12. Merger with BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation

On March 18, 2024, the Company completed its previously announced acquisition of BCIC, pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 10, 2024, by and among the Company, BCIC, Merger Sub, and solely for the limited purposes set forth therein, BCIA, and the Advisor. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, BCIC merged with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub continuing as the surviving company and as a subsidiary of SVCP and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. As a result of, and as of the effective time of, the Merger, BCIC’s separate corporate existence ceased.

In connection with the Merger, the Company and the Advisor entered into the Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement that became effective as of the Closing, pursuant to which the Advisor reduced its base management fee rate for managing the Company from 1.50% to 1.25% on assets equal to or below 200% of the net asset value of the Company with no change to the basis of the calculation. Prior to the Closing, the Advisor's base management fee rate for managing the Company was 1.50% on assets equal to or below 200% of the net asset value of the Company. The base management fee rate on assets that exceed 200% of the net asset value of the Company remains 1.00%. The Company also entered into the Fee Waiver Agreement with the Advisor. The Fee Waiver Agreement provides that the Advisor will waive all or a portion of its advisory fees to the extent the adjusted net investment income of the Company on a per share basis (determined by dividing the adjusted net investment income of the Company by the weighted average outstanding shares of the Company during the relevant quarter) is less than $0.32 per share in any of the first four (4) fiscal quarters ending after the Closing (the first of which will be the quarter in which the Closing occurred) to the extent there are sufficient advisory fees to cover such deficit. The waiver amount in a given quarter cannot exceed the total advisory fees for such quarter.

In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Closing, each outstanding share of BCIC’s common stock was converted into the right to receive 0.3834 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share of the Company (with BCIC’s shareholders receiving cash in lieu of fractional shares of the Company’s common stock). As a result of the Merger, the Company issued 27,823,870 shares of its common stock to former BCIC shareholders, after adjustment for BCIC’s shareholders receiving cash in lieu of fractional shares.

The Merger has been accounted for as an asset acquisition of BCIC by the Company in accordance with the asset acquisition method of accounting as detailed in ASC 805-50 ("ASC 805"), Business Combinations-Related Issues. The Company determined the fair value of the shares of the Company's common stock that were issued to former BCIC shareholders pursuant to the Merger Agreement plus transaction costs to be the consideration paid in connection with the Merger under ASC 805. The consideration paid to BCIC shareholders was less than the aggregate fair values of the BCIC assets acquired and liabilities assumed, which resulted in a purchase discount (the “purchase discount”). The consideration paid was allocated to the individual BCIC assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on the relative fair values of net identifiable assets acquired other than “non-qualifying” assets and liabilities (for example, cash) and did not give rise to goodwill. As a result, the purchase discount was allocated to the cost basis of the BCIC investments acquired by the Company on a pro-rata basis based on their relative fair values as of the effective time of the Merger. Immediately following the Merger, the investments were marked to their respective fair values in accordance with ASC 820 which resulted in immediate recognition of net unrealized appreciation in the Consolidated Statement of Operations as a result of the Merger. The purchase discount allocated to the BCIC debt investments acquired will amortize over the remaining life of each respective debt investment through interest income, with a corresponding adjustment recorded to unrealized appreciation or depreciation on such investment acquired through its ultimate disposition. The purchase discount allocated to BCIC equity investments acquired will not amortize over the life of such investments through interest income and, assuming no subsequent change to the fair value of the equity investments acquired and disposition of such equity investments at fair value, the Company may recognize a realized gain or loss with a corresponding reversal of the unrealized appreciation on disposition of such equity investments acquired.

The Merger was considered a tax-free reorganization and the Company has elected to carry forward the historical cost basis of the acquired BCIC investments for tax purposes.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Advisor, in the case of the Company, and BCIA, in the case of BCIC, would each bear 50% of the aggregate reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Company or BCIC, as applicable, up to a combined aggregate amount equal to $6.0 million (the “Merger transaction costs”). Net of Merger transaction costs borne by the Advisor, the Company capitalized $2.4 million of Merger transaction costs as part of the total consideration paid to acquire the assets and liabilities of BCIC.

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