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Please join us Thursday, October 13th at 1:00pm Eastern for a webcast where we will discuss the proposed sale of Business Development Corporation of America’s investment adviser, BDCA Adviser, LLC to an affiliate of Benefit Street Partners, LLC.
We will also discuss the October 28th Special Meeting of BDCA stockholders (Link to Proxy) which is being held to approve BDCA’s entry into a new advisory agreement which is required due to the change of control of BDCA Adviser.
Peter Budko, CEO, BDCA, Corinne Pankovcin, CFO, BDCA and Richard Byrne, President of Benefit Street Partners, will participate in the webcast presentation which will include an introduction to Benefit Street and a discussion of the new advisory agreement we are asking shareholders to approve.
Please see below for webcast details:
Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 1:00pm Eastern
BDCA - Benefit Street Partners Webcast
Click here to Register
In addition to the webcast, the CEO letter linked below was sent out to all BDCA shareholders discussing this transaction.
Link to CEO Letter
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