectus would include an untrue statement of a
material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Sales Agents so that any use of
the Prospectus may cease until it is amended or supplemented (at the sole cost and expense of the Company) to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission. </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;The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Sales Agents, 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 Agents may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the
distribution of the Securities; <I>provided, however</I>, 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">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will timely file with the Commission and the Nasdaq Global Select Market such reports pursuant to the
1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its security holders as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event not later than 16 months after the date hereof, an earnings statement of the Company for the purposes of, and
to provide the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section&nbsp;11(a) of the 1933 Act. </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;No sales of
Common Shares shall take place, and the Company shall not request the sale of any Securities that would be sold, and the Applicable Sales Agent shall not be obligated to sell, during any period in which the Company is in possession of material <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-public</FONT> information. </P>
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Placement Securities is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, and in connection with a pending sale of the Placement Securities, any rumor, publication, or event relating to or affecting the Company shall occur, as a result of which, in the
sole opinion of any Applicable Sales Agent, the market price of the Securities has been or is likely to be adversely affected (regardless of whether such rumor, publication, or event necessitates a supplement to or amendment of the Prospectus), the
Company will, after written notice from such Applicable Sales Agent advising the Company to the effect set forth above, forthwith prepare, consult with such Applicable Sales Agent concerning the substance of and disseminate a press release, or other
public statement, satisfactory to such Applicable Sales Agent, responding to or commenting on such rumor, publication, or event. </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;During the pendency of any Placement Notice given hereunder, the Company shall provide any Applicable Sales Agent
notice as promptly as possible before it offers to sell, contracts or agrees to sell, hypothecates, pledges, grants any option to purchase or otherwise disposes of or agrees to dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock (other
than Placement Securities offered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire Common Stock; <I>provided</I> that such notice shall not
be required in connection with (i)&nbsp;Common Stock issued in connection with any regular, special, or supplemental distribution declared by the Company, (ii)&nbsp;the issuance by the Company of any shares of Common Stock as consideration for any
strategic acquisitions, mergers, sales or purchases of assets described in the Prospectus, and (iii)&nbsp;any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the existing or a new dividend reinvestment plan of the Company referred to in the Prospectus;
<I>provided</I> that the implementation of such a new plan is disclosed to the Applicable Sales Agent in advance. </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;[Reserved]. </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;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; and in such a manner as to continue to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Code to qualify as a RIC. 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 persons, to fund any activities or business with any person, or in any
country or territory, that, at the time of such 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 Sales Agent, adviser, 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">(n)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will maintain a transfer agent and registrar for the Securities. </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;The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has
constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company or otherwise violate Regulation M to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities, except as may be allowed
by law. </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;[Reserved]. </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;The Company, during a period of at least 12 months from the date hereof, will use its commercially reasonable
efforts to maintain its status as a business development 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;The Company will use its commercially
reasonable efforts to maintain its qualification as a RIC 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">(s)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company shall use its best efforts to cause each of the SBIC Funds to continue to comply with the requirements
for qualification as an SBIC and to meet its obligations as an SBIC licensed by the SBA. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(t)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain a
system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A)&nbsp;material information relating to the Company and the assets of the Company managed by the Adviser is promptly made known to the officers responsible for
establishing and maintaining the system of internal accounting controls; and (B)&nbsp;any significant deficiencies or weaknesses in the design or operation of internal accounting controls which 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">(u)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company represents
and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Sales Agents (which will not be unreasonably withheld) (i)&nbsp;it will not distribute any offering material other than the Registration Statement and 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 405 under the 1933 Act, and which the parties agree, for purposes of this Agreement, includes (x)&nbsp;any
&#147;advertisement&#148; as defined in Rule 482 under the 1933 Act; and (y)&nbsp;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 Sales Materials and Written <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Testing-the-Waters</FONT></FONT> Communication, if any, made to investors by 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">(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company acknowledges that: (a)&nbsp;the Sales Agents&#146; research analysts and research departments are
required to be independent from their respective investment banking divisions and are subject to certain regulations and internal policies and (b)&nbsp;the Sales Agents&#146; research analysts may hold views and make statements or investment
recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the Company, the value of the Common Stock and/or the offering that differ from the views of their respective investment banking divisions. The Company hereby waives and releases, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have against the Sales Agents with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from the fact that the views expressed by the Sales Agents&#146; independent research analysts and
research departments may be different from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the Company by any Sales Agent&#146;s investment banking division. The Company acknowledges that each of the Sales Agents is a full-service
