FIDUS INVESTMENT CORPORATION
July 27, 2016 | VIA EDGAR |
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: | Rule 17g-1 Fidelity Bond Filing |
Fidus Investment Corporation (the Company) (File No. 814-00861) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Enclosed for filing pursuant to Rule 17g-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), please find the following information with respect to the above-captioned registrant.
1. A copy of the executed joint Financial Institutions Bond issued by Axis Insurance Company (the Bond), which lists the Company as an insured.
2. A Certificate of Secretary, which attaches a copy of the resolutions adopted by the Companys Board of Directors approving the amount, type, form and coverage of the Bond and a statement as to the period for which premiums have been paid.
3. A copy of an agreement between the Company and other insureds under the Bond entered into pursuant to Rule 17g-1(f).
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 847-859-3940.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Shelby E. Sherard |
Shelby E. Sherard, Chief Compliance Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND
Standard Form No. 14, Revised to October, 1987
Bond No. MNN761007/01/2016
Axis Insurance Company
(Herein called Underwriter)
DECLARATIONS
Item 1. Name of Insured (herein called Insured): |
Fidus Investment Corporation | |
Fidus Mezzanine Capital II, LP Fidus Mezzanine Capital, LP | ||
Principal Address: |
1603 Orrington Avenue Evanston, IL 60201 |
Item 2. | Bond Period: from 12:01 a.m. on | June 21, 2016 | to 12:01 a.m. on | June 21, 2017 | ||||
(MONTH, DAY, YEAR) | (MONTH, DAY, YEAR) | |||||||
standard time. | ||||||||
Item 3. | The Aggregate Liability of the Underwriter during the Bond Period shall be | |||||||
$N/A | ||||||||
Item 4. | Subject to Sections 4 and 11 hereof, the Single Loss Limit of Liability is $5,000,000 and the Single Loss Deductible is $25,000 |
Provided, however, that if any amounts are inserted below opposite specified Insuring Agreements or Coverage, those amounts shall be controlling. Any amount set forth below shall be part of and not in addition to amounts set forth above. (If an Insuring Agreement or Coverage is to be deleted, insert Not Covered.)
Amount applicable to:
Single Loss Limit of Liability |
Single Loss Deductible |
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Insuring Agreement (A) FIDELITY |
$ | 5,000,000 | $ | 0 | ||||
Insuring Agreement (B) ON PREMISES |
$ | 5,000,000 | $ | 25,000 | ||||
Insuring Agreement (C) IN TRANSIT |
$ | 5,000,000 | $ | 25,000 | ||||
Insuring Agreement (D)-FORGERY OR ALTERATION |
$ | 5,000,000 | $ | 25,000 | ||||
Insuring Agreement (E)-SECURITIES |
$ | 5,000,000 | $ | 25,000 | ||||
Insuring Agreement (F)-COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY |
$ | 5,000,000 | $ | 25,000 | ||||
Optional Insuring Agreements and Coverages: |
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-Computer Systems Fraud |
$ | 5,000,000 | $ | 50,000 | ||||
-Uncollectible Items of Deposit |
$ | 5,000,000 | $ | 50,000 | ||||
-Audit Expense |
$ | 50,000 | $ | 0 | ||||
-Stop Payment Liability |
$ | 50,000 | $ | 50,000 | ||||
-Unauthorized Signatures |
$ | 50,000 | $ | 50,000 |
If Not Covered is inserted above opposite any specified Insuring Agreement or Coverage, such Insuring Agreement or Coverage and any other reference thereto in this bond shall be deemed to be deleted therefrom.
