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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-25-052992
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	FWP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250312
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250312

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		FWP
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-277540
		FILM NUMBER:		25732336

	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

FILED BY:		

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		FWP

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

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1603 ORRINGTON AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 820
		CITY:			EVANSTON
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60201
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Issuer Free Writing Prospectus dated March&nbsp;12, 2025 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Relating to the&nbsp;Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated March&nbsp;12, 2025 and </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Prospectus dated May&nbsp;8, 2024 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-277540</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FIDUS INVESTMENT CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$100,000,000 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>6.750%
Notes due 2030 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PRICING TERM SHEET </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>March&nbsp;12, 2025 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following sets
forth the final terms of the 6.750% Notes due 2030 (the &#147;Notes&#148;) and should only be read together with the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated March&nbsp;12, 2025, together with the accompanying prospectus, dated May&nbsp;8, 2024,
relating to these securities (the &#147;Preliminary Prospectus&#148;), and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Prospectus to the extent inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Prospectus. In all other respects, this pricing
term sheet is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preliminary Prospectus. Terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus.&nbsp;All references to dollar amounts are
references to U.S. dollars. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Issuer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Fidus Investment Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Security</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">6.750% Notes due 2030</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Expected Rating*</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Fitch: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">BBB-/Stable</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Aggregate Principal Amount Offered</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">$100,000,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Maturity</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">March&nbsp;19, 2030</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Trade Date</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">March&nbsp;12, 2025</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Settlement Date**</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">March&nbsp;19, 2025 (T+5)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Use of Proceeds</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">To repay a portion of the outstanding borrowings under the Company&#146;s senior secured revolving credit facility.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Price to Public (Issue Price)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">99.29954% of the aggregate principal amount</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Coupon (Interest Rate)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">6.750%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Yield to Maturity</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">6.918%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Spread to Benchmark Treasury</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">+285 basis points</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Benchmark Treasury</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">4.00% due February&nbsp;28, 2030</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Benchmark Treasury Yield</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">4.068%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest Payment Dates</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Offer to Repurchase upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">March&nbsp;19 and September&nbsp;19, beginning September&nbsp;19, 2025</P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus)
occurs prior to maturity, holders will have the right, at their option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash some or all of the Notes at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being repurchased, plus accrued
and unpaid interest to, but not including, the repurchase date.</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Optional Redemption</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Prior to September&nbsp;19, 2029 (six months prior to the maturity date of the Notes) (the &#147;Par Call Date&#148;), the Company may redeem
the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:</P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;(a) the sum of the present
values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year
consisting of twelve <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points less (b)&nbsp;interest accrued to the date of redemption; and</P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;100% of the principal amount
of the Notes to be redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of
the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">$2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">316500 AD9</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">US316500AD91</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Underwriting Discount</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">2.00%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Book-Running Manager</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Raymond James&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc. <BR></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Passive Book-Running Managers</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Keefe, Bruyette&nbsp;&amp; Woods, Inc.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Oppenheimer&nbsp;&amp; Co. Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ING Financial Markets
LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Co-Managers</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">B. Riley Securities, Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladenburg
Thalmann&nbsp;&amp; Co. Inc.</P></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">*</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to
revision or withdrawal at any time. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Under Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15c6-1</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in one business day, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the Notes on any date prior to the business day
before delivery thereof will be required, by virtue of the fact that the Notes initially will settle T+5, to specify an alternate settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement. Purchasers of the Notes who wish to
trade the Notes prior to their date of delivery hereunder should consult their own advisors. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Investors are advised to carefully
consider the investment objective, risks, charges and expenses of the Company before investing.&nbsp;The Preliminary Prospectus, which has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;), contains this and other
information about the Company and should be read carefully before investing. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information in the Preliminary Prospectus and in this pricing term
sheet is not complete and may be changed. The Preliminary Prospectus and this pricing term sheet are not offers to sell any securities of the Company and are not soliciting an offer to buy such securities in any jurisdiction where such offer and
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>A shelf registration statement relating to these securities is on file with and has been declared
effective by the SEC. Before you invest, you should read the Preliminary Prospectus, the accompanying prospectus, and other documents the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and this offering. You may
obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Company, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the Preliminary Prospectus and the accompanying
prospectus if you request it from Raymond James&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc., 880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716, email: prospectus@raymondjames.com, tel:
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">800-248-8863.</FONT></FONT> </B></P>
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