Exhibit 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FS Investment Corporation Announces Quarterly Stockholder Conference Call
PHILADELPHIA, PA, August 4, 2011 – FS Investment Corporation (“FSIC”), a business development company focused on investing in the debt securities of private U.S. companies, will hold its second quarter investor update call on Monday, August 15, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. EDT. Prior to the call, FSIC will report its financial highlights for its quarter ended June 30, 2011. In order to participate, interested parties should dial (888) 674-0224 at least 10 minutes prior to the beginning of the conference call. A live webcast and a subsequent archive of the call for replay will be available. Links for these can be found under the “Investor Relations” section of FSIC’s website (www.fsinvestmentcorp.com), and will be available for a period of 30 days following the call.
About FS Investment Corporation
FSIC, an investment fund sponsored by Franklin Square Capital Partners (“Franklin Square”), is a publicly registered, non-traded business development company (“BDC”). A BDC such as FSIC is a type of investment fund that enables investors, including non-accredited investors (subject to certain state-specific suitability standards), to access the private debt asset class. FSIC focuses primarily on investing in the debt securities of private companies throughout the United States, with the investment objectives of generating current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation for its investors. FSIC is managed by FB Income Advisor, LLC and is sub-advised by GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC, an affiliate of GSO Capital Partners LP (“GSO”). GSO, with approximately $31.5 billion in assets under management together with certain of its affiliates as of March 31, 2011, is the credit platform affiliate of The Blackstone Group L.P. For more information, please visit www.fsinvestmentcorp.com.
About Franklin Square Capital Partners
Franklin Square is a national sponsor and distributor of alternative investment products structured for the mainstream investor. Founded in 2007 by an experienced group of alternative investment industry professionals, Franklin Square’s goal is to bring the benefits of an institutional-class investment portfolio to investors through exposure to innovative alternative investment products managed by what it deems to be best-in-class alternative asset managers. Franklin Square believes that institutional investment portfolios, with their access to the strong return potential and diversifying power of alternative assets, are better-suited to manage risk and generate above-market returns than their traditional counterparts. Franklin Square distributes its sponsored financial products to the broker-dealer community through its affiliated wholesaling broker-dealer, FS2 Capital Partners, LLC. For more information, please visit www.franklinsquare.com.