Form POS EX - Post-effective amendment adding exhibits to registration statement [Rule 462(d)]

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2024

 

Securities Act File No. 333-272286

Investment Company Act File No. 811-22432

 

 

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-2

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ☒
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
Pre-Effective Amendment No. ☐
Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 ☒

 

and

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 ☒
Amendment No. 37 ☒

 

OXFORD LANE CAPITAL CORP.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255
Greenwich, CT 06830
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including Area Code: [phone]

Jonathan H. Cohen
Chief Executive Officer
Oxford Lane Capital Corp.
8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255
Greenwich, CT 06830
(Name and address of agent for service)

 

COPIES TO:

Harry S. Pangas, Esq.
Philip T. Hinkle, Esq.
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

 

Approximate date of proposed public offering: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

 

	☐	Check box if the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans.
	☒	Check box if any securities being registered on this Form will be offered on a delayed or continuous basis in reliance on Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”), other than securities offered in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan.
	☒	Check box if this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction A.2 or a post-effective amendment thereto.
	☐	Check box if this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction B or a post-effective amendment thereto that will become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act.
	☐	Check box if this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction B to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act.

 

 

 

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

 

☐

when declared effective pursuant to Section 8(c) of the Securities Act.

 

If appropriate, check the following box:

 

	☐	This [post-effective] amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed [post-effective amendment] [registration statement].
	☐	This Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is:
	☐	This Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, and the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is:
	☒	This Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, and the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is: 333-272286

 

Check each box that appropriately characterizes the Registrant:

 

	☒	Registered Closed-End Fund (closed-end company that is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“Investment Company Act”)).
	☐	Business Development Company (closed-end company that intends or has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act).
	☐	Interval Fund (Registered Closed-End Fund or a Business Development Company that makes periodic repurchase offers under Rule 23c-3 under the Investment Company Act).
	☒	A.2 Qualified (qualified to register securities pursuant to General Instruction A.2 of this Form).
	☐	Well-Known Seasoned Issuer (as defined by Rule 405 under the Securities Act).
	☐	Emerging Growth Company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”)).
	☐	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 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act.
	☐	New Registrant (registered or regulated under the Investment Company Act for less than 12 calendar months preceding this filing).

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-272286 and 811-22432) of Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (the “Registration Statement”) is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), solely for the purpose of filing exhibits to the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 consists only of a facing page, this explanatory note and Part C of the Registration Statement on Form N-2 setting forth the exhibits to the Registration Statement. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 does not modify any other part of the Registration Statement. Pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The contents of the Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference.

 

 

 

 

PART C - OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 25. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

1. Financial Statements

 

The following financial statements of Oxford Lane Capital Corp. have been incorporated by reference in Part A of the Registration Statement:

 

Financial Statements for the Year Ended March 31, 2023 (Audited)

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Schedule of Investments

Statement of Operations

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Statement of Cash Flows

Notes to Financial Statements

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Supplemental Information

 

2. Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number		Description
a.1		Articles of Amendment and Restatement(1)
a.2		Amendment to the Articles of Amendment Increasing Authorized Shares, dated January 31, 2020(6)
a.3		Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of the Term Preferred Shares, including Appendix A thereto relating to the Term Preferred Shares, 6.00% Series 2029, Appendix B thereto relating to the Term Preferred Shares, 6.25% Series 2027, Appendix C thereto relating to the Term Preferred Shares, 6.75% Series 2024, and Appendix D thereto relating to Term Preferred Shares, 7.125% Series 2029(11)
b.		Third Amended and Restated Bylaws(12)
d.1		Form of Common Stock Certificate(1)
d.2		Form of Indenture(2)
d.3		Base Indenture, dated as of March 16, 2021, by and between Oxford Lane Capital Corp. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee(8)
d.4		Specimen 6.75% Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock Certificate(5)
d.5		Specimen 6.25% Series 2027 Term Preferred Stock Certificate(6)
d.6		Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1(13)
d.7		First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 16, 2021, relating to the 6.75% Notes due 2031, by and between Oxford Lane Capital Corp. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee(8)
d.8		Form of 6.75% Notes due 2031 (Included as Exhibit A of Exhibit d.6 hereto).
d.9		Specimen 6.00% Series 2029 Term Preferred Stock Certificate(9)
d.10		Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 13, 2022, relating to the 5.00% Notes due 2027, by and between Oxford Lane Capital Corp. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee(10)
d.11		Form of 5.00% Notes due 2027 (Included as Exhibit A of Exhibit d.9 hereto).
d.12		Specimen 7.125% Series 2029 Term Preferred Stock Certificate(11)
d.13		Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 8, 2024, relating to the 8.75% Notes due 2030, by and between Oxford Lane Capital Corp. and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee(17)
d.14		Form of 8.75% Notes due 2030 (Included as Exhibit A of Exhibit d.13 hereto).
e.		Second Amended and Restated Distribution Reinvestment Plan(3)
g.		Form of Investment Advisory Agreement by and between Registrant and Oxford Lane Management, LLC(1)
h.1		Form of Underwriting Agreement(2)
h.2		Equity Distribution Agreement, dated June 4, 2020, by and among Oxford Lane Capital Corp., Oxford Lane Management, LLC, Oxford Funds, LLC, and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.(7)
h.3		Amended and Restated Equity Distribution Agreement, dated September 9, 2022, by and among Oxford Lane Capital Corp., Oxford Lane Management, LLC, Oxford Funds, LLC, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and B. Riley Securities, Inc.(12)
h.4		Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Equity Distribution Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2022, by and among Oxford Lane Capital Corp., Oxford Lane Management, LLC, Oxford Funds, LLC and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., as sales agent.(16)
h.5		Underwriting Agreement, dated June 27, 2024, between the Company and Lucid Capital Markets, LLC, as representative of the underwriters named in Schedule I thereto(17)
h.6		Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Equity Distribution Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2022, by and among Oxford Lane Capital Corp., Oxford Lane Management, LLC, Oxford Funds, LLC, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Lucid Capital Markets, LLC, as sales agents*
j.		Form of Custodian Agreement by and between Registrant and U.S. Bank National Association(4)

 

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Exhibit Number		Description
k.1		Form of Administration Agreement by and between Registrant and BDC Partners, LLC(1)
l.1		Opinion and Consent of Dechert LLP(14)
l.2		Opinion and Consent of Dechert LLP(16)
l.3		Opinion and Consent of Dechert LLP(17)
n.1		Consent of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm(15)
r.		Code of Ethics and Insider Trading Policy(14)
s.		Power of Attorney(13)
		Filing Fees Table(15)

 

 

*	Filed herewith.

 

(1)	Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-167803) filed on November 30, 2010.

(2)	Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-183228) filed on October 5, 2012.

(3)	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.77Q1 to the Registrant’s annual report on Form NSAR-B filed on May 29, 2015.

(4)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-195652) filed on September 3, 2014.

(5)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-205405 and 811-22432) filed on June 7, 2017.

(6)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-225462 and 811-22432) filed on February 7, 2020.

(7)	Incorporated by referenced to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-236574 and 814-22432) filed on June 4, 2020.

(8)	Previously filed on March 16, 2021 with Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

(9)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-236574 and 814-22432) filed on August 17, 2021.

(10)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-236574 and 814-22432) filed on January 13, 2022.

(11)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-236574 and 814-22432) filed on June 16, 2022.

(12)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-236574) filed on September 9, 2022.

(13)	Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-272286 and 811-22432) filed on May 31, 2023.

(14)	Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-272286 and 811-22432) filed on August 24, 2023.

(15)	Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-272286 and 811-22432) filed on October 4, 2023.

(16)	Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-272286 and 811-22432) filed on November 15, 2023.
(17)	Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-272286 and 811-22432) filed on July 8, 2024.

 

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ITEM 26. MARKETING ARRANGEMENTS

 

The information contained under the heading “Plan of Distribution” in the prospectus contained herein is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 27. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION

 

SEC registration fee		$	110,200
FINRA filing fee			150,500
NASDAQ Global Select Market			15,000
Printing and postage			1,000
Legal fees and expenses			650,000
Accounting fees and expenses			50,000
Miscellaneous			50,000
Total		$	1,026,700

 

Note: Except the SEC registration fee and the FINRA filing fee, all listed amounts are estimates.

 

ITEM 28. PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL

 

The information contained under the headings “Management,” “Certain Relationships and Transactions” and “Control Persons and Principal Stockholders” in the prospectus contained herein is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 29. NUMBER OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

 

The following table sets forth the number of record holders of the Registrant’s common stock at August 18, 2023.

 

Title of Class		Number of Record Holders
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share			116

 

ITEM 30. INDEMNIFICATION

 

Directors and Officers

 

Reference is made to Section 2-418 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, Article VII of the Registrant’s charter and Article XI of the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Bylaws.

 

Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except for liability resulting from (a) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (b) active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment as being material to the cause of action. The Registrant’s charter contains such a provision which eliminates directors’ and officers’ liability to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law, subject to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the “1940 Act.”

