STELLUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Stellus Capital Management is a middle-market investment firm with approximately $1.5 billion of assets under management across its two investment platforms — private credit and energy private equity. The private credit platform focuses on originating direct loans to middle-market companies. The energy private equity platform focuses on providing flexible equity capital to small and middle market energy companies. Each platform is led by a dedicated investment team investing out of strategy-specific private institutional funds. Additionally, the private credit platform manages the investments of Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (NYSE: SCM), a publicly-traded business development corporation.