securities firm and as such, from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may effect transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or short positions in debt or equity securities of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(w)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will, if applicable, disclose in its quarterly reports on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> and in its annual report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> the number of Placement Securities sold through the Sales Agents during the most recent fiscal quarter, the payments, if any,
of the Adviser in connection therewith, the Net Proceeds to the Company and the compensation paid or payable by the Company to the Sales Agents with respect to such Placement Securities. The Company shall also prepare and file with the Commission
under the 1933 Act not later than 45 days, in the case of a quarter for which a quarterly report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> is due, and not later than 90 days, in the case of a quarter for which an annual report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> is due, a prospectus supplement disclosing such sales information, if any. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless waived by the Sales Agents, on or prior to the date that the Securities are first sold pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement and: </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 the Company files the Prospectus relating to the Placement
Securities or amends or supplements the Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to the Placement Securities (other than amendments or supplements that are filed solely to report sales of the Placement Securities pursuant to this Agreement)
by means of a post-effective amendment, sticker, or supplement; and </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;each time the Company
files an annual report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> or quarterly report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> under the 1934 Act (each date of filing of one or more of the documents referred to in clauses
(i)&nbsp;and (ii) shall be a &#147;<B><U>Representation Date</U></B>&#148;); </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;each of the
Company and the Adviser shall furnish the Sales Agents with a certificate, in the form attached hereto as <U>Exhibit E</U>, within seven (7)&nbsp;Trading Days of any Representation Date. The requirement to provide a certificate under this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8(x)</U> shall be automatically waived for </P>
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any Representation Date occurring at a time at which no Placement Notice is pending, which waiver shall continue until the earlier to occur of the date the Company delivers a Placement Notice
hereunder (which for such calendar quarter shall be considered a Representation Date) and the next occurring Representation Date; <I>provided, however</I>, that such automatic waiver shall not apply for any Representation Date on which the Company
files its annual report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K,</FONT> but the Sales Agents may waive (which waiver may not be unreasonably withheld) the requirement to provide a certificate under this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8(x)
</U>for any Representation Date on which the Company files its annual report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> occurring at a time at which no Placement Notice is pending. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company subsequently
decides to sell Placement Securities following a Representation Date when the Company relied on such automatic waiver and did not provide the Sales Agents with a certificate under this Section&nbsp;8(x), then before the Company delivers the
Placement Notice or the Applicable Sales Agent sells any Placement Securities, the Company shall provide the Sales Agents with a certificate, in the form attached hereto as <U>Exhibit E</U>, dated the date of the Placement Notice. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(y)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will cooperate with any reasonable due diligence review conducted by the Sales Agents or their
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 Sales Agent may reasonably request. The parties acknowledge that the due diligence review contemplated by this Section&nbsp;8(y) will include upon the request of the Sales Agent, without limitation, during the term of this
Agreement, a quarterly diligence conference to occur within five business days after each Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> filing or Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> filing, whereby the Company shall make its senior
corporate officers available to address diligence inquiries of the Sales Agents and such additional information and documents as the Sales Agents may reasonably request. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(z)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless waived by the Sales Agents, on or prior to the date that the Securities are first sold by the Sales Agents
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and within seven (7)&nbsp;Trading Days after each Representation Date with respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate in the form attached hereto as <U>Exhibit E</U> for which no waiver
is applicable, (i)&nbsp;the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Sales Agents a written opinion and a negative assurance letter of Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, counsel to the Company and the Adviser (&#147;<B><U>Company
Counsel</U></B>&#148;), or other counsel satisfactory to the Sales Agents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Sales Agents and their counsel, dated the date that the opinion is required to be delivered, substantially similar to the
form attached hereto as <U>Exhibit D</U>; <I>provided, however</I>, that in lieu of such opinion and negative assurance letter for subsequent Representation Dates, Company Counsel may furnish the Sales Agents with a letter (a &#147;<B><U>Reliance
Letter</U></B>&#148;) to the effect that the Sales Agents may rely on a prior opinion and negative assurance letter delivered under this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8(z)</U> to the same extent as if it were dated the date of such letter (except
that statements in such prior opinion shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented at such Representation Date); and (ii)&nbsp;the Sales Agents shall have received the favorable opinion, dated
the date that the opinion is required to be delivered, of Dechert LLP (&#147;<B><U>Sales Agents Counsel</U></B>&#148;), in form and substance satisfactory to the Sales Agents; <I>provided, however</I>, that in lieu of such opinion for subsequent
Representation Dates, Sales Agents Counsel may furnish the Sales Agents with a letter to the effect that the Sales Agents may rely on a prior opinion delivered under this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8(z)</U> to the same extent as if it were dated
the date of such letter (except that statements in such prior opinion shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented at such Representation Date). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(aa)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On or prior to the date that the Securities are first sold by a Sales Agent pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement and within seven (7)&nbsp;Trading Days after each Representation Date (excluding the Representation Dates with respect to which the Company files a prospectus supplement to disclose the sales information included in a quarterly reports on