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Item 5. | The liability of the Underwriter is subject to the terms of the following riders attached hereto: |
Riders:
1. | ERISA Compliance Rider SR6145b; |
2. | Amend Insuring Agreement F to money issued by any country (manuscript); |
3. | Notification of Cancellation to the SEC SR5834c; |
4. | Computer Systems Fraud SR6196; |
5. | Uncollectible Items of Deposit (manuscript); |
6. | Unauthorized Signatures (manuscript); |
7. | Audit Expense (manuscript); |
8. | Add Stop Payment Liability (manuscript); |
9. | Add Central Handling of Securities SR5967e; |
10. | Amend Fidelity Insuring Agreement (A) to include Larceny or Embezzlement and Add to the Definition Section 1 (t) Larceny and Embezzlement as it applies to acts set forth in Section 37 of the 1940 Act (manuscript); |
11. | Amend Definition of Employee (Section 1 e) to include any officer, partner, or Employee of an investment advisor, an underwriter, a transfer agent or shareholder accounting record keeper, or an administrator defined under the 1940 act (manuscript); |
12. | Amend Termination (Section 12) by providing 60 days notice to each investment company and the SEC (manuscript); |
13. | Amend Change of Control Notice (Section C) Insured to give underwriter 30 days notice for change in control (as set forth in Section 2(a) (9) of the Investment Company Act of 1940), include 60 days notice to the SEC for modification of the bond (manuscript); |
14. | Protected Information Exclusion (manuscript) |
15. | Social Engineering Fraud Rider FI1034 (03-16) |
Item 6. |
The Insured by the acceptance of this bond gives notice to the Underwriter terminating or canceling prior bond(s) or policy(ies) No.(s) MNN761007/01/2015 such termination or cancelation to be effective as of the time this bond becomes effective. |
July 8, 2016 | ||||
Authorized Representative |
Date |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused the facsimile signatures of its President and Secretary to be affixed hereto, and has caused this policy to be signed on the Declarations by an authorized representative of the Company.
Peter J. Vogt, President | Andrew Weissert, Secretary | |
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The Underwriter, in consideration of an agreed premium, and in reliance upon all statements made and information furnished to the Underwriter by the Insured in applying for this bond, and subject to the Declarations, Insuring Agreements, General Agreements, Conditions and Limitations and other terms hereof, agrees to indemnify the Insured for:
INSURING AGREEMENTS
GENERAL AGREEMENTS
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CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS
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In witness whereof, the Underwriter has caused this bond to be executed on the Declarations page. | ||||
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Rider No. 1
Effective date of this rider: 12:01 a.m. on June 21, 2016
To be attached to and form part of Bond Number: MNN761007/01/2016
Issued to: |
Fidus Investment Corporation | |
Fidus Mezzanine Capital II, LP | ||
Fidus Mezzanine Capital, LP |
By: AXIS Insurance Company
It is agreed that:
1. Employee as used in the attached bond shall include any natural person who is a director or trustee of the Insured while such director or trustee is engaged in handling funds or other property of any Employee Welfare or Pension Benefit Plan owned, controlled or operated by the Insured or any natural person who is a trustee, manager, officer or employee of any such Plan.
2. If the bond, in accordance with the agreements, limitations and conditions thereof, covers loss sustained by two or more Employee Welfare or Pension Benefit Plans or sustained by any such Plan in addition to loss sustained by an Insured other than such Plan, it is the obligation of the Insured or the Plan Administrator(s) of such Plans under Regulations published by the Secretary of Labor implementing Section 13 of the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act of 1958 to obtain under one or more bonds issued by one or more Insurers an amount of coverage for each such Plan at least equal to that which would be required if such Plans were bonded separately.
3. In compliance with the foregoing, payment by the Company in accordance with the agreements, limitations and conditions of the bond shall be held by the Insured, or, if more than one, by the Insured first named, for the use and benefit of any Employee Welfare or Pension Benefit Plan sustaining loss so covered and to the extent that such payment is in excess of the amount of coverage required by such Regulations to be carried by said Plan sustaining such loss, such excess shall be held for the use and benefit of any other such Plan also covered in the event that such other Plan discovers that it has sustained loss covered thereunder.
4. If money or other property of two or more Employee Welfare or Pension Benefit Plans covered under the bond is commingled, recovery for loss of such money or other property through fraudulent or dishonest acts of Employees shall be shared by such Plans on a pro rata basis in accordance with the amount for which each such Plan is required to carry bonding coverage in accordance with the applicable provisions of said Regulations.
5. The Deductible Amount of this bond applicable to loss sustained by a Plan through acts committed by an Employee of the Plan shall be waived, but only up to an amount equal to the amount of coverage required to be carried by the Plan because of compliance with the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
6. Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive or extend any of the terms, conditions, provisions, agreements or limitations of the bond, other than as stated herein.
7. This rider is effective as of 12:01 a.m. on June 21, 2016.
Accepted:
ERISA RIDER
TO COMPLY WITH BONDING REGULATIONS MADE APPLICABLE TO THE EMPLOYEE |
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RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974.
