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TICC Capital Announces Agreement in Principle with Revolving Credit Facility Lender
Regarding Benefit Street Partners Assuming Control of Its Investment Advisor

GREENWICH, CT – (Marketwired) – 09/08/15 – TICC Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: TICC) (the "Company” or “TICC”) announced today that it has reached an agreement in principle with the lender under its TICC Funding, LLC $150 million revolving credit facility regarding the lender’s consent to the proposed change of control transaction involving the Company’s investment advisor and Benefit Street Partners L.L.C. The lender’s consent is subject to confirmation of final terms of the change of control, negotiation of definitive  documentation and other customary conditions. As of June 30, 2015, the Company had $150 million outstanding (at a rate of interest based on three month LIBOR plus a spread of 1.50% per annum) under the revolving credit facility, which was secured by approximately $279.3 million of the Company’s portfolio investments.

About TICC Capital Corp.

  TICC Capital Corp. is a publicly-traded business development company principally engaged in providing capital to established businesses, investing in syndicated bank loans and purchasing debt and equity tranches of collateralized loan obligations.

About Benefit Street Partners 

Benefit Street Partners is the credit investment arm of Providence Equity Partners, a leading global private equity firm. BSP and affiliates manage over $10 billion in assets across a broad range of credit strategies including high yield, levered loans, private / opportunistic debt, liquid credit, structured credit and commercial real estate debt. BSP was established in 2008 and is based in New York. For further information, please visit www.provequity.com.

 Additional Information and Where to Find It

In connection with the approval of the proposed new investment advisory agreement with Benefit Street Partners, the Company has filed relevant materials with the SEC, including a definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A. The Company will mail the definitive proxy statement and a proxy card to each stockholder entitled to vote at the special meeting relating to the approval of the proposed new investment advisory agreement. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO), AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED NEW INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT THAT THE COMPANY WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THESE MATERIALS WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY AND THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED NEW INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT. The definitive proxy statement and other relevant materials in connection with the approval of the

proposed new investment advisory agreement (when they become available), and any other documents filed by the Company with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s website (http://www.sec.gov), at the Company’s website (http://www.ticc.com), or by writing to the Company at 8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255, Greenwich, CT 06830 (telephone number 203-983-5275).

 Participants in the Solicitation

  The Company and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company’s stockholders with respect to the approval of the proposed new investment advisory agreement with Benefit Street Partners. Information about the Company’s directors and executive officers and their ownership of the Company’s common stock is set forth in the proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on September 3, 2015, and the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014. Information regarding the identity of the potential participants, and their direct or indirect interests in the approval of the proposed new investment advisory agreement, by security holdings or otherwise, are set forth in the proxy statement and other materials filed or to be filed with SEC in connection therewith.

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