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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 19, 2024
Great Elm Capital Corp.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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3801 PGA Blvd ., Suite 603Palm Beach Gardens, Florida |
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Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:
(617) 375-3006
Check the appropriate box below if the Form
8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Common stock, $0.01 par value |
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GECC |
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Nasdaq Global Market |
6.75% Notes due 2025 |
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GECCM |
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Nasdaq Global Market |
5.875% Notes due 2026 |
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GECCO |
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Nasdaq Global Market |
8.75% Notes due 2028 |
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GECCZ |
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Nasdaq Global Market |
8.50% Notes due 2029 |
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GECCI |
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Nasdaq Global Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule
12b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(§ 240.12b-2
of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01 |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On September 19, 2024, Great Elm Capital Corp. (the “Company”) and Equiniti Trust Company, LLC (f/k/a American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC), as trustee (the “Trustee”), entered into a seventh supplemental indenture (the “Seventh Supplemental Indenture”) to the indenture, dated September 18, 2017, between the Company and the Trustee (as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”). The Seventh Supplemental Indenture relates to the Company’s issuance of $36,000,000 million aggregate principal amount of 8.125% notes due 2029 (the “Notes”) on the date hereof, plus up to an additional $5,400,000 million aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be issued in the future pursuant to the underwriters’ exercise of an over-allotment option (the “Offering”). The underwriters’ over-allotment option expires at 11:59 p.m. on October 12, 2024.
The Notes will mature on December 31, 2029 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at the Company’s option at any time or from time to time on or after December 31, 2026 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest otherwise payable for the then-current quarterly interest period accrued to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption. The Notes bear interest at a rate of 8.125% per year payable quarterly on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing December 31, 2024. The Notes are direct unsecured obligations of the Company.
The terms of the Notes are governed by the Indenture. The Indenture contains certain covenants, including covenants requiring the Company to comply with Sections 18(a)(1)(A) and (B) as modified by Sections 61(a)(1) and (2) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and to provide 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. The Indenture also provides that the Company may not consolidate with or merge with or into any other entity or convey or transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any person, unless certain specified conditions set forth in Section 801 of the Indenture are satisfied. These and other covenants are subject to certain limitations and exceptions that are described in the Indenture.
The Company received net proceeds from the Offering, after payment of underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, of approximately $34.4 million (or approximately $39.6 million if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full). The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering together with cash on hand to redeem all of its 6.75% unsecured notes due 2025.
The Notes were offered and sold pursuant to a registration statement on
Form N-2
(File No. 333-281177),
as amended, a related Registration Statement on Form
N-2
(File
No. 333-282072)
filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 and the related prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Offering closed on September 19, 2024.
The foregoing descriptions of the terms of the Indenture and the Notes do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to their full text. The Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the form of the Notes are attached hereto as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
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Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 |
Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the under
sign
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Date: September 19, 2024 |
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Exhibit 4.1
SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
between
GREAT ELM
CAPITAL CORP.
and
EQUINITI TRUST COMPANY, LLC,
as Trustee
Dated as of
September 19, 2024
SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
THIS SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this Seventh Supplemental Indenture), dated as of September 19, 2024 is between Great
Elm Capital Corp., a Maryland corporation (the Company), and Equiniti Trust Company, LLC (formerly known as American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC), as trustee (the Trustee). All capitalized terms used herein
shall have the meaning set forth in the Base Indenture (as defined below).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2017 (the Base Indenture and, as
supplemented by this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of the Companys unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the
Securities), to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Indenture.
The Company desires to issue and sell up to
$41,400,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 8.125% Notes due 2029 (the Notes).
Sections 901(4) and 901(6) of
the Base Indenture provide that without the consent of Holders of the Securities of any series issued under the Indenture, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may
enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture to (i) change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Indenture when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of the supplemental
indenture that is entitled to the benefit of such provision and/or (ii) establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Section 201 and Section 301 of the Base Indenture.
The Company desires to establish the form and terms of the Notes and to modify, alter, supplement and change certain provisions of the Base
Indenture for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Seventh
Supplemental Indenture to provide for the issuance of the Notes and all acts and things necessary to make this Seventh Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding, and legal obligation of the Company and to constitute a valid agreement of the Company,
in accordance with its terms, have been done and performed.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of
the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE I
TERMS OF
THE NOTES
Section 1.01 The following terms relating to the Notes are hereby established:
(a) The Notes shall constitute a series of Senior Securities having the title 8.125% Notes due 2029. The Notes shall bear a CUSIP
number of 390320 877 and an ISIN number of US3903208771.