NOTE: This rider should not be used for any insured exempted from the bonding provisions of the Act.
REVISED TO JUNE, 1990. |
SR 6145b |
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All other provisions remain unchanged.
Authorized Representative |
July 8, 2016 |
Date |
Rider No. 2
Effective date of this rider: 12:01 a.m. on June 21, 2016
To be attached to and form part of Bond Number: MNN761007/01/2016
Issued to: Fidus Investment Corporation
Fidus Mezzanine Capital II, LP
Fidus Mezzanine Capital, LP
By: AXIS Insurance Company
MANUSCRIPT RIDER
THIS RIDER CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
This rider modifies insurance provided under the following:
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, Standard Form 14
In consideration of the premium charged, it is agreed that:
1. | Insuring Agreement (F), COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY, is deleted and amended to read in its entirety as follows: |
(F) | Loss resulting directly from the receipt by the Insured, in good faith, of any Counterfeit Money of the United Stated of America, Canada or any other country. |
2. | Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive or extend any of the terms, limitations conditions or agreements on the attached bond other than as stated above. |
All other provisions remain unchanged.
Authorized Representative |
July 8, 2016 |
Date |
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Rider No. 3
Effective date of this rider: 12:01 a.m. on June 21, 2016
To be attached to and form part of Bond Number: MNN761007/01/2016
Issued to: |
Fidus Investment Corporation | |
Fidus Mezzanine Capital II, LP | ||
Fidus Mezzanine Capital, LP |
By: AXIS Insurance Company
It is agreed that:
1. The attached bond shall not be canceled, as provided in parts (a) and (b) of Section 12. or modified by rider except after written notice shall have been given by the acting party to the affected party, and to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., not less than sixty days prior to the effective date of such cancelation or modification.
2. This rider shall become effective when the bond becomes effective.
Accepted:
S.E.C.SOLE INSURED CANCELATION CLAUSE RIDER | ||
FOR USE WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, STANDARD FROM NO. 14, WHEN ISSUED TO A REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY COVERED AS A SOLE INSURED, TO COMPLY WITH THE RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
REVISED TO OCTOBER, 1987
All other provisions remain unchanged.
Authorized Representative |
July 8, 2016 |
Date |
SR 5834c |
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Rider No. 4
Effective date of this rider: 12:01 a.m. on June 21, 2016
To be attached to and form part of Bond Number: MNN761007/01/2016
Issued to: |
Fidus Investment Corporation | |
Fidus Mezzanine Capital II, LP | ||
Fidus Mezzanine Capital, LP |
By: AXIS Insurance Company
It is agreed that:
1. The attached bond is amended by adding an Insuring Agreement as follows:
COMPUTER SYSTEMS FRAUD
Loss resulting directly from a fraudulent
(1) | entry of Electronic Data or Computer Program into, or |
(2) | change of Electronic Data or Computer Program within |
any Computer System operated by the Insured, whether owned or leased; or any Computer System identified in the application for this bond; or a Computer System first used by the Insured during the Bond Period, as provided by General Agreement B of this bond;
provided that the entry or change causes
(i) | Property to be transferred, paid or delivered, |
(ii) | an account of the Insured, or of its customer to be added, deleted, debited or credited, or |
(iii) | an unauthorized account or a fictitious account to be debited or credited. |
In this Insuring Agreement, fraudulent entry of change shall include such entry or change made by an Employee of the Insured acting in good faith on an instruction from a software contractor who has a written agreement with the Insured to design, implement or service programs for a Computer System covered by this Insuring Agreement.
