FS Investment Corporation II
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
Note 1. Principal Business and Organization
FS Investment Corporation II, or the Company, was incorporated under the general corporation laws of the State of Maryland on July 13, 2011 and formally commenced investment operations on June 18, 2012. The Company is an externally managed, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company, or BDC, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the 1940 Act. In addition, the Company has elected to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and intends to qualify annually, as a regulated investment company, or RIC, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code. As of June 30, 2019, the Company had various wholly-owned subsidiaries, including special purpose financing subsidiaries and subsidiaries through which it holds interests in portfolio companies. The unaudited consolidated financial statements include both the Company’s accounts and the accounts of its wholly-owned subsidiaries as of June 30, 2019. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain of the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries are subject to U.S. federal and state income taxes.
The Company’s investment objectives are to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation. The Company’s portfolio is comprised primarily of investments in senior secured loans and second lien secured loans of private middle-market U.S. companies and, to a lesser extent, subordinated loans of private U.S. companies. In addition, a portion of the Company’s portfolio may be comprised of equity and equity-related securities, corporate bonds, structured products, other debt securities and derivatives, including total return swaps and credit default swaps.
The Company is externally managed by FS/KKR Advisor, LLC, or the Advisor, pursuant to an investment advisory and administrative services agreement, dated as of April 9, 2018, or the investment advisory and administrative services agreement. On April 9, 2018, GSO/Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC, or GDFM, resigned as the investment sub-adviser to the Company and terminated the investment sub-advisory agreement, or the investment sub-advisory agreement, between FSIC II Advisor, LLC, or FSIC II Advisor, and GDFM, effective April 9, 2018. In connection with GDFM’s resignation as the investment sub-adviser to the Company, on April 9, 2018, the Company entered into the investment advisory and administrative services agreement, which replaced an investment advisory and administrative services agreement, dated February 8, 2012, or the FSIC II Advisor investment advisory and administrative services agreement, by and between the Company and FSIC II Advisor.
On May 31, 2019, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, or the Merger Agreement, with Corporate Capital Trust II, a Delaware statutory trust, or CCT II, FS Investment Corporation IV, a Maryland corporation, or FSIC IV, FS Investment Corporation III, a Maryland corporation, or FSIC III and, collectively with the Company, FSIC IV and CCT II, the Funds, NT Acquisition 1, Inc., a Maryland corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company or Merger Sub 1, NT Acquisition 2, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, or Merger Sub 2, NT Acquisition 3, Inc., a Maryland corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, or Merger Sub 3, and the Advisor. The Merger Agreement provides that, subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, (i) Merger Sub 1 will merge with and into FSIC III, with FSIC III continuing as the surviving company and as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, or Merger 1A, and, immediately thereafter, FSIC III will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving company or, together with Merger 1A, Merger 1, (ii) Merger Sub 2 will merge with and into CCT II, with CCT II continuing as the surviving company and as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, or Merger 2A, and, immediately thereafter, CCT II will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving company or, together with Merger 2A, Merger 2, and (iii) Merger Sub 3 will merge with and into FSIC IV, with FSIC IV continuing as the surviving