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FS Investment Corporation and Corporate Capital Trust Shareholders Approve $8 Billion Merger

FS/KKR Advisor, LLC (FS/KKR), a partnership between FS Investments and KKR Credit that serves as the investment adviser to six traded and non-traded business development companies, announced today that the shareholders of each of FS Investment Corporation (NYSE: FSIC) and Corporate Capital Trust, Inc. (NYSE: CCT) have voted to approve the proposals related to the merger of FSIC and CCT at FSIC’s and CCT’s respective annual meetings of shareholders held on December 3, 2018.

FS/KKR Advisor, LLC (FS/KKR), a partnership between FS Investments and KKR Credit that serves as the investment adviser to six traded and non-traded business development companies, announced today that the shareholders of each of FS Investment Corporation (NYSE: FSIC) and Corporate Capital Trust, Inc. (NYSE: CCT) have voted to approve the proposals related to the merger of FSIC and CCT at FSIC’s and CCT’s respective annual meetings of shareholders held on December 3, 2018. The merger creates the second largest traded business development company in the country, with more than $8 billion in assets.

Subject to the satisfaction of certain other closing conditions, FS/KKR currently expects the merger to close on or around December 19, 2018. Upon closing of the merger, FS Investment Corporation will be renamed FS KKR Capital Corp. On the day following the closing of the merger, FS KKR Capital Corp. will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “FSK.”

In addition, on November 29, 2018, CCT’s board of directors declared a conditional special cash distribution that, subject to the closing of the merger, will be payable on or about December 27, 2018. The amount of the special cash distribution, which will be announced following the closing of the merger, will equal $0.40 per share plus any remaining estimated undistributed net investment income and net realized gains of CCT prior to the closing of the merger after giving effect to the $0.40 per share amount. Notwithstanding the record date, CCT shareholders must remain holders until the closing of the merger to retain rights to the payment of the special cash distribution.

The record date of the special cash distribution will be the close of business on December 18, 2018, but because CCT’s special cash distribution is conditioned on the closing of the merger, shares of CCT’s common stock will trade with a “due bill.” The holder of a share of CCT common stock that receives shares of FSIC in the merger will also receive the special cash distribution for that CCT share. A holder that sells shares of CCT common stock following the record date will not receive the special cash distribution for the CCT shares that are sold.

FS/KKR Advisor LLC oversees the market’s largest business development company platform, with $18 billion in combined assets under management. Headquartered in Philadelphia, FS Investments is the nation’s largest sponsor of business development companies and has offices in New York City, Orlando, and Washington, DC. KKR is a global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate and credit, with strategic manager partnerships that manage hedge funds.

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