2. In addition to the Conditions and Limitations in the bond, the following, applicable to the Computer Systems Fraud Insuring Agreement, are added:
DEFINITIONS
(A) | Computer Program means a set of related electronic instructions which direct the operations and functions of a computer or devices connected to it which enable the computer or devices to receive, process, store or send Electronic Data; |
(B) | Computer System means |
(1) | computers with related peripheral components, including storage components wherever located, |
(2) | systems and applications software, |
(3) | terminal devices, and |
(4) | related communications networks |
by which Electronic Data are electronically collected, transmitted, processed, stored and retrieved;
(C) | Electronic Data means facts or information converted to a form usable in a Computer System by Computer Programs, and which is stored on magnetic tapes or disks, or optical storage disks or other bulk media. |
Accepted:
COMPUTER SYSTEMS FRAUD INSURING AGREEMENT |
FOR USE WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BONDS, STANDARD FORMS NOS. 14, 15 AND 25
ADOPTED DECEMBER, 1993
EXCLUSIONS
(A) | loss resulting directly or indirectly from the assumption of liability by the Insured by contract unless the liability arises from a loss covered by the Computer Systems Fraud Insuring Agreement and would be imposed on the Insured regardless of the existence of the contract: |
(B) | loss resulting directly or indirectly from negotiable instruments, securities, documents or other written instruments which bear a forged signature, or are counterfeit, altered or otherwise fraudulent and which are used as source documentation in the preparation of Electronic Data or manually keyed into a data terminal; |
(C) | loss resulting directly or indirectly from |
(1) | mechanical failure, faulty construction, error in design, latent defect, fire, wear or tear, gradual deterioration, electrical disturbance or electrical surge which affects a Computer System, or |
(2) | failure or breakdown of electronic data processing media, or |
(3) | error omission in programming or processing; |
(D) | loss resulting directly or indirectly from the input of Electronic Data into a Computer System terminal device either on the premises of a customer of the Insured or under the control of such a customer by a person who had authorized access to the customers authentication mechanism; |
(E) | loss resulting directly or indirectly from the theft of confidential information. |
SERIES OF LOSSES
All loss or series of losses involving the fraudulent acts of one individual, or involving fraudulent acts in which one individual is implicated, whether or not that individual is specifically identified, shall be treated as a Single Loss and subject to the Single Loss Limit of Liability. A series of losses involving unidentified individuals but arising from the same method of operation shall be deemed to involve the same individual and in that event shall be treated as a Single Loss and subject to the Single Loss Liability.
3. The exclusion below, found in financial institution bonds forms 14, and 25, does not apply to the Computer Systems Fraud Insuring Agreement.
loss involving any Uncertificated Security except an Uncertificated Security of any Federal Reserve Bank of the United States or when covered under Insuring Agreement (A);
4. This rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on June 21, 2016.
All other provisions remain unchanged.
Authorized Representative |
July 8, 2016 |
Date |
Rider No. 5
Effective date of this rider: 12:01 a.m. on June 21, 2016
To be attached to and form part of Bond Number: MNN761007/01/2016
Issued to: | Fidus Investment Corporation | |
Fidus Mezzanine Capital II, LP | ||
Fidus Mezzanine Capital, LP |
By: AXIS Insurance Company
THIS RIDER CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
This rider modifies insurance provided under the following:
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, Standard Form 14
It is agreed that:
1. | An additional Insuring Agreement is added as follows: |
(J) | Loss resulting directly from the Insured having credited an account of a customer, shareholder or subscriber on the faith of any Items of Deposit which prove to be uncollectible, provided that the crediting of such account causes: |
a. | redemptions or withdrawals to be permitted, |
b. | shares to be issued, or |
c. | dividends to be paid, |
from an account of an Investment Company .
In order for coverage to apply under this Insuring Agreement, the Insured must hold Items of Deposit for the minimum number of days stated in the application before permitting any redemptions or withdrawals, issuing any shares or paying any dividends with respect to such Items of Deposit. Items of Deposit shall not be deemed uncollectible until the Insureds standard collection procedures have failed.
2. | The following paragraph is substituted for Section 2 (o): |
(o) loss resulting directly or indirectly from payments made or withdrawals from a depositors account involving items of deposit which are not finally paid for any reason, including but not limited to Forgery or any other fraud, except when covered under Insuring Agreement (A) or (J);
3. | The Underwriters total liability under this rider shall be limited to $5,000,000 and is subject to a deductible of $50,000. |
4. | Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive or extend any of the terms, limitations, conditions or agreements or the attached policy other than as above stated. |
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All other provisions remain unchanged.
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Rider No. 6
Effective date of this rider: 12:01 a.m. on June 21, 2016
To be attached to and form part of Bond Number: MNN761007/01/2016
Issued to: |
Fidus Investment Corporation | |
Fidus Mezzanine Capital II, LP | ||
Fidus Mezzanine Capital, LP |
By: AXIS Insurance Company
UNAUTHORIZED SIGNATURES COVERAGE - MANUSCRIPT RIDER
THIS RIDER CHANGES THE BOND. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
This rider modifies insurance provided under the following:
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, Standard Form 14
It is agreed that:
1. | The attached bond is amended to include the following insuring agreement: |
Unauthorized Signatures
Loss resulting directly from the Insured having accepted, paid or cashed any check or withdrawal order made or drawn on a customers account which bears the signature or endorsement of one other than a person whose name and signature is on file with the Insured as a signatory on such account. It shall be a condition precedent to the Insureds right of recovery under this Coverage that the Insured shall have on file signature of all persons who are signatories on such account.