(b) The aggregate principal amount of the Notes that may be initially
authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or 1305 of the Base
Indenture, and except for any Securities that, pursuant to Section 303 of the Base Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered under the Indenture) shall be $36,000,000 (or up to $41,400,000 aggregate principal amount
if the underwriters over-allotment option is exercised in full). Under a Board Resolution, Officers Certificate pursuant to Board Resolutions or a future supplemental indenture to the Indenture (a Future Supplemental
Indenture), the Company may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of Notes, issue additional Notes (in any such case Additional Notes) having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as
the Notes
(except the issue date, the date from which interest accrues and, in some cases, the first interest payment date), provided, however, that if any such Additional Notes are not fungible with the
existing Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Additional Notes will have separate CUSIP and ISIN numbers. Any Additional Notes and the existing Notes will constitute a single series under the Indenture and all references to the relevant
Notes herein shall include the Additional Notes unless the context otherwise requires.
(c) The Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be
December 31, 2029. The entire outstanding principal of the Notes shall be payable on the Stated Maturity, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
(d) The rate at which the Notes shall bear interest shall be 8.125% per annum. The date from which interest shall accrue on the Notes shall be
September 19, 2024 or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for; the Interest Payment Dates for the Notes shall be March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year,
commencing December 31, 2024 (provided that, if an Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the applicable interest payment will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no additional interest will accrue as
a result of such delayed payment); the initial interest period will be the period from and including September 19, 2024, 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, as the case may be; the interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, will be paid to the
Person in whose name the Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 (whether or
not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any such interest on the Notes will be made at the office of the Trustee located at 6201 15th Avenue,
Brooklyn, New York 11219, Attention: Great Elm Capital Corp. (8.125% Notes due 2029) and at such other address as designated by the Trustee, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register; provided, further, however, that so long as the Notes are registered to Cede & Co., such payment will be made by wire transfer in accordance with the procedures established by The Depository Trust Company and
the Trustee. Interest on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
(e) The Notes shall be initially issuable in global form (each such Note, a Global Note). The Global Notes and the Trustees
certificate of authentication thereon shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A to this Seventh Supplemental Indenture. Each Global Note shall represent the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall
represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to
reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Security Registrar, in accordance with
Sections 203 and 305 of the Base Indenture.
(f) The depositary for such Global Notes (the Depositary) shall be The Depository
Trust Company, New York, New York. The Security Registrar with respect to the Global Notes shall be the Trustee.
(g) The Notes shall be
defeasible pursuant to Section 1402 or Section 1403 of the Base Indenture. Covenant defeasance contained in Section 1403 of the Base Indenture shall apply to the covenants contained in Sections 1006, 1009 and 1010 of the Indenture.
(h) The Notes shall be redeemable pursuant to Section 1101 of the Base Indenture and as follows:
(i) The Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time or from time to time, at the option of the Company, on or
after December 31, 2026, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest payments otherwise payable for the then-current quarterly interest period accrued to, but excluding, the
date fixed for redemption.
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(ii) Notice of redemption shall be given in writing and electronically delivered
through The Depository Trust Company or mailed, first-class postage prepaid or by overnight courier guaranteeing next-day delivery, to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed, not less than ten (10) nor
more than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption Date, at the Holders address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of redemption shall contain the information set forth in Section 1104 of the Base Indenture.
(iii) Any exercise of the Companys option to redeem the Notes will be done in compliance with the Investment Company Act,
to the extent applicable.
(iv) If the Company elects to redeem only a portion of the Notes, the Trustee will determine the
method for selecting the particular Notes to be redeemed, in accordance with Section 1103 of the Base Indenture, the Investment Company Act and the rules of any national securities exchange or quotation system on which the Notes are listed, in
each case to the extent applicable.
(v) Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the
Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes called for redemption hereunder.
(i) The Notes shall not be subject to any
sinking fund pursuant to Section 1201 of the Base Indenture.
(j) The Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $25 and integral
multiples of $25 in excess thereof.
(k) The Company will not pay any Additional Amounts on the Notes pursuant to Section 1004 of the
Base Indenture.
(l) Holders of the Notes will not have the option to have the Notes repaid prior to the Stated Maturity. Nothing in this
Section shall prohibit purchases by the Company in the open market, private transactions or otherwise prior to the Stated Maturity.
(m)
The Notes are hereby designated as Senior Securities under the Indenture.
(n) For the avoidance of doubt, the reference in
Section 301 of the Base Indenture to Senior Securities being unsubordinated and ranking equally and pari passu to all other Senior Indebtedness is intended to reflect that, notwithstanding that the Senior Securities are unsecured,
the Senior Securities rank equally with the Senior Indebtedness solely with respect to the right to seek and enforce payment from the Company but not in terms of any collateral security or access to collateral or right to distributions or payments
of proceeds of any collateral (including without limitation, cash, accounts or other assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries), as to which the Senior Indebtedness has priority at all times.