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q)</FONT> with respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate in the form attached hereto as <U>Exhibit E</U> for which no waiver is applicable, the Company shall cause its independent
accountant (and any other independent accountants whose report is included in the Prospectus) to furnish to the Sales Agents letters (the &#147;<B><U>Comfort Letters</U></B>&#148;), dated the date of the Comfort Letter is delivered, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Sales Agents, (i)&nbsp;confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and the PCAOB, (ii)&nbsp;stating, as of such date, the conclusions and
findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants&#146; &#147;comfort letters&#148; to sales agents in connection with registered public offerings. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(bb)&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 shall only be effected by or through only one of the Sales Agents 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 the Sales Agents sell Securities during such time period. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(cc)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If, at the
time the Registration Statement can no longer be used by the Company in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission, this Agreement is still in effect or any Securities purchased by any Sales Agent remain unsold, the sale of the
Securities under this Agreement shall automatically be suspended unless and until the Company files a new shelf registration statement relating to the Securities and such new registration statement is declared effective by the Commission. The
Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the expired Registration Statement. References herein to the &#147;Registration Statement&#148; shall
include such new shelf registration statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Sales Agents, may, in its sole discretion,
waive in writing the performance by the Company of any one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for their performance. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Conditions to the Sales Agents</U><U>&#146;</U><U> Obligations</U>. The obligations of the Sales Agents with
respect to a Placement as provided herein shall be subject to the continuing accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Adviser set forth, respectively, in <U>Sections 1</U> and <U>2</U> (the
&#147;<B><U>Representations and Warranties</U></B>&#148;) hereof, and in the certificate of any officer of the Company delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the timely performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations
hereunder, and to each of the following additional 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;The Registration Statement and all
post-effective amendments thereto, including any filing under Rule 462(b), shall have become effective; any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or otherwise) shall have been disclosed to
the Sales Agents and complied with to its reasonable satisfaction; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been
taken or, to the knowledge of the Company, shall be contemplated or threatened by the Commission; and no injunction, restraining order or order of any nature by a federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued which would
prevent (i)&nbsp;all sales of Placement Securities issued pursuant to all prior Placement Notices and (ii)&nbsp;the sale of all Placement Securities contemplated to be issued by any Placement Notice. </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;Unless waived by the Sales Agents, the Sales Agents shall have received, as required to be delivered pursuant to
Section&nbsp;8(z) on or before the date on which delivery of the opinions and negative assurance letters, as applicable, is required pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8(z)</U>, (i) such opinions and negative assurance letter, addressed to
the Sales Agents, of Company Counsel, or other counsel satisfactory to the Sales Agents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Sales Agents and their counsel, dated the date that the opinion is required to be delivered, substantially
similar to the form attached hereto as <U>Exhibit D</U>, and (ii)&nbsp;such opinions, addressed to the Sales Agents, of Sales Agents Counsel, or other counsel satisfactory to the Sales Agents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Sales Agents and their counsel, dated the date that the opinion is required to be delivered. </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;The Sales Agents
shall have received the Comfort Letter required to be delivered pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8(aa)</U> on or before the date on which delivery is required pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8(aa)</U> hereof, addressed, and in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory, to the Sales Agents. </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;None of the following events shall have
occurred and be continuing: </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;the receipt by the Company of any request for additional
information from the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority during the period of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the response to which would require any post-effective amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the issuance by the Commission or any other federal
or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; </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;receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or
exemption from qualification of any of the Placement Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; or </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 occurrence of any event that makes any material statement made in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any materially untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and, that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any materially untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any 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:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sales Agents shall not have advised the Company that the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment
or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of fact that, in the Sales Agents&#146; reasonable opinion, is material, or omits to state a fact that in the Sales Agents&#146; opinion is material and is required to be stated therein or is
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. </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;Except as contemplated in the Prospectus or disclosed
in the Company&#146;s reports filed with the Commission, there shall not have occurred any event giving rise to a Company Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business. </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;The Sales Agents shall have received the certificates required to be delivered pursuant to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8(x)</U> on or before the date on which delivery of such certificates is required pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8(x)</U>. </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;On each date on which the Company is required to deliver a certificate pursuant to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8(x)</U>, counsel for the Sales Agents shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may 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, contained in this Agreement. </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 Placement Securities shall either have been (i)&nbsp;approved for listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market,
