As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2019
Securities Act File
No. 333-227605
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
N-2
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Pre-Effective
Amendment No.
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 3
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GREAT ELM CAPITAL CORP.
(Registrants Exact Name as Specified in Charter)
800 South Street,
Suite 230
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(617)
375-3006
(Registrants Telephone Number, including Area Code)
Peter A. Reed
Chief Executive Officer
and President
Great Elm Capital Corp.
800 South Street, Suite 230
Waltham,
Massachusetts 02453
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
COPIES TO:
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Rory T. Hood
Jones Day
250 Vesey Street
New York, New York 10281
(212)
326-3939
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Thomas J. Friedmann
Matthew J. Carter
Dechert LLP
One International Place
100 Oliver
Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(617)
728-7100
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Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
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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, other than securities offered in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan.
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It is proposed
that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
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when declared effective pursuant to section 8(c).
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If appropriate, check the following box:
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This [post-effective] amendment designates a new effective date for previously filed [post-effective amendment]
[registration statement].
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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 number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form
N-2
(File
No. 333-227605)
of Great Elm 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 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.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Financial Statements
The financial statements listed in the index to
financial statements to the prospectus are incorporated herein by reference.
Exhibits
Unless otherwise indicated, all references are to exhibits to the applicable filing by Great Elm Capital Corp. (the Registrant) under File
No. 814-01211
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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(a)
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Amended and Restated Charter of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Form
8-K
filed on November 7, 2016)
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(b)
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Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to the Registration Statement on Form
N-14
(File
No. 333-212817)
filed on August 1, 2016)
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(d)(1)*
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Global Note (6.50% Notes due 2024), dated June 18, 2019
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(d)(2)
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Indenture, dated as of September
18, 2017, by and between the Registrant and American Stock Transfer
& Trust Company, LLC, as trustee (the Trustee) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Form
8-K/A
filed on September 21, 2017)
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(d)(3)*
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Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 18, 2019, by and between the Registrant and the Trustee
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(d)(4)
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Form
T-1
of the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
(d)(4) to the Registration Statement on Form
N-2
(File
No. 333-227605)
filed on September 28, 2018)
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(d)(5)
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Form of certificate of the Registrants common stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 5 to
the Registration Statement on Form
N-14
(File
No. 333-212817)
filed on August 1, 2016)
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(d)(6)
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Global Note (6.50% Notes due 2022), dated September
18, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Form
8-K
filed on September 19, 2017, as amended September 21, 2017)
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(d)(7)
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Global Note (6.50% Notes due 2022), dated September
29, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Form
8-K
filed on September 29, 2017)
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(d)(8)
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Global Note (6.75% Notes due 2025), dated January
19, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(1) to the post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form
N-2
(File
No.
333-221882)
filed on January 19, 2018)
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(d)(9)
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First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September
18, 2017, by and between the Registrant and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Form
8-K/A
filed on September 21, 2017)
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(d)(10)
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Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January
19, 2018, by and between the Registrant and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(3) to the post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form
N-2
(File
No. 333-221882)
filed on January 19, 2018)
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(e)
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Form of Dividend Reinvestment Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 13(d) to the
pre-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement on Form
N-14
(File
No. 333-212817)
filed on September 26,
2016)
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(g)
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Investment Management Agreement, dated as of September
27, 2016, by and between the Registrant and Great Elm Capital Management, Inc. (GECM) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Form
8-K
filed on November 7, 2016)
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Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2019, by and between the Registrant, GECM and Ladenburg Thalmann
& Co. Inc., acting as representative of the several underwriters named therein
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(j)
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Custodian Agreement, dated as of October
27, 2016, by and between the Registrant and State Street Bank and Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Form
10-K
filed on March 30, 2017)
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(k)(1)
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June
23, 2016, by and between Full Circle Capital Corporation and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to the Rule 425 filing (File
No. 814-00809)
on June 27, 2016)
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(k)(2)
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Subscription Agreement, dated as of June
23, 2016, by and among the Registrant, Great Elm Capital Group, Inc. and the investment funds signatory thereto (incorporated by reference to the Rule 425 filing (File
No. 814-00809)
on June 27,
2016)
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(k)(3)
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Administration Agreement, dated as of September
27, 2016, by and between the Registrant and GECM (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Form
8-K
filed on November 7, 2016)
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(k)(4)
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Form of Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Form
8-K
filed on November 7, 2016)
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(k)(5)
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Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November
4, 2016, by and among the Registrant and the holders named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Form
8-K
filed on November 7, 2016)
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(k)(6)
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Confidential Separation Agreement and Release, dated as of June
4, 2018, by and between Michael Sell and GECM (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Form
10-Q
filed on August 10, 2018)
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(l)(1)
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Opinion of Jones Day (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (l)(1) to the Registration Statement on Form
N-2
(File
No. 333-227605)
filed on September 28, 2018)
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(l)(2)
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Opinion of Venable LLP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (l)(2) to the Registration Statement on
Form
N-2
(File
No. 333-227605)
filed on September 28, 2018)
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(l)(3)*
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Opinion of Jones Day
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(n)(1)
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Consent of Deloitte
& Touche LLP, Registered Independent Accounting Firm (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (n)(1) to the Registration Statement on Form
N-2/A
(File
No.