 

The Registrant’s charter authorizes the Registrant, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law and subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act, to indemnify any present or former director or officer or any individual who, while serving as the Registrant’s director or officer and at the Registrant’s request, serves or has served another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise as a director, officer, partner or trustee, from and against any claim or liability to which that person may become subject or which that person may incur by reason of his or her service in any such capacity and to pay or reimburse their reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding. The Registrant’s Bylaws obligate the Registrant, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law and subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act, to indemnify any present or former director or officer or any individual who, while serving as the Registrant’s director or officer and at the Registrant’s request, serves or has served another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise as a director, officer, partner or trustee and who is made, or threatened to be made, a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity from and against any claim or liability to which that person may become subject or which that person may incur by reason of his or her service in any such capacity and to pay or reimburse his or her reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding. The charter and Bylaws also permit the Registrant to indemnify and advance expenses to any person who served a predecessor of the Registrant in any of the capacities described above and any of the Registrant’s employees or agents or any employees or agents of the Registrant’s predecessor. In accordance with the 1940 Act, the Registrant will not indemnify any person for any liability to which such person would be subject by reason of such person’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office.  

 

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Maryland law requires a corporation (unless its charter provides otherwise, which the Registrant’s charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made, or threatened to be made, a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity. Maryland law permits a corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made, or threatened to be made, a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that (a) the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (1) was committed in bad faith or (2) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (b) the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services or (c) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. However, under Maryland law, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received unless, in either case, a court orders indemnification, and then only for expenses. In addition, Maryland law permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer in advance of final disposition of a proceeding upon the corporation’s receipt of (a) a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation and (b) a written undertaking by him or her or on his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that the standard of conduct was not met.

 

Adviser and Administrator

 

The Investment Advisory Agreement provides that, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of the reckless disregard of its duties and obligations, Oxford Lane Management, LLC, or the “investment adviser,” and its officers, managers, agents, employees, controlling persons, members and any other person or entity affiliated with it are entitled to indemnification from the Registrant for any damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and amounts reasonably paid in settlement) arising from the rendering of the investment adviser’s services under the Investment Advisory Agreement or otherwise as an investment adviser of the Registrant.

 

The Administration Agreement provides that, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of the reckless disregard of its duties and obligations, Oxford Funds, LLC and its officers, managers, agents, employees, controlling persons, members and any other person or entity affiliated with it are entitled to indemnification from the Registrant for any damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and amounts reasonably paid in settlement) arising from the rendering of Oxford Funds, LLC’s services under the Administration Agreement or otherwise as administrator for the Registrant.

 

The law also provides for comparable indemnification for corporate officers and agents. Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the “Securities Act,” may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. 

 

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ITEM 31. BUSINESS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS OF INVESTMENT ADVISER

 

A description of any other business, profession, vocation, or employment of a substantial nature in which the investment adviser, and each managing director, director or executive officer of the investment adviser, is or has been during the past two fiscal years, engaged in for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee, is set forth in Part A of this Registration Statement in the sections entitled “Management - Board of Directors and Executive Officers,” “Investment Advisory Agreement” and “Portfolio Management - Investment Personnel.” Additional information regarding the investment adviser and its officers and directors is set forth in its Form ADV, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC File No. 801-71654), under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 32. LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS

 

All accounts, books, and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the 1940 Act, and the rules thereunder are maintained at the offices of:

 

(1)

the Registrant, Oxford Lane Capital Corp., 8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255, Greenwich, CT 06830;

 

(2)

the Transfer Agent, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., 250 Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021;

 

(3)

the Custodian, U.S. Bank National Association, 8 Greenway Plaza Suite 1100, Houston, TX 77046; and

 

(4)

the Investment Adviser, Oxford Lane Management, LLC, 8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255, Greenwich, CT 06830.

 

ITEM 33. MANAGEMENT SERVICES

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 34. UNDERTAKINGS

 

(1)

Not applicable.

 

(2)

Not applicable.

 

(3)

The Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(a)

to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement:

 

(i)

to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

 

(ii)

to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b), if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 

(iii)

to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

 

Provided, however, that paragraphs 4(a)(i), (ii), and (iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference into the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

 

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(b)

that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of those securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;

 

(c)

to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering;

 

(d)

that, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser,

 

(i)

if the Registrant is relying on Rule 430B [17 CFR 230.430B];

 

(A)

Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

 

(B)

Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (x), or (xi) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; provided however, that no statement made in registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchase with a time of contract of sale prior to the effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or

 

(ii)

if the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C [17 CFR 230.430C], each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

 

(e)

That for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of securities, the undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to the purchaser:

 

(i)

any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933;

 

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(ii)

any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;

 

(iii)

the portion of any other free writing prospectus or advertisement pursuant to Rule 482 under the Securities Act of 1933 [17 CFR 230.482] relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and

 

(iv)

any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.