subject only to notice of issuance, or (ii)&nbsp;the Company shall have filed an application for listing of the Placement Securities on the Nasdaq Global Select Market at, or prior to, the issuance of any Placement Notice. </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;Trading in the Securities shall not have been suspended 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">(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All filings with the Commission required to be made under the 1933 Act to have been filed prior to the issuance of
any Placement Notice hereunder shall have been made within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing under the 1933 Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If any condition
specified in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9</U> shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Sales Agents by notice to the Company, and such termination shall be without liability
of any party to any other party except as provided in Section&nbsp;7 hereof and except that, in the case of any termination of this Agreement, <U>Sections 1</U>, <U>2</U>, <U>10</U>, <U>11</U>, <U>13</U>, <U>14</U>, <U>15</U>, <U>16</U>, <U>18</U>
and <U>19</U> hereof shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect. </P>
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Agents such further certificates and documents as the Sales Agents may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling the Sales Agents to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If any of the conditions hereinabove provided for in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9</U> shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this
Agreement to be fulfilled, the obligations of the Sales Agents hereunder may be terminated by the Sales Agents by notifying the Company of such termination in writing. In such event, the Company and the Sales Agents shall not be under any obligation
to each other. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Reimbursement of the Sales Agents</U><U>&#146;</U><U> Expenses</U>. If this Agreement is
terminated by the Sales Agents pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9</U> (Conditions of the Obligations of the Sales Agents) or <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;12</U>(a) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Sales Agents for all of their <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT></FONT> expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Sales Agents. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">11.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Indemnification and Contribution</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;The Company and the Adviser, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Sales Agents, the
partners, directors, officers, employees and agents of the Sales Agents, and each person or entity that controls the Sales Agents within the meaning of either Section&nbsp;15 of the 1933 Act or Section&nbsp;20 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">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, arising out of any untrue
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof (and including any post-effective amendment) or the Prospectus or in any Written <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Testing-the-Waters</FONT></FONT> Communication or Sales Material (or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing), or arising out of or based upon the omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein 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 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 fees and disbursements of
counsel chosen by the Sales Agents), 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 <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11(a)(i) </U>or <U>(a)(ii)</U> above; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided, however, </I>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 reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Sales Agent through the Sales Agents expressly for use in the Registration
Statement (or any amendment thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Sales Agent for inclusion in the Prospectus consists of
the second to last paragraph under the caption &#147;Plan of Distribution&#148; in the Prospectus. </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;Each Sales
Agent severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Adviser, each of their respective directors, managers, and officers, and each person who controls the Company and the Adviser within the meaning of either Section&nbsp;15 of
the 1933 Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the 1934 Act, to the same extent as the indemnity from the Company and the Adviser to the Sales Agents set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11(a)(i)</U> and the proviso thereto, but only with reference to
written information relating to the Sales Agents furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Sales Agents specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing </P>
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indemnity. The Sales Agents agree to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending
any loss, claim, damage, liability or action to which they are entitled to indemnification pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11(b)</U>. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Sales Agents may otherwise
have. </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 case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any
person or entity in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11</U>, such person or entity (the &#147;indemnified party&#148;) shall promptly notify the person or entity against whom such indemnity may be
sought (the &#147;indemnifying party&#148;) in writing. No indemnification provided for in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11</U> shall be available to any party who shall fail to give notice as provided in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11(c)</U>
if the party to whom notice was not given was unaware of the proceeding to which such notice would have related and was materially prejudiced by the failure to give such notice, but the failure to give such notice shall not relieve the indemnifying
party or parties from any liability which it or they may have to the indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than on account of the provisions of <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11</U>. In case any such proceeding shall be brought against any
indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and shall pay as incurred the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party
shall have the right to retain its own counsel at its own expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnifying party shall pay as incurred (or within 30 days of presentation) the fees and expenses of the counsel retained by the indemnified party
in the event (i)&nbsp;the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel, (ii)&nbsp;the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying
party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them or (iii)&nbsp;the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense
and employ counsel acceptable to the indemnified party within a reasonable period of time after notice of commencement of the action. Such firm shall be designated in writing by the Sales Agents in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11(a)</U> and by the Company in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11(b)</U>. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its
written consent but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. In
addition, the indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding of which indemnification may