2. The Limit of Liability on this Agreement is $50,000 subject to a deductible of $50,000.
3. Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive or extend any of the terms, limitations, conditions or agreements of the attached policy other than as above stated.
All other provisions remain unchanged.
Authorized Representative |
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Rider No. 7
Effective date of this rider: 12:01 a.m. on June 21, 2016
To be attached to and form part of Bond Number: MNN761007/01/2016
Issued to: | Fidus Investment Corporation | |
Fidus Mezzanine Capital II, LP | ||
Fidus Mezzanine Capital, LP |
By: AXIS Insurance Company
THIS RIDER CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
This rider modifies insurance provided under the following:
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, Standard Form 14
It is agreed that:
1. | An additional paragraph, as follows, is inserted as the fifth paragraph of the Fidelity Insuring Agreement. |
Audit Expense Coverage: | $50,000 | |
(for coverage, an amount must be inserted) |
This Insuring Agreement shall be subject to a Deductible of $0
Expense incurred by the Insured for that part of the cost of audits or examinations required by State or Federal supervisory authorities to be conducted either by such authorities or by independent accountants by reason of the discovery of loss sustained by the Insured through dishonest or fraudulent acts of the Employees. The total liability of the Underwriter for such expense by reason of such acts of any. Employee or in which such Employee is concerned or implicated or with respect to any one audit or examination is limited to the amount stated opposite Audit Expense Coverage; it being understood, however, that such expense shall be deemed to be loss sustained by the Insured through dishonest or fraudulent act of one or more of the Employees and the liability of the Underwriter under this paragraph of Insuring Agreement (A) shall be part of and not in addition to the Single Loss Limit of Liability stated in Item 4 of the Declarations.
2. | The following paragraph is substituted for Section 2 (d): |
(d) | loss resulting directly or indirectly from any acts of any director or trustee of the Insured other than one employed as a salaried, pensioned or elected official or an Employee of the Insured, expect when performing acts coming within the scope of the usual duties of an Employee, or while acting as a member of any committee duly elected or appointed by resolution of the board of directors or trustees of the Insured to perform specific, as distinguished from general, directorial acts on behalf of the Insured; |
3. | The following paragraph is substituted for Section 2 (u); |
(u) | all fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Insured |
(1) | in establishing the existence of or amount of loss covered under this bond, except to the extent covered under the portion of Insuring Agreement (A) entitled Audit Expense, or |
(2) | as a party to any legal proceeding whether or not such legal proceeding exposes the Insured to loss covered by this bond; |
4. | The following is added as the final paragraph of Section 5; |
If the Insured is an institution under the supervision of the Office of Thrift Supervision, it is understood and agreed that in case of any loss hereunder discovered either by the Insured or by the Federal Home Loan Bank of which the Insured is a member, the said Federal Home Loan Bank is empowered to give notice of the loss to the Underwriter within the period limited therefore.
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5. | Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive or extend any of the terms, limitations, conditions or agreements or the attached policy other than as above stated. |
All other provisions remain unchanged.
Authorized Representative |
July 8, 2016 |
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Rider No. 8
Effective date of this rider: 12:01 a.m. on June 21, 2016
To be attached to and form part of Bond Number: MNN761007/01/2016
Issued to: Fidus Investment Corporation
Fidus Mezzanine Capital II, LP
Fidus Mezzanine Capital, LP
By: AXIS Insurance Company
MANUSCRIPT RIDER
THIS RIDER CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
This rider modifies insurance provided under the following:
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, Standard Form 14
It is agreed that:
1. The attached bond is amended by adding an additional insuring agreement as follows:
(I) | STOP PAYMENT LEGAL LIABILITY |
Any and all sums which the Insured shall become legally obligated to pay its customer for damages caused by reason that the Insured
(1) | failed to comply with any notice of any customer of the Insured or any authorized representative of such customer to stop payment on any check(s) or draft(s) made or drawn by such customer; or |
(2) | wrongfully dishonored any check(s) or draft(s) made or drawn by the customer of the Insured or any authorized representative of such customer. |
(3) | the Aggregate Liability of the Underwriter is limited to $50,000, after the application of a Deductible amount of $50,000. Such Liability shall be part of and not in addition to the Aggregate Limit of Liability stated in the Declarations. |
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Bond, damages under sub-paragraph (2) above shall not include the amount of any check(s) or draft(s) in question nor any amounts paid to the payee, endorser or accommodation party of such check(s) or draft(s).
