TICC Sends Letter to Stockholders

8/23/16

GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TICC Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: TICC) sent a letter to stockholders urging them to reject TPG Specialty Lending Inc’s (TSLX) self-serving campaign by voting “FOR” the Company’s proposals on the WHITE proxy card.

The full text of the letter is as follows:

August 23, 2016

THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW – MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD AND PRESERVE TICC’S CURRENT DISTRIBUTION POLICY – VOTE THE WHITE PROXY CARD TODAY!

VOTE AGAINST TERMINATION OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (PROPOSAL 4)

VOTE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF TONIA L. PANKOPF (PROPOSAL 1)

Dear Fellow Stockholder:

The TICC Annual Meeting, scheduled for September 2, 2016, is rapidly approaching. Time is short, make your voice heard TODAY! To protect the value of your investment, vote the enclosed WHITE proxy card! Your vote is important to the future of TICC, and vital to maintaining our current distribution policy.

TSLX has run a misleading, self-serving campaign that puts their own interests ahead of yours. We strongly encourage you to disregard any gold proxy cards you’ve received from TSLX. If you have already returned a gold proxy card, it is not too late to change your vote. Simply vote the enclosed WHITE proxy card today.

WHAT DOES A VOTE ON THE WHITE PROXY CARD REPRESENT?

  • Vote FOR the re-election of Tonia L. Pankopf (Proposal 1)
    • Highly-qualified, independent director with a deep understanding of TICC’s business
    • Extensive investment management experience and corporate governance expertise
    • Plays a crucial role at TICC, including implementing governance changes as a member of the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
  • Vote AGAINST the termination of the Investment Advisory Agreement (Proposal 4)
    • TICC’s investment advisor, together with the Board, is working hard to improve TICC and maintain the current distribution policy.
    • TICC is committed to its current distribution policy, which has delivered strong, consistent returns to stockholders. Since the beginning of 2009, TICC has delivered a Total Shareholder Return of 323%, outperforming both the S&P 500 and our peer group of externally-managed BDCs1.
    • TICC’s investment strategy is working: our recent operating results and the recent significant increase in the book value per share of our common stock show that we are on the right track to deliver attractive returns to stockholders.

1 Externally-managed BDCs with more than $100MM in market capitalization and pre-2009 IPOs, and externally-managed BDCs with $250-750MM market capitalization.

HELP TICC IMPLEMENT OUR STRATEGY AND PROVIDE ATTRACTIVE RETURNS – VOTE AGAINST PROPOSAL 4!

TSLX HAS NO PLAN – THEIR PROPOSALS ARE MISLEADING AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DESTROY STOCKHOLDER VALUE!

  • TSLX has not articulated any plan and is putting your investment at risk.
  • They are asking you to vote to terminate the existing investment advisory agreement, which could result in TICC being left with NO investment advisor, NO management team and NO operational infrastructure, potentially leading to a significant loss of value for stockholders.
  • They have not openly stated whether they want to take control of the management of TICC’s assets.
  • Their nominee has been unclear about his position with respect to TICC’s current distribution policy.

To avoid potential disruptions to our operations, including the recent improvement in our operating performance, and current distribution policy, vote AGAINST the termination of the Investment Advisory Agreement (Proposal 4) and reject TSLX’s director nominee by voting FOR the re-election of Tonia L. Pankopf (Proposal 1)!

YOUR VOTE IS CRUCIAL! THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO VOTE!
NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN PLEASE VOTE THE WHITE PROXY CARD TODAY!

Please follow the instructions on your WHITE proxy card or return it in the postage-paid envelope that is provided. Electronic voting is available.

If you have any questions or need assistance in voting your shares, please call our proxy advisor Alliance Advisors toll free at 855-601-2247

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Steve Novak
Chairman of the Board of Directors, TICC Capital Corp.

About TICC Capital Corp.

TICC Capital Corp. is a publicly-traded business development company principally engaged in providing capital to established businesses, investing in syndicated bank loans and purchasing debt and equity tranches of collateralized loan obligations.