BDCA Receives "Green Light" Letter from the U.S. Small Business Administration to Form New SBIC

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Business Development Corporation of America

Mar 26, 2014, 07:50 ET

NEW YORK, March 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Business Development Corporation of America ("BDCA"), a business development company primarily focused on senior debt investments in middle market private companies, announced today that the U.S. Small Business Administration ("SBA") has issued a "green light" letter inviting BDCA to continue its application process to obtain a license to form and operate a Small Business Investment Company ("SBIC") subsidiary.

If approved, an SBIC license would provide BDCA with an incremental source of attractive long-term capital through the use of SBA debentures. However, receipt of a green light letter from the SBA does not assure an applicant that the SBA will ultimately issue an SBIC license and BDCA has received no assurance or indication from the SBA that it will receive an SBIC license, or of the timeframe in which it would receive a license, should one ultimately be granted.

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