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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Sept. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Great Elm Capital Corp. (the “Company” or “GECC”) (NASDAQ: GECC) announced today that it has caused notices to be issued to the holders of its 6.75% Notes due 2025 (CUSIP No. 390320 406; NASDAQ: GECCM) (the “Notes”) regarding the Company’s exercise of its conditional option to redeem, in whole, the issued and outstanding Notes, pursuant to Section 1104 of the Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2017, by and between the Company and Equiniti Trust Company, LLC (f/k/a American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC), as trustee (the “Trustee”), and Section 1.01(h) of the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 19, 2018, by and between the Company and the Trustee. The Company will redeem all of the issued and outstanding Notes on October 12, 2024 (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the condition precedent that the Company closes its public offering of 8.125% Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes Offering”). At the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date hereof) as the 2029 Notes Offering has been completed, or the redemption of the Notes may not occur and the notices to the holder of the Notes may be rescinded if the 2029 Notes Offering is not completed by the Redemption Date or by the date to which the Redemption Date is delayed. The Notes will be redeemed at 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon from September 30, 2024, through, but excluding, the Redemption Date (the “Redemption Price”). Questions relating to the notice of redemption should be directed to Equiniti Trust Company, LLC via telephone at 1 (800) 937–5449.
About Great Elm Capital Corp.
GECC is an externally managed business development company that seeks to generate both current income and capital appreciation through debt and income generating equity investments, including investments in specialty finance businesses.
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