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Philip T. Hinkle
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September 11, 2015
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: Asen Parachkevov
Re: | Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. |
Registration Statement on Form N-2 |
File Numbers: 333-205540; 811-22974 |
Dear Mr. Parachkevov:
On behalf of Eagle Point Credit Company Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Fund”), we hereby respond to the comment raised by the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in a phone call between Asen Parachkevov of the Staff and Philip T. Hinkle and Erin M. Lett of Dechert LLP, outside counsel to the Fund, on September 1, 2015.
For your convenience, the Staff’s comment is repeated in this letter, followed by the applicable response. Concurrently, the Fund is filing pre-effective amendment no. 3 (“Amendment No. 3”) to its registration statement on Form N-2 (the “Registration Statement,” and the prospectus contained therein, the “Prospectus”) via EDGAR. We will also provide under separate cover courtesy copies of Amendment No. 3, as submitted and marked to show the changes from pre-effective amendment no. 2 to the Registration Statement.
Capitalized terms used in this letter and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Registration Statement.
1. | Please provide a brief description of loan accumulation facilities on the front cover of the Prospectus. |
Response: The Fund has revised its disclosure consistent with this comment.
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The Fund hereby acknowledges that (i) it is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in its filings with the Commission, (ii) the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to any filing, (iii) the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Fund from full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of disclosure in its filings and (iv) the Fund may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
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If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the undersigned by telephone at 202.261.3460 or by email at philip.hinkle@dechert.com or Thomas J. Friedmann at 617.728.7120 or by email at thomas.friedmann@dechert.com. Thank you for your cooperation and attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
/s/ Philip T. Hinkle
Philip T. Hinkle
cc: | Thomas P. Majewski, Chief Executive Officer, Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. |
Nauman S. Malik, General Counsel, Eagle Point Credit Management LLC |
Anna T. Pinedo, Morrison & Foerster LLP |