be sought hereunder (whether or not any indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such claim, action or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such claim, action or proceeding and does not include any statement as to or any 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;To the extent the indemnification provided for in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11</U> is unavailable to or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11(a)</U> or <U>(b)</U>&nbsp;above in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to
therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Adviser, on the one hand, and the Sales Agents, on the other, from the offering of the Securities. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding
sentence is not permitted by applicable law then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative
fault of the Company or the Adviser, on the one hand, and the Sales Agents, on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof), as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Adviser, on the one hand, and the Sales Agents, on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the
offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the sales load payment received by the Sales Agents, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate
initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged </P>
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omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or the Sales Agents, on the other, and the parties&#146; relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company, the Adviser and the Sales Agents agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11(d)</U> were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Sales Agents were treated as one entity for such purpose) 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;11(d)</U>. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to above in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11(d)</U> shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or
defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11(d)</U>, (i) no Sales Agent shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to
the Securities purchased by such Sales Agent and (ii)&nbsp;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; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For purposes of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11</U>, each person or
entity, if any, who controls a Sales Agent within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the 1933 Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the 1934 Act and each Sales Agent&#146;s affiliates, partners, directors, officers, and selling agents shall have the same rights
to contribution as such Sales Agent, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company, and each person or entity, if any, who controls the Company or Adviser 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 or the Adviser, as the case may be. The Sales Agents&#146; respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11</U> are several in proportion to
their respective Placement obligations and not joint. </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;Notwithstanding any other provision of this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11</U>, no party shall be entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Agreement in violation of Section&nbsp;17(i) of the 1940 Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">12.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Termination</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;This Agreement may be terminated by the Sales Agents giving one day&#146;s notice to the Company if at any time:
(i)&nbsp;suspension of trading or quotation of any security of the Company by the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Commission or any other governmental authority since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (ii)&nbsp;suspension of trading in securities generally on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or limitation on prices (other than limitations on hours or numbers of days of
trading), (iii) any Company Material Adverse Effect or any development that is reasonably likely to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, (iv)&nbsp;since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, any Adviser Material Adverse Effect, or any development that is reasonably likely to result in an Adviser Material Adverse Effect; (v)&nbsp;any outbreak or escalation of
hostilities or declaration of war or national emergency or other national or international calamity, or crisis (including, without limitation, an act of terrorism) or change in economic or political conditions, if the effect of such outbreak,
escalation, declaration, emergency, calamity, crisis, change on the financial markets of the United States would, in the judgment of the Sales Agents, materially impair the investment quality of the Securities, (vi)&nbsp;the declaration of a banking
moratorium by United States or New York State authorities, or (vii)&nbsp;the taking of any action by any governmental body or agency in respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs which, in the opinion of the Sales Agents, has a material adverse
effect on the securities markets in the United States; or (viii)&nbsp;as provided in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9</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 this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;12</U>, such termination shall be
without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7</U> hereof, and provided further that <U>Sections 1</U>, <U>2</U>, <U>10</U>, <U>11</U>, <U>13</U>, <U>14</U>, <U>15</U>, <U>16</U>, <U>18</U>
and <U>19</U> hereof<U> </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">13.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Representations and Indemnities to Survive</U>. The respective agreements, representations, warranties,
indemnities and other statements of the Company and the Adviser, or their respective officers, and of the Sales Agents set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement (including as may be made in certificates of officers of
</P>
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the Company and the Adviser submitted pursuant hereto) will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Sales Agents or the Company or any of the
officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11</U> hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;1</U>,
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2</U>, <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7</U>, <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;10</U>, <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11</U>, <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;13</U>, <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;14</U>,
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;15</U>, <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;16</U>, <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;18</U> and <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;19</U> shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">14.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Notices</U>. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and will be mailed
(postage prepaid, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested), delivered or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication or electronic communication: </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">if to the Sales Agents: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Raymond James&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">880 Carillon Parkway </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">St.