333-227605)
filed on June 6, 2019)
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(n)(2)
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Consent of RSM US LLP, Registered Independent Accounting Firm (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (n)(2)
to the Registration Statement on Form
N-2/A
(File
No. 333-227605)
filed on June 6, 2019)
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(n)(3)
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Consent of Aldrich CPAs + Advisors LLP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (n)(3) to the Registration
Statement on Form
N-2/A
(File
No. 333-227605)
filed on June 6, 2019)
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The agreements included or incorporated by reference as exhibits to this registration statement contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the
applicable agreement. These representations and warranties were made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and (i) were not intended to be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of
allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; (ii) may have been qualified in such agreement by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable
agreement; (iii) may apply contract standards of materiality that are different from materiality under the applicable securities laws; and (iv) were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other
date or dates as may be specified in the agreement.
Item 26.
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Marketing Arrangements
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The information contained under the heading Underwriting in the prospectus is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 27.
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Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution**
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SEC registration fee
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$
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6,225
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Nasdaq Global Select Additional Listing Fees
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45,000
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FINRA filing fee
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8,000
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Accounting fees and expenses
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150,000
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Legal fees and expenses
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275,000
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Printing and engraving
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82,500
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Miscellaneous fees and expenses
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33,275
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Total
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$
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600,000
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These amounts (other than the SEC registration fee, Nasdaq fee and FINRA fee) are estimates.
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Item 28.
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Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control
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Entity
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Ownership
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Jurisdiction of
Organization
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PE Facility Solutions, LLC
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Delaware
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TFC-SC
Holdings, LLC
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100
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%
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Delaware
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Item 29.
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Number of Holders of Securities
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The following table sets forth the number of record holders of our securities at March 31, 2019.
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Title of Class
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Number of Record Holders
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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10
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6.50% Notes due 2022
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1
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6.75% Notes due 2025
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1
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Reference is made to
Section 2-418
of the Maryland General Corporation Law, Article VII of the Registrants charter
and Article XI of the Registrants 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 Registrants 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 (the Investment Company Act).
The Registrants charter authorizes the
Registrant, and the Registrants bylaws obligate the Registrant, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law and subject to the requirements of the Investment Company Act, to indemnify any present or former director or officer or any
individual who, while serving as the Registrants director or officer and at the Registrants request, serves or has served another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise as a director, officer, partner, member, manager or trustee and who is made, or threatened to be made, a party to, or witness in 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 Registrants employees or agents or
any employees or agents of the Registrants predecessor. In accordance with the Investment Company Act, the Registrant will not indemnify any person for any liability to which such person would be subject by reason of such persons willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office.
Maryland law requires a corporation
(unless its charter provides otherwise, which the Registrants 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 or in which they may be made, or threatened to be made, a party or witness 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. Under Maryland law, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify a director
or officer in a suit by the corporation or in its right in which the director or officer was adjudged liable to the corporation or in a suit in which the director or officer was adjudged liable on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly
received. A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct or was adjudged
liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by the corporation or in its right, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly
received, is limited to 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 corporations 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.
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Investment Manager, Administrator and Underwriter
The Investment Management 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, GECM 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 GECMs services under the Investment Management 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, GECM 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 GECMs services under the Administration Agreement or otherwise as
administrator for the Registrant.
The Underwriting Agreement provides that each underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Registrant, its
directors and officers, and any person who controls the Registrant within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, from and against any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense that the Registrant or any such person may incur, insofar as the loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in and in conformity with information concerning such underwriter furnished in writing by or on behalf of such expressly for use in the registration statement (or in the registration statement as amended by any
post-effective amendment hereof by the Registrant) or in the prospectus contained in the registration statement, or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in connection with such information required
to be stated in the registration statement or such prospectus or necessary to make such information not misleading.
The law also provides for comparable
indemnification for corporate officers and agents. Insofar as indemnification for liability 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.
The
Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors. The indemnification agreements are intended to provide the Registrants directors the maximum indemnification permitted under Maryland law and the Investment Company
Act. Each indemnification agreement provides that the Registrant shall indemnify the director who is a party to the agreement (an Indemnitee), including the advancement of legal expenses, if, by reason of his or her corporate status, the
Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be, made a party to or a witness in any threatened, pending, or completed proceeding, other than a proceeding by or in the right of the Registrant.
Item 31.
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Business and Other Connections of Investment Advisor
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For information as to the business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature of each of the officers and directors of GECM, reference is made to
GECMs Form ADV, filed with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference upon filing.
Item 32.
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Location of Accounts and Records
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All accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act and the rules thereunder are maintained at the
offices of:
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the Registrant, 800 South Street, Suite 230, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453;
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the Transfer Agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219;
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the Custodian, State Street Bank and Trust Company, 100 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02116; and
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GECM, 800 South Street, Suite 230, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453.
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Item 33.
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Management Services
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Not applicable.
The Registrant undertakes:
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(a) for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, 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 497(h) under the 1933 Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the
time it was declared effective; and
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(b) for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, 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.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Waltham, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 18th day of June, 2019.
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GREAT ELM CAPITAL CORP.
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By:
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/s/ Peter A. Reed
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Name:
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Peter A. Reed
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Title:
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Chief Executive Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities indicated as of June 18, 2019.
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Name
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Capacity
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/s/ Peter A. Reed
Peter A.
Reed
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Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/ Keri A. Davis
Keri A.
Davis
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Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
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Mark Kuperschmid
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Director
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Randall Revell
Horsey
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Director
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Michael C.
Speller
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Director
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John E. Stuart
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Director
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* By:
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/s/ Peter A. Reed
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Peter A. Reed
Attorney-in-fact
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