 

(4)

The Registrant undertakes that:

 

(a)

for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant under Rule 424(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective; and

 

(b)

for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(5)

The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference into the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;

 

(6)

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

(7)

The Registrant undertakes to send by first class mail or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery within two business days of receipt of a written or oral request, any prospectus or Statement of Additional Information.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Township of Greenwich, in the State of Connecticut, on the 29th day of July, 2024.

 

OXFORD LANE CAPITAL CORP.
By:	/s/ Jonathan H. Cohen
	Jonathan H. Cohen Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to its Registration Statement on Form N-2 has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant, and in the capacities indicated, on the 29th day of July, 2024.

 

Signature		Title
/s/ Jonathan H. Cohen		Chief Executive Officer and
Jonathan H. Cohen		Director (Principal Executive Officer)
*		Chairman of the Board and Director
Mark J. Ashenfelter
*		Director
John Reardon
*		President and Director
Saul B. Rosenthal
*		Director
David S. Shin
/s/ Bruce L. Rubin		Chief Financial Officer
Bruce L. Rubin		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:	/s/ Jonathan H. Cohen
	Name:	Jonathan H. Cohen
	Title:	Attorney-in-fact
		(Pursuant to Powers of Attorney dated May 30, 2023)

 

C-8

Exhibit (h)(6)

 

OXFORD LANE CAPITAL CORP.

(a Maryland corporation)

 

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED EQUITY DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

Lucid Capital Markets, LLC

570 Lexington Avenue, 40^th Floor

New York, New York 10022

 

July 29, 2024

 

Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.

640 Fifth Avenue 4th Floor

New York, New York 10019

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This Amendment No. 2, dated July 29, 2024 (the “Amendment”), is to the Amended and Restated Equity Distribution Agreement, dated September 9, 2022, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of November 15, 2023 (the “Equity Distribution Agreement”), by and among Oxford Lane Capital Corp., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), Oxford Lane Management, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Adviser”), Oxford Funds LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Administrator”) and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. (“Ladenburg”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company, the Adviser, the Administrator and Ladenburg desire to amend the Equity Distribution Agreement to add Lucid Capital Markets, LLC (“Lucid”) as a party to the Equity Distribution Agreement and to make certain other changes to the Equity Distribution Agreement with effect on and after the date hereof.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained in this Amendment and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Amendment, intending to be legally bound, hereby amend the Equity Distribution Agreement and agree as follows:

 

Effective as of the date hereof, the first paragraph of the Equity Distribution Agreement is replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

“Oxford Lane Capital Corp., a Maryland Corporation (the “Company”), Oxford Lane Management, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut (the “Adviser”), and Oxford Funds, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“Oxford Funds”), each confirms its agreement (this “Agreement”) with Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. (“Ladenburg”) and Lucid Capital Markets, LLC (“Lucid” and, together with Ladenburg, the “Agents”), as set forth herein.”

 

 

 

 

Effective as of the date hereof, the first paragraph of Section 2 of the Equity Distribution Agreement is replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

“Each time that the Company wishes to issue and sell the Shares hereunder (each, a “Placement”), it will notify an Agent designated by the Company in its sole discretion (the “Designated Agent”) orally or by email notice (or other method mutually agreed to in writing by the parties) containing the parameters in accordance with which it desires the Shares to be sold, which shall at a minimum include the number of Shares to be issued and sold (the “Placement Securities”), the time period during which sales are requested to be made, any limitation on the number of Shares that may be sold in any one day and any minimum price below which sales may not be made (which minimum price shall not be less than the Company’s most recently determined net asset value per share) (a “Placement Notice”). The Placement Notice shall originate from any of the individuals from the Company set forth on Exhibit A and shall be addressed to one or more of the individuals from the Designated Agent set forth on Exhibit A, as such Exhibit A may be amended from time to time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have sole discretion to designate either Ladenburg or Lucid as a Designated Agent and nothing in this Agreement should be interpreted to require the Company to designate one or both of the Agents as a Designated Agent or to deliver a Placement Notice to one or both Agents.”