Petersburg, FL 33716 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Facsimile No.: (901) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">579-4891</FONT> and (727)
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">567-8750</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Larry M. Herman, Managing Director/Financial Services Investment Banking </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">and Thomas Donegan, General Counsel/Global Equities&nbsp;&amp; Investment Banking </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">B. Riley Securities, Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Mike Cavanagh, Managing Director </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">299 Park Avenue, 21st Floor </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10171 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">E-mail:</FONT> mcavanagh@brileyfin.com </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Telephone: (703) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">312-9585</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">with an additional copy to: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dechert LLP 1900 K Street, NW </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, DC 20006 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Telephone: (202) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">261-3466</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">E-mail:</FONT> harry.pangas@dechert.com </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Harry S. Pangas (which copy shall not constitute notice) </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">if to the Company or the Adviser: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">c/o Fidus Investment Advisors, LLC </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">41603 Orrington Avenue, Suite 1005 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Evanston, Illinois 60201 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Facsimile: (847) 859-3953 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">E-mail:</FONT> eross@fidusinv.com </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Edward H. Ross </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">with an additional copy to: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">700 Sixth Street, NW, Suite 700 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20001 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Facsimile: (202) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">637-3593</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">E-mail:</FONT> payamsiadatpour@eversheds-sutherland.com </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Payam Siadatpour (which copy shall not constitute notice) </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving written notice to the other parties hereto. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">15.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Successors</U>. This Agreement has been and is made solely for the
benefit of the Sales Agents, the Company, the Adviser and their respective successors, executors, administrators, heirs and assigns, and the officers, directors and controlling persons referred to herein, and no other person will have any right or
obligation hereunder. No purchaser of any of the Securities from any Sales Agent shall be deemed a successor or assign merely because of such purchase. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">16.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>No Fiduciary Duty</U>. The Company and the Adviser hereby acknowledge and agree that (a)&nbsp;the purchase and
sale of any 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 Agents of such Securities, and any affiliate through which an Sales Agent may be acting, on the other hand, (b)&nbsp;in connection with the public offering of the Securities and the
process leading to such transaction the Sales Agents will act solely as principals and independent contractors, and not as agents or fiduciaries of the Company or its stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party or in any other capacity,
(c)&nbsp;the Sales Agents will not assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Sales Agents have
advised or are currently advising the Company on other matters) and the Sales Agents will not have any obligation to the Company with respect to the offering except the obligations expressly set forth herein, (d)&nbsp;the Sales Agents and their
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 Agents have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with
respect to the offering of the Securities and the Company has consulted and will consult its own 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">17.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Integration</U>. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral)
between the Company and the Sales Agents with respect to the subject matter hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">18.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Applicable Law</U>.
THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED THERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, SECTION
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">5-1401</FONT> OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">19.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Waiver of Jury
Trial</U>. The parties hereby irrevocably waive, 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">20.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Counterparts</U>. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an
original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">21.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Headings</U>. The section
headings used 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">22.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Partial
Unenforceability</U>. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph or
provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">23.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes</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;In the event that any Sales Agent that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special
Resolution Regime, the transfer from such 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>
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Act Affiliate of such Sales Agent becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights (as such terms are defined below) under this Agreement that may be exercised against such 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>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As used in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;23</U>, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth
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&#147;affiliate&#148; in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. &#167; 1841(k). </P>
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(z)&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). </P>
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term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167;&#167; 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. </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;&#147;<B><U>U.S. Special Resolution Re</U></B><B>g</B><B><U>ime</U></B>&#148; means each of
(i)&nbsp;the Federal Deposit Insurance Act of 1950, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii)&nbsp;Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, as amended, and the regulations promulgated
thereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>[Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank] </I></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to us a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Company, the Adviser and the Sales Agents, in accordance with its terms. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>FIDUS INVESTMENT CORPORATION</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Shelby E. Sherard</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Edward H. Ross</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Edward H. Ross</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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Equity Distribution Agreement]</I> </P>


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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>RAYMOND JAMES&nbsp;&amp; ASSOCIATES, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/Larry Herman</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Larry Herman</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Managing Direct</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>B. RILEY SECURITIES, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Michael Cavanagh</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><U>List of Sales Agents </U></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, FL 33716 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Corporate&nbsp;&amp; Executive Services </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">B. Riley Securities, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">787 7th Avenue, 4th Floor </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, NY 10019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: General Counsel </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><U>Compensation </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The compensation payable to
the Applicable Sales Agent for sales of Placement Securities shall be up to 1.5% of the selling price per share for the Placement Securities, or as otherwise agreed between the Company and the Applicable Sales Agent with respect to any Placement
Securities sold pursuant to this Agreement. </P>
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    <xsd:import schemaLocation="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd" namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021" />
