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Item 1.01.
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
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On
January 24, 2022, in connection with a previously announced public offering (the “Offering”), Eagle Point Credit Company
Inc. (the “Company”) entered into the fifth supplemental indenture (the “Fifth Supplemental Indenture”) between
the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the “Trustee”), which supplements a base indenture, dated
December 4, 2015, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Base Indenture,” and, together with the Fifth Supplemental Indenture,
the “Indenture”). The Fifth Supplemental Indenture relates to the Company’s issuance of $87,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of its 5.375% Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”). The representative of the underwriters in the Offering may exercise an
option to purchase up to an additional $13,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes within 30 days of January 13, 2022.
The
Notes are expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange and to trade under the trading symbol “ECCV”.
The
Notes will mature on January 31, 2029. The principal payable at maturity will be 100% of the aggregate principal amount. The interest
rate of the Notes is 5.375% per year and will be paid every March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, beginning March 31, 2022,
and the regular record dates for interest payments will be every March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15, beginning March 15,
2022. If an interest payment date falls on a non-business day, the applicable interest payment will be made on the next business day and
no additional interest will accrue as a result of such delayed payment. The initial interest period for the Notes will be the period from
and including January 24, 2022, to, but excluding, the initial interest payment date, and the subsequent interest periods will be the
periods from and including an interest payment date to, but excluding, the next interest payment date or the stated maturity date, as
the case may be.
The
Company is issuing the Notes in denominations of $25 and integral multiples of $25 in excess thereof. The Notes will not be subject to
any sinking fund and holders of the Notes will not have the option to have the Notes repaid prior to the stated maturity date.
The
Notes may be redeemed in whole or in part at any time or from time to time at the Company’s option on or after January 31,
2025 upon not less than 30-days’ nor more than 60-days’ written notice by mail prior to the date fixed for redemption thereof,
at a redemption price equal to 100% of the outstanding aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest otherwise payable
for the then-current quarterly interest period accrued to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption. Any exercise of the Company’s
option to redeem the Notes will be done in compliance with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
If
the Company redeems only some of the Notes, the Trustee will determine the method for selection of the particular Notes to be redeemed,
in accordance with the rules of any national securities exchange or quotation system on which the Notes are listed, on a pro rata basis
to the extent practicable or by lot or such similar method in accordance with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company. Unless the
Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the date of redemption, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes called
for redemption.
Pursuant
to the Indenture, the Company has the ability, without the consent of the holders of the Notes, to issue additional series of the
Notes (in any such case, “Additional Notes”) having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms
as the Notes. Any Additional Notes and the existing Notes shall constitute a single series under the Indenture.
The
Indenture contains certain covenants, including a covenant requiring the Company to comply with Section 18(a)(1)(A) of the 1940
Act (as modified by the other provisions of Section 18 of the 1940 Act) as in effect from time to time or any successor provisions thereto,
whether or not the Company is subject to such provisions of the 1940 Act, but giving effect, in either case, to any exemptive relief granted
to the Company by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and to provide certain financial information to the
holders of the Notes and the Trustee if the Company should no longer be subject to the reporting requirements under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, as made applicable to the Company by the 1940 Act. These covenants are subject to important limitations and exceptions
that are set forth in the Indenture.
The
Notes were offered and sold pursuant to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-237586) previously
filed with the SEC, as supplemented by a preliminary prospectus supplement dated January 12, 2022, a final prospectus supplement
dated January 13, 2022 and the pricing term sheet filed with the SEC on January 13, 2022. This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute
an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or
jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities
laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. The transaction closed on January 24, 2022.
The
description above is only a summary of the material provisions of the Indenture and the Notes and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to copies of the Indenture and the Notes, respectively, each filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by
reference herein.