ARTICLE II
REMEDIES
Section 2.01 Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental Indenture, for the benefit of the
Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Indenture, whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding, Section 502 of the Base Indenture shall be amended by replacing the first paragraph thereof with the following:
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default under Section 501(5) or Section 501(6)) with respect to
the Notes at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may (and the Trustee shall at the request of such Holders) declare the
principal of all the Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal or specified portion thereof shall become immediately due
and payable.
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If an Event of Default under Section 501(5) or Section 501(6) occurs, the entire principal amount of all the Notes shall automatically become due and immediately payable.
ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
Section 3.01 Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the
Notes but no other series of Securities under the Indenture, whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding, Article Ten of the Base Indenture shall be amended by adding the following new Sections 1008 through 1010 thereto, each as set forth below:
Section 1008. Section 18(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act.
The Company hereby agrees that for the period of time during which the Notes are Outstanding, the Company shall not violate,
whether or not it is subject to, Section 18(a)(1)(A) as modified by Sections 61(a)(1) and (2) of the Investment Company Act or any successor provisions thereto of the Investment Company Act, as such obligation may be amended or
superseded but giving effect to any exemptive relief that may be granted to the Company by the Commission.
Section 1009.
Section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Investment Company Act.
The Company hereby agrees that for the period of time during which
the Notes are outstanding, the Company shall not declare any dividend (except a dividend payable in stock of the Company), or declare any other distribution, upon a class of its capital stock, or purchase any such capital stock, unless, in every
such case, at the time of the declaration of any such dividend or distribution, or at the time of any such purchase, the Company has an asset coverage (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of at least the threshold specified in pursuant to
Section 18(a)(1)(B) as modified by Sections 61(a)(1) and (2) of the Investment Company Act or any successor provisions thereto of the Investment Company Act, as such obligation may be amended or superseded (regardless of whether the
Company is subject thereto), after deducting the amount of such dividend, distribution or purchase price, as the case may be, and giving effect, in each case, (i) to any exemptive relief granted to the Company by the Commission and (ii) to
any no-action relief granted by the Commission to another business development company (or to the Company if it determines to seek such similar no-action or other
relief) permitting the business development company to declare any cash dividend or distribution notwithstanding the prohibition contained in Section 18(a) (1)(B) as modified by Sections 61(a)(1) and (2) of the Investment Company Act, as
such obligation may be amended or superseded, in order to maintain such business development companys status as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Section 1010. Commission Reports and Reports to Holders.
If, at any time, the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act to file
any periodic reports with the Commission, the Company agrees to furnish to the Holders of Notes and the Trustee for the period of time during which the Notes are Outstanding: (i) within 90 days after the end of the each fiscal year of the
Company, audited annual consolidated financial statements of the Company and (ii) within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company (other than the Companys fourth fiscal quarter), unaudited interim consolidated financial
statements of the Company. All such financial statements shall be prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP).
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ARTICLE IV
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 4.01 Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the
Notes but no other series of Securities under the Indenture, whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding, Section 1505 of the Base Indenture shall be amended by replacing clause (c) thereof with the following:
(c) At any meeting of Holders, each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each
$25.00 principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by such Holder; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding
and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.01 This Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. This Seventh Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of the Indenture and shall, to the extent
applicable, be governed by such provisions.
Section 5.02 In case any provision in this Seventh Supplemental
Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 5.03 This Seventh Supplemental Indenture may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be an original,
but such counterparts will together constitute but one and the same Seventh Supplemental Indenture. The exchange of copies of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile, .pdf transmission, email or other electronic means
shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile, .pdf transmission, email or other electronic means shall be deemed to be their
original signatures for all purposes.
Section 5.04 The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this
Seventh Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture and this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument with respect to the Notes. All provisions
included in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture supersede any conflicting provisions included in the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes, unless not permitted by law. The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Base Indenture, as supplemented
by this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Seventh Supplemental Indenture.
Section 5.05 The provisions of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall become effective as of the date hereof.
Section 5.06 Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, the terms and provisions of this Seventh
Supplemental Indenture shall apply only to the Notes and shall not apply to any other series of Securities under the Indenture and this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall not and does not otherwise affect, modify, alter, supplement or change the
terms and provisions of any other series of Securities under the Indenture, whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding.
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Section 5.07 The recitals contained herein and in the Notes shall be
taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Notes or any Additional
Notes, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, authenticate the Notes and any Additional Notes and perform its obligations hereunder. The Trustee shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Notes or any Additional Notes or the proceeds thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Seventh Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.
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GREAT ELM CAPITAL CORP. |
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/s/ Matt Kaplan |
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Name: Matt Kaplan |
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Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
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EQUINITI TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as Trustee |
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/s/ Paul H. Kim |
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Name: Paul H. Kim |
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Title: Assistant General Counsel |
[Signature page to Seventh Supplemental Indenture]
Exhibit A - Form of Global Note
This Security is a Global Note within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of The Depository
Trust Company or a nominee thereof. This Security may not be exchanged in whole or in part for a Security registered, and no transfer of this Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than The Depository Trust
Company or a nominee thereof, except in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture.