All other provisions remain unchanged.
Authorized Representative |
July 8, 2016 |
Date |
Rider No. 9
Effective date of this rider: 12:01 a.m. on June 21, 2016
To be attached to and form part of Bond Number: MNN761007/01/2016
Issued to: |
Fidus Investment Corporation | |
Fidus Mezzanine Capital II, LP | ||
Fidus Mezzanine Capital, LP |
By: AXIS Insurance Company
It is agreed that:
1. Those premises of Depositories listed in the following Schedule shall be deemed to be premises of the Insured but only as respects coverage on Certificated Securities:
SCHEDULE | ||||||||
DEPOSITORY | LOCATION COVERED |
All Depositories Utilizes by the Insured
2. Certificated Securities held by such Depository shall be deemed to be Property as defined in the attached bond to the extent of the Insureds interest therein as effected by the making of appropriate entries on the books and records of such Depository.
3. The attached bond does not afford coverage in favor of any Depository listed in the Schedule above. When the Underwriter indemnifies the Insured for a loss covered hereunder, the Insured will assign the rights and causes of action to the extent of the claim payment against the Depository, or any other entity or person against whom it has a cause of action, to the Underwriter.
4. If the rules of the Depository named in the Schedule above provide that the Insured shall be assessed for a portion of the judgment (or agreed settlement) taken by the Underwriter based upon the assignment set forth in part 3. above and the Insured actually pays such assessment, then the Underwriter will reimburse the Insured for the amount of the assessment but not exceeding the amount of loss payment by the Underwriter.
5. This rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on June 21, 2016 standard time.
All other provisions remain unchanged.
Authorized Representative |
July 8, 2016 |
Date |
SR 5967e |
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CENTRAL HANDLING OF SECURITIES
FOR USE WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BONDS, STANDARD FORMS NOS. 14, 24 AND 25 TO SCHEDULE THE PREMISES OF DEPOSITORIES.
REVISED TO OCTOBER, 1987
SR 5967e |
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Rider No. 10
Effective date of this rider: 12:01 a.m. on June 21, 2016
To be attached to and form part of Bond Number: MNN761007/01/2016
Issued to: | Fidus Investment Corporation | |
Fidus Mezzanine Capital II, LP | ||
Fidus Mezzanine Capital, LP |
By: AXIS Insurance Company
MANUSCRIPT RIDER
THIS RIDER CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
This rider modifies insurance provided under the following:
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, Standard Form 14
It is agreed that:
I. | The first paragraph of Insuring Agreement (A) FIDELITY is replaced with the following: |
Loss resulting directly from dishonest or fraudulent acts, including Larceny or Embezzlement, committed by an Employee acting alone or in collusion with others.
II. | For the purposes of this bond, the terms Larceny and Embezzlement shall have the same meaning ascribed to such terms in Section 37. of The Investment Company Act of 1940. |
All other provisions remain unchanged.
Authorized Representative |
July 8, 2016 |
Date |
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Rider No. 11
Effective date of this rider: 12:01 a.m. on June 21, 2016
To be attached to and form part of Bond Number: MNN761007/01/2016
Issued to: | Fidus Investment Corporation | |
Fidus Mezzanine Capital II, LP | ||
Fidus Mezzanine Capital, LP |
By: AXIS Insurance Company
MANUSCRIPT RIDER
THIS RIDER CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
This rider modifies insurance provided under the following:
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, Standard Form 14
It is agreed that Definition (e) Employee is amended by the addition of the following:
(7) | any officer, partner or employee of an investment advisor, an underwriter (distributor), a transfer agent or shareholder accounting record-keeper, or an administrator authorized by written agreement to keep financial and/or other required records, for an investment company named as Insured while performing acts coming within the scope of the usual duties of an officer or employee of any investment company named as Insured herein, or while acting as a member of any committee duly elected or appointed to examine or audit or have custody of or access to the Property of any such investment company, provided that only employees or partners of a transfer agent, shareholder accounting record-keeper or administrator which is an affiliated person as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, of an investment company named as Insured or is an affiliated person of the adviser, underwriter or administrator of such investment company, and which is not a bank, shall be included within the definition of Employee. |
All other provisions remain unchanged.