 

Effective as of the date hereof, Section 15 of the Equity Distribution Agreement is replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

“Notices. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a) by telecopy to any person who has provided its telecopy number in its notice instructions, if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by an internationally recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), (b) by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid), (c) by an internationally recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid) or (d) by e-mail, provided, that, in the case of this clause (d), upon written request of any holder to receive paper copies of such notices or communications, the Company will promptly send such paper copies to such holder. Notices to the Agents shall be directed to Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., 640 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10019; and Lucid Capital Markets, LLC, 570 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10022, with a copy to Blank Rome LLP, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020; if sent to the Company, the Adviser or Oxford Funds, will be mailed, directed to or sent to them at 8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830, with a copy to Dechert LLP, 1900 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006.”

 

 

 

 

Effective as of the date hereof, Section 18 of the Equity Distribution Agreement is replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

“Submission to Jurisdiction. Except as set forth below, no Claim may be commenced, prosecuted or continued in any court other than the courts of the State of New York located in The City and County of New York or in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which courts shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication of such matters, and the Company consents to the jurisdiction of such courts and personal service with respect thereto. Each of the Company, the Adviser and Oxford Funds hereby consents to personal jurisdiction, service and venue in any court in which any Claim arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement is brought by any third party against an Agent or any indemnified party. Each of Ladenburg, Lucid, the Adviser, Oxford Funds and the Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) waives all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Each of the Company, the Adviser and Oxford Funds agrees that a final judgment in any such action, proceeding or counterclaim brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company, the Adviser and Oxford Funds and may be enforced in any other courts to the jurisdiction of which the Company, the Adviser or Oxford Funds is or may be subject, by suit upon such judgment.”

 

Effective as of the date hereof, Exhibit A to the Equity Distribution Agreement is amended to add the following authorized individuals of Lucid for placement notices and acceptance:

 

“Lucid Capital Markets, LLC

 

Name	E-mail
Ken Brush	[e-mail]
Jeffrey Caliva	[e-mail]
Steven Kaplan	[e-mail]”

 

The Company, the Adviser, the Administrator, Ladenburg, and Lucid, by the execution of this Amendment, hereby consent to the amendments, modifications and supplements to the Equity Distribution Agreement contemplated herein.

 

Except as set forth above, no other amendments to the Equity Distribution Agreement are intended by the parties hereto, are made, or shall be deemed to be made, pursuant to this Amendment, and all provisions of the Equity Distribution Agreement, including all exhibits thereto, unaffected by this Amendment shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Each capitalized term used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Equity Distribution Agreement.

 

This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

 

 

 

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement among the Company, the Adviser, the Administrator, Ladenburg and Lucid.

 

	Very truly yours,
	OXFORD LANE CAPITAL CORP.
	By:	/s/ Jonathan H. Cohen
	Name:	Jonathan H. Cohen
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer
	OXFORD LANE MANAGEMENT, LLC
	By:	/s/ Jonathan H. Cohen
	Name:	Jonathan H. Cohen
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer
	OXFORD FUNDS, LLC
	By:	/s/ Jonathan H. Cohen
	Name:	Jonathan H. Cohen
	Title:	Managing Member

 

CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of

the date first above written:

 

LADENBURG THALMANN & CO. INC.

 

By:	/s/ Michael Gideon
Name:	Michael Gideon
Title:	Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

LUCID CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC.

 

By:	/s/ Jeff Caliva
Name:	Jeff Caliva
Title:	Managing Director

 

[Signature page to Amendment No. 2 to Equity Distribution Agreement]

 

 

 

N-2	Jul. 29, 2024
Cover [Abstract]
Entity Central Index Key	0001495222
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	This Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-272286 and 811-22432) of Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (the “Registration Statement”) is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), solely for the purpose of filing exhibits to the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 consists only of a facing page, this explanatory note and Part C of the Registration Statement on Form N-2 setting forth the exhibits to the Registration Statement. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 does not modify any other part of the Registration Statement. Pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The contents of the Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference.
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Entity Address, Address Line One	8 Sound Shore Drive
Entity Address, Address Line Two	Suite 255
Entity Address, City or Town	Greenwich
Entity Address, State or Province	CT
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	06830
City Area Code	(203)
Local Phone Number	983-5275
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Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
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Business Contact [Member]
Cover [Abstract]
Entity Address, Address Line One	8 Sound Shore Drive
Entity Address, Address Line Two	Suite 255
Entity Address, City or Town	Greenwich
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Contact Personnel Name	Jonathan H. Cohen

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