Unless this certificate is presented
by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment and such certificate issued in exchange for this certificate is registered in the name of Cede &
Co., or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, any transfer, pledge or other use hereof for value or otherwise by or to any person is wrongful, as the registered owner hereof, Cede &
Co., has an interest herein.
Great Elm Capital Corp.
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$ CUSIP No. 390320 877
ISIN No. US3903208771 |
8.125% Notes due 2029
Great Elm Capital Corp., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Maryland (herein called the Company, which
term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of dollars (U.S. $ ) on
December 31, 2029 and to pay interest thereon from September 19, 2024 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly on March 31, June 30, September 30 and
December 31 in each year, commencing December 31, 2024 (provided, that if an Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the applicable interest payment will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no
additional interest will accrue as a result of such delayed payment), at the rate of 8.125% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be March 15, June 15,
September 15 and December 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on
such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be
given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of
this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. This Security may be issued as part of a series.
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee in New York, New York in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, provided, further, however, that so long as this Security is registered to Cede &
Co., such payment will be made by wire transfer in accordance with the procedures established by The Depository Trust Company and the Trustee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on
the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
Dated:
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GREAT ELM CAPITAL CORP. |
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Name: Matt Kaplan |
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Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Name: Adam M. Kleinman |
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Title: Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary |
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This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
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EQUINITI TRUST COMPANY, LLC, |
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Authorized Signatory |
A-4
Great Elm Capital Corp.
8.125% Notes due 2029
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the Securities), issued and to be
issued in one or more series under an indenture, dated as of September 18, 2017 (herein called the Base Indenture, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and Equiniti Trust Company,
LLC (formerly known as American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC), as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Base Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Base Indenture
for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered, as amended and supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated September 19, 2024, relating to the Securities, by and between the Company and the Trustee (herein called the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the
Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture collectively are herein called the Indenture). In the event of any conflict between the Base Indenture and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall
govern and control.
This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to thirty-six million dollars (U.S. $36,000,000), or up to forty-one million four hundred thousand dollars (U.S. $41,400,000) aggregate principal amount if the
underwriters over-allotment option to purchase additional Securities is exercised in full. Under a Board Resolution, Officers Certificate pursuant to Board Resolutions or an indenture supplement, the Company may from time to time,
without the consent of the Holders of Securities, issue additional Securities of this series (in any such case Additional Securities) having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Securities (except
the issue date, the date from which interest accrues and, in some cases, the first interest payment date), provided, however, that if any such Additional Securities are not fungible with the existing Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such
Additional Securities will have separate CUSIP and ISIN numbers. Any Additional Securities and the existing Securities will constitute a single series under the Indenture and all references to the relevant Securities herein shall include the
Additional Securities unless the context otherwise requires. The aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities represented hereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions.
The Securities of this series are subject to redemption in whole or in part at any time or from time to time, at the option of the Company, on
or after December 31, 2026 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest payments otherwise payable for the then-current quarterly interest period accrued to, but excluding,
the date fixed for redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given in writing and electronically delivered through The Depository Trust
Company or mailed, first-class postage prepaid or by overnight courier guaranteeing next-day delivery, to each Holder of the Securities to be redeemed, not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty
(60) days prior to the Redemption Date, at the Holders address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of redemption shall contain the information set forth in Section 1104 of the Base Indenture.
Any exercise of the Companys option to redeem the Securities will be done in compliance with the Investment Company Act, to the extent
applicable.
If the Company elects to redeem only a portion of the Securities, the Trustee will determine the method for selecting the
particular Securities to be redeemed, in accordance with Section 1103 of the Base Indenture, the Investment Company Act and the rules of any national securities exchange or quotation system on which the Securities are listed, in each case to
the extent applicable. In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation
hereof.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue
on the Notes called for redemption.
Holders of Securities do not have the option to have the Securities repaid at any time prior to
December 31, 2029.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this
Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
The Indenture provides that the Company may not consolidate with or merge with or into any other entity or convey or transfer all or
substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, unless certain specified conditions set forth in Section 801 of the Indenture are satisfied.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series
may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain
exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past
defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any
proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default (other than an
Event of Default under Section 501(5) or Section 501(6) of the Indenture) with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall
have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in compliance with such request, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such written request during the 60-day period after receipt of such written notice, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall
not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein. If an Event of Default under
Section 501(5) or Section 501(6) of the Indenture occurs, the entire principal amount of the Securities of this series will automatically become due and immediately payable.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the
Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by
a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like
tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
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The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $25 and any integral multiples of $25 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No
service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company, the Trustee or the Security Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee or the Security Registrar and
any agent of the Company, the Trustee or the Security Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the
Security Registrar, or any agent thereof shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined
in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
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