As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2018
Securities Act File No. 333-225462
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
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(Check appropriate box or boxes)
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
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Post-Effective Amendment No.
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Amendment No. 18
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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: (203) 983-5275
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:
Steven B. Boehm, Esq.
Harry S. Pangas, Esq.
Vlad M. Bulkin, Esq.
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
700 Sixth Street, N.W., Suite
700
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 383-0100
Approximate date
of proposed public offering:
From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
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, check the following box.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-225462 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. 1 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. 1 does not modify any other part of the Registration
Statement. Pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 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. (the “Registrant” or the “Company”) are included in Part A “Information
Required to be in the Prospectus” of the Registration Statement.
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of March 31, 2018
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F-2
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Schedule of Investments as of March 31, 2018
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F-3
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Statement of Operations for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018
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F-9
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017
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F-10
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Statement of Cash Flows for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018
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F-11
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Notes to Financial Statements, March 31, 2018
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F-12
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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F-33
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2. Exhibits
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(1)
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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.
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(2)
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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.
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(3)
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Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No.
3 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-183228) filed on June 14, 2013.
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(4)
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Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.77Q1 to the Registrant’s
annual report on Form NSAR-B filed on May 29, 2015.
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(5)
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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.
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(6)
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Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No.
5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-205405 and 811-22432) filed on November 21, 2016.
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(7)
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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.
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(8)
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Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.77Q(1)(a) to the
Registrant’s annual report on Form NSAR-A filed on November 9, 2017.
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(9)
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Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No.
11 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-205405 and 811-22432) filed on February 12, 2018.
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(10)
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Incorporated
by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-225462 and 811-22432) filed on
June 6, 2018.
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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
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SEC registration fee
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$
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33,395
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FINRA filing fee
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40,735
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NASDAQ Global Select Market
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5,000
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Printing and postage
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120,000
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Legal fees and expenses
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200,000
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Accounting fees and expenses
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50,000
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Miscellaneous
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10,000
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Total
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$
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459,130
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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 July 31, 2018.
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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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102
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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.
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.
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:
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(1)
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the Registrant, Oxford Lane
Capital Corp., 8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255, Greenwich, CT 06830;
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(2)
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the Transfer Agent, Computershare
Trust Company, N.A., 250 Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021;
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(3)
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the Custodian, U.S. Bank
National Association, One Federal Street, 3
rd
Floor, Boston, MA 02110; and
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(4)
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the Investment Adviser, Oxford
Lane Management, LLC, 8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255, Greenwich, CT 06830.
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ITEM 33. MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Not applicable.
ITEM 34. UNDERTAKINGS
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(1)
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Registrant undertakes to
suspend the offering of the shares of common stock covered hereby until it amends its prospectus contained herein if (a) subsequent
to the effective date of this Registration Statement, its net asset value per share of common stock declines more than 10% from
its net asset value per share of common stock as of the effective date of this Registration Statement, or (b) its net asset value
per share of common stock increases to an amount greater than its net proceeds as stated in the prospectus contained herein.
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(3)
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Registrant undertakes in the event that the securities being
registered are to be offered to existing stockholders pursuant to warrants or rights, and any securities not taken by
shareholders are to be reoffered to the public, to supplement the prospectus, after the expiration of the subscription
period, to set forth the results of the subscription offer, the transactions by the underwriters during the subscription
period, the amount of unsubscribed securities to be purchased by underwriters, and the terms of any subsequent underwriting
thereof. Registrant further undertakes that if any public offering by the underwriters of the securities being registered is
to be made on terms differing from those set forth on the cover page of the prospectus, the Registrant shall file a
post-effective amendment to set forth the terms of such offering.
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(4)
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Registrant undertakes:
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(a)
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to file, during any period
in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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(i)
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to include any prospectus
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
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(ii)
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to reflect in the prospectus
any facts or events arising 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; and
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(iii)
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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.
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(b)
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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;
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(c)
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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;
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(d)
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that, for the purpose of
determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, if the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C [17 CFR 230.430C]:
Each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 497(b), (c), (d) or (e) under the Securities Act of 1933 [17 CFR 230.497(b), (c), (d) or
(e)] as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A under
the Securities Act of 1933 [17 CFR 230.430A], shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the
date it is first used after effectiveness.
Provided
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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; and
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(e)
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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:
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(i)
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any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned
Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933 [17 CFR 230.497];
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(ii)
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the portion of any 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
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(iii)
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any other communication that
is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
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(f)
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To file a post-effective
amendment to the registration statement, and to suspend any offers or sales pursuant the registration statement until such post-effective
amendment has been declared effective under the 1933 Act, in the event the shares of Registrant are trading below its net asset
value and either (i) Registrant receives, or has been advised by its independent registered accounting firm that it will receive,
an audit report reflecting substantial doubt regarding the Registrant’s ability to continue as a going concern or (ii) Registrant
has concluded that a material adverse change has occurred in its financial position or results of operations that has caused the
financial statements and other disclosures on the basis of which the offering would be made to be materially misleading.
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Registrant undertakes that:
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(a)
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For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 497(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall be deemed to be part of this Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.
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(b)
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For purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall
be deemed to a new registration statement relating to the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.
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The Registrant undertakes
to file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement pursuant to Section 8(c) of the Securities Act of 1933 in connection
with any rights offering off of the registration statement that will result in greater than 15% dilution to the net asset value
per share of the Registrant’s common stock.
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(8)
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The Registrant undertakes
to file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement during any period in which offers or sales of the Registrant’s
securities are being made at a price below the net asset value per share of the Registrant’s common stock as of the date
of the commencement of such offering and such offering will result in greater than 15% dilution to the net asset value per share
of the Registrant’s common stock.
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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. 1 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 10th day of August, 2018.
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OXFORD LANE CAPITAL CORP.
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By:
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/s/ Jonathan H. Cohen
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Jonathan H. Cohen
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Chief Executive Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the 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 10th
day of August, 2018.
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Signature
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Title
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/s/ Jonathan H. Cohen
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Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
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Jonathan H. Cohen
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Chairman of the Board and Director
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Mark J. Ashenfelter
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Director
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John Reardon
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President and Director
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Saul B. Rosenthal
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Director
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David S. Shin
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/s/ Bruce L. Rubin
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Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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Bruce L. Rubin
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Signed by Jonathan H. Cohen pursuant to a power of attorney
signed by each individual and filed with this Registration Statement on June 6, 2018.
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