Authorized Representative |
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Rider No. 12
Effective date of this rider: 12:01 a.m. on June 21, 2016
To be attached to and form part of Bond Number: MNN761007/01/2016
Issued to: | Fidus Investment Corporation | |
Fidus Mezzanine Capital II, LP | ||
Fidus Mezzanine Capital, LP |
By: AXIS Insurance Company
MANUSCRIPT RIDER
THIS RIDER CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
This rider modifies insurance provided under the following:
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, Standard Form 14
It is agreed that the first paragraph of Section 12. TERMINATION OR CANCELATION is replaced with the following:
This bond terminates as an entirety upon occurrence of any of the following: (a) sixty (60) days after the receipt by the Insured and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of a written notice from the Underwriter of its desire to cancel this bond; or (b) immediately upon the receipt by the Underwriter of a written notice from the Insured of its desire to cancel this bond, provided that the Insured shall furnish written notice to the SEC sixty (60) days prior to the effective date of such termination; or (c) immediately upon the taking over of the Insured by a receiver or other liquidator or by State or Federal officials; or (d) immediately upon the taking over of the Insured by another institution; or (e) immediately upon exhaustion of the Aggregate Limit of Liability set forth in Item 3 of the Declarations; or (f) immediately upon expiration of the Bond Period as set forth in Item 2 of the Declarations.
All other provisions of the bond remain unchanged.
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Rider No. 13
Effective date of this rider: 12:01 a.m. on June 21, 2016
To be attached to and form part of Bond Number: MNN761007/01/2016
Issued to: | Fidus Investment Corporation | |
Fidus Mezzanine Capital II, LP | ||
Fidus Mezzanine Capital, LP |
By: AXIS Insurance Company
MANUSCRIPT RIDER
THIS RIDER CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
This rider modifies insurance provided under the following:
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, Standard Form 14
It is agreed that the first two paragraphs of Section C. CHANGE OF CONTROL NOTICE of the GENERAL AGREEMENTS are replaced with the following:
When the Insured learns of a change in control, it shall give written notice to the Underwriter as soon as practicable, but in no event later than thirty (30) days, after such change in control has occurred. Such notice shall contain the names of the transferors and the transferees (or the names of the beneficial owners if the voting securities are requested in another name), the total number of voting securities owned by the transferors and the transferees (or the beneficial owners), both immediately before and after the transfer, and the total number of outstanding voting securities.
As used in this General Agreement, control shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(9) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, and means the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of a company, unless such power is solely the result of an official position with such company. A change in control, for the purposes of giving the required notice, means a change in ownership of voting securities of a company which results in direct or indirect ownership by a securities holder or an affiliated group of securities holders of more than twenty-five percent (25%) of such voting securities.
All other provisions remain unchanged.
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Rider No. 14
Effective date of this rider: 12:01 a.m. on June 21, 2016
To be attached to and form part of Bond Number: MNN761007/01/2016
Issued to: | Fidus Investment Corporation | |
Fidus Mezzanine Capital II, LP | ||
Fidus Mezzanine Capital, LP |
By: AXIS Insurance Company
MANUSCRIPT RIDER
(Protected Information Exclusion)
THIS RIDER CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
This rider modifies insurance provided under the following:
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, Standard Form 14
It is agreed that:
I. | This bond shall not apply to any loss resulting directly or indirectly from the: (i) theft, disappearance, or destruction of; (ii) unauthorized use or disclosure of; (iii) unauthorized access to; or (iv) failure to protect any: |
A. | confidential or non-public; or |
B. | personal or personally identifiable; |
information that any person or entity has a duty to protect under any law, rule or regulation, agreement, or industry guideline or standard; provided that this shall not apply to the extent that any unauthorized use or disclosure of such information directly results in theft, disappearance, damage, or destruction of Covered Property.
Theft of Covered Property does not include the use of confidential or non-public information or personal or personally identifiable information to enable the theft of or disclosure of information