    <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/numeric-2009-12-16.xsd" namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/numeric" />
    <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/nonNumeric-2009-12-16.xsd" namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/non-numeric" />
    <xsd:import schemaLocation="https://xbrl.sec.gov/naics/2021/naics-2021.xsd" namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/naics/2021" />
    <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd" namespace="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt" />
  <xsd:annotation>
    <xsd:appinfo>
      <link:linkbaseRef xlink:arcrole="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink/properties/linkbase" xlink:href="fdus-20221110_lab.xml" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/labelLinkbaseRef" xlink:title="Label Links, all" xlink:type="simple" />
      <link:linkbaseRef xlink:arcrole="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink/properties/linkbase" xlink:href="fdus-20221110_pre.xml" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationLinkbaseRef" xlink:title="Presentation Links, all" xlink:type="simple" />
      <link:roleType roleURI="http://www.fdus.com//20221110/taxonomy/role/DocumentDocumentAndEntityInformation" id="Role_DocumentDocumentAndEntityInformation">
        <link:definition>100000 - Document - Document and Entity Information</link:definition>
        <link:usedOn>link:calculationLink</link:usedOn>
        <link:usedOn>link:presentationLink</link:usedOn>
        <link:usedOn>link:definitionLink</link:usedOn>
      </link:roleType>
    </xsd:appinfo>
  </xsd:annotation>
</xsd:schema>
</XBRL>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-101.LAB
<SEQUENCE>5
<FILENAME>fdus-20221110_lab.xml
<DESCRIPTION>XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION LABEL LINKBASE
<TEXT>
<XBRL>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="us-ascii" standalone="yes"?>
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<link:linkbase
  xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase"
  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-linkbase-2003-12-31.xsd">
  <link:labelLink xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/link" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_CoverAbstract" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_CoverAbstract" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_CoverAbstract" xlink:to="dei_CoverAbstract_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_CoverAbstract_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Cover [Abstract]</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_CoverAbstract_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Cover [Abstract]</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityRegistrantName" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityRegistrantName" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityRegistrantName" xlink:to="dei_EntityRegistrantName_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityRegistrantName_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Registrant Name</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityRegistrantName_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Registrant Name</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_AmendmentFlag" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_AmendmentFlag" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_AmendmentFlag" xlink:to="dei_AmendmentFlag_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_AmendmentFlag_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Amendment Flag</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_AmendmentFlag_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Amendment Flag</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityCentralIndexKey" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityCentralIndexKey" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityCentralIndexKey" xlink:to="dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Central Index Key</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Central Index Key</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_DocumentType" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_DocumentType" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_DocumentType" xlink:to="dei_DocumentType_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_DocumentType_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Document Type</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_DocumentType_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Document Type</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate" xlink:to="dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Document Period End Date</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Document Period End Date</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode" xlink:to="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Incorporation State Country Code</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Incorporation State Country Code</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityFileNumber" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityFileNumber" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityFileNumber" xlink:to="dei_EntityFileNumber_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityFileNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity File Number</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityFileNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity File Number</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber" xlink:to="dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Tax Identification Number</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Tax Identification Number</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Address, Address Line One</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, Address Line One</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityAddressAddressLine2" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine2" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine2" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine2_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine2_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Address, Address Line Two</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine2_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, Address Line Two</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Address, City or Town</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, City or Town</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Address, State or Province</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, State or Province</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Address, Postal Zip Code</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, Postal Zip Code</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_CityAreaCode" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_CityAreaCode" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_CityAreaCode" xlink:to="dei_CityAreaCode_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_CityAreaCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">City Area Code</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_CityAreaCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">City Area Code</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_LocalPhoneNumber" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_LocalPhoneNumber" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_LocalPhoneNumber" xlink:to="dei_LocalPhoneNumber_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_LocalPhoneNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Local Phone Number</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_LocalPhoneNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Local Phone Number</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_WrittenCommunications" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_WrittenCommunications" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_WrittenCommunications" xlink:to="dei_WrittenCommunications_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_WrittenCommunications_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Written Communications</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_WrittenCommunications_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Written Communications</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_SolicitingMaterial" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_SolicitingMaterial" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_SolicitingMaterial" xlink:to="dei_SolicitingMaterial_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_SolicitingMaterial_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Soliciting Material</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_SolicitingMaterial_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Soliciting Material</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer" xlink:to="dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Pre Commencement Tender Offer</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Pre Commencement Tender Offer</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer" xlink:to="dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_Security12bTitle" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_Security12bTitle" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_Security12bTitle" xlink:to="dei_Security12bTitle_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_Security12bTitle_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Security 12b Title</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_Security12bTitle_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Security 12b Title</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_TradingSymbol" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_TradingSymbol" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_TradingSymbol" xlink:to="dei_TradingSymbol_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_TradingSymbol_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Trading Symbol</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_TradingSymbol_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Trading Symbol</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_SecurityExchangeName" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_SecurityExchangeName" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_SecurityExchangeName" xlink:to="dei_SecurityExchangeName_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_SecurityExchangeName_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Security Exchange Name</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_SecurityExchangeName_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Security Exchange Name</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany" xlink:to="dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Emerging Growth Company</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Emerging Growth Company</link:label>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-101.PRE
