Follow-On Offering

Technology & Services
Follow-On Offering

Summary

Baird served as joint book-running manager on this offering.

About

Fidus Investment Corporation (“Fidus” or the “Company”) (NasdaqGS: FDUS) recently completed a follow-on offering of 1,725,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $17.60 per share, generating gross proceeds of approximately $30.4 million. Fidus intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to make investments in lower middle market companies in accordance with its investment objective and strategies, and for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Fidus provides customized debt and equity financing solutions to lower middle-market companies, which management generally defines as U.S. based companies with revenues between $10 million and $150 million. Fidus’ investment objective is to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns by generating both current income from debt investments and capital appreciation from equity-related investments. Fidus seeks to partner with business owners, management teams and financial sponsors by providing customized financing for change of ownership transactions, recapitalizations, strategic acquisitions, business expansion and other growth initiatives. Fidus is headquartered in Evanston, Illinois.

For additional information about this transaction, please contact:

Mark C. Micklem (202) 303-1815
Jeff Seaman (312) 609-4687
Paul Egge (202) 303-1816
Technology & Services
Follow-On Offering
Date
February 2013
Company
Fidus Investment Corporation
Transaction
M&A
Sectors
Technology & Services
Target Geography
North America

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