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Exhibit 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FS Investment Corporation Declares Stock and Cash Dividends and Issues Guidance Regarding its March 1, 2010 Public Offering Price
PHILADELPHIA, February 3, 2010– On January 28, 2010, the Board of Directors of FS Investment Corporation (“FSIC”) declared an ordinary monthly cash distribution of $0.0625 per share. The distribution is payable on March 31, 2010 to shareholders of record as of January 28, 2010.
The Board of Directors also declared a special stock distribution to existing investors of 2.5 shares per 100 shares outstanding. The purpose of this special stock distribution is to maintain a net asset value (“NAV”) per share that is below the current net offering price, as required by the Investment Company
Act of 1940, subject to certain limited exceptions. The Board of Directors determined that FSIC’s portfolio performance warranted taking this action. The distribution was payable on January 31, 2010 to shareholders of record as of January 31, 2010.
The stock distribution increased the number of shares outstanding as of January 31, 2010, thereby reducing NAV per share. However, because the stock distribution was issued to all existing shareholders in proportion to their holdings, the reduction in NAV per share as a result of the stock distribution is offset exactly
by the increase in the number of shares owned by each investor. As the overall value of an investor’s position is not reduced as a result of the special stock distribution, the Board of Directors determined that its payment was not dilutive to existing shareholders.
As the stock distribution did not change any shareholder’s proportionate interest in FSIC, it is not expected to represent a taxable distribution. The determination of the tax attributes of FSIC’s distributions is made annually at of the end of FSIC’s fiscal year based upon its taxable income for the full
year and distributions paid for the full year. Therefore, a determination made on a quarterly basis may not be representative of the actual tax attributes of its distributions for a full year. FSIC intends to update shareholders quarterly with an estimated percentage of its distributions that resulted from taxable ordinary income. The actual tax characteristics of distributions to shareholders will be reported to shareholders annually on a Form 1099-DIV.
FSIC’s affiliate, Franklin Square Holdings, L.P., has agreed to reimburse FSIC for expenses in an amount that is sufficient to ensure that FSIC’s net investment income and net short-term capital gains are equal to or greater than the cumulative distributions paid to its stockholders in each quarter. Under this
arrangement, no portion of FSIC’s cash distributions is expected to represent a return of capital for its stockholders. Franklin Square Holdings has no obligation to reimburse any portion of FSIC’s expenses but has indicated that it expects to continue such reimbursements until it deems that FSIC has achieved economies of scale sufficient to ensure that it bears a reasonable level of expenses in relation to its income. The specific amount of expenses reimbursed by FSIC’s sponsor will
be calculated at the end of each quarter. Franklin Square Holdings is controlled by FSIC’s president and chief executive officer, Michael Forman, and its director, David Adelman. There can be no assurance that Franklin Square Holdings will continue reimbursing any portion of FSIC’s expenses in future quarters.
Additionally, FS Investment Corporation (“FSIC”) issued guidance concerning the expected public offering price for shares subscribed for during the month of February 2010. FSIC’s public offering price on March 1, 2010 is expected to fall within a range of $10.40 to $10.75 per share. It
has not yet been determined that an adjustment to the current offering price of $10.40 per share will be necessary. The specific offering price on March 1, 2010 will be determined by FSIC’s Board of Directors based upon market conditions and the terms set forth in its prospectus at the time of closing. FSIC will update this guidance should its anticipated public offering price move outside of this range.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements, including statements with regard to the future performance of FS Investment Corporation. Words such as "believes," "expects," "projects," and "future" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements
are subject to the inherent uncertainties in predicting future results and conditions. Certain factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements, and some of these factors are enumerated in the filings FS Investment Corporation makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission. FS Investment Corporation undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
About FS Investment Corporation
FSIC is a publicly registered, non-traded business development company (“BDC”). A BDC, such as FSIC, is a type of investment fund that enables investors, including non-accredited investors (subject to certain state-specific suitability standards), to access the private debt asset class. FSIC focuses on investing
in the debt securities of private companies throughout the United States, with the investment objectives of generating current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation for its investors. FSIC is managed by FB Income Advisor, LLC, an affiliate of Philadelphia-based private equity firm FB Capital Partners, LP, and is sub-advised by GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC, an affiliate of GSO Capital Partners LP (“GSO”). GSO, with over $23 billion in assets under management,
is the global credit platform of The Blackstone Group L.P. For more information, please visit www.fsinvestmentcorp.com.
About Franklin Square Capital Partners
Franklin Square Capital Partners is a national distributor and sponsor of alternative investment products structured for the mainstream investor. Founded in 2007 by an experienced group of alternative investment industry professionals, Franklin Square’s goal is to bring the benefits of an institutional-class
investment portfolio to investors through exposure to innovative alternative investment products managed by what it deems to be best-in-class alternative asset managers. Franklin Square believes that institutional investment portfolios, with their access to the strong return potential and diversifying power of alternative assets, are better-suited to manage risk and generate above-market returns than their traditional counterparts. Franklin Square distributes its sponsored financial products
to the broker-dealer community through its affiliated Orlando, FL-based wholesaling broker-dealer, FS2 Capital Partners. For more information, please visit www.franklinsquare.com.