<SEQUENCE>6
<FILENAME>fdus-20221110_pre.xml
<DESCRIPTION>XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION PRESENTATION LINKBASE
<TEXT>
<XBRL>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="us-ascii" standalone="yes"?>
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<!-- CTU Version: Release master Build:20220115.12 -->
<!-- Creation date: 11/11/2022 12:32:50 AM Eastern Time -->
<!-- Copyright (c) 2022 Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -->
<link:linkbase
    xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase"
    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
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<th class="tl" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div style="width: 200px;"><strong>Document and Entity Information<br></strong></div></th>
<th class="th"><div>Nov. 10, 2022</div></th>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_CoverAbstract', window );"><strong>Cover [Abstract]</strong></a></td>
<td class="text">&#160;<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityRegistrantName', window );">Entity Registrant Name</a></td>
<td class="text">FIDUS INVESTMENT Corp<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_AmendmentFlag', window );">Amendment Flag</a></td>
<td class="text">false<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityCentralIndexKey', window );">Entity Central Index Key</a></td>
<td class="text">0001513363<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_DocumentType', window );">Document Type</a></td>
<td class="text">8-K<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate', window );">Document Period End Date</a></td>
<td class="text">Nov. 10,  2022<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode', window );">Entity Incorporation State Country Code</a></td>
<td class="text">MD<span></span>
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<td class="text">814-00861<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber', window );">Entity Tax Identification Number</a></td>
<td class="text">27-5017321<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1', window );">Entity Address, Address Line One</a></td>
<td class="text">1603 Orrington Avenue<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine2', window );">Entity Address, Address Line Two</a></td>
<td class="text">Suite 1005<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown', window );">Entity Address, City or Town</a></td>
<td class="text">Evanston<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince', window );">Entity Address, State or Province</a></td>
<td class="text">IL<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode', window );">Entity Address, Postal Zip Code</a></td>
<td class="text">60201<span></span>
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<td class="text">(847)<span></span>
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<td class="text">859-3940<span></span>
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<td class="text">false<span></span>
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<td class="text">false<span></span>
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<td class="text">false<span></span>
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<td class="text">false<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_Security12bTitle', window );">Security 12b Title</a></td>
<td class="text">Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_TradingSymbol', window );">Trading Symbol</a></td>
<td class="text">FDUS<span></span>
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<td class="text">NASDAQ<span></span>
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<td class="text">false<span></span>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>For the EDGAR submission types of Form 8-K: the date of the report, the date of the earliest event reported; for the EDGAR submission types of Form N-1A: the filing date; for all other submission types: the end of the reporting or transition period.  The format of the date is YYYY-MM-DD.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
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<tr>
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<tr>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The type of document being provided (such as 10-K, 10-Q, 485BPOS, etc). The document type is limited to the same value as the supporting SEC submission type, or the word 'Other'.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Address Line 1 such as Attn, Building Name, Street Name</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1</td>
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<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
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<tr>
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine2">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Address Line 2 such as Street or Suite number</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityAddressAddressLine2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Name of the City or Town</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
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<tr>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Code for the postal or zip code</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
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<tr>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
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</tr>
</table></div>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Name of the state or province.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
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</table></div>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>A unique 10-digit SEC-issued value to identify entities that have filed disclosures with the SEC. It is commonly abbreviated as CIK.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Regulation 12B<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityCentralIndexKey</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:centralIndexKeyItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Indicate if registrant meets the emerging growth company criteria.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Regulation 12B<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:booleanItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
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</tr>
</table></div>
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</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityFileNumber">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Commission file number. The field allows up to 17 characters. The prefix may contain 1-3 digits, the sequence number may contain 1-8 digits, the optional suffix may contain 1-4 characters, and the fields are separated with a hyphen.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityFileNumber</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:fileNumberItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Two-character EDGAR code representing the state or country of incorporation.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:edgarStateCountryItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
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</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityRegistrantName">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The exact name of the entity filing the report as specified in its charter, which is required by forms filed with the SEC.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Regulation 12B<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityRegistrantName</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
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</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The Tax Identification Number (TIN), also known as an Employer Identification Number (EIN), is a unique 9-digit value assigned by the IRS.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Regulation 12B<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:employerIdItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_LocalPhoneNumber">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Local phone number for entity.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_LocalPhoneNumber</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 13e<br> -Subsection 4c<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:booleanItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 14d<br> -Subsection 2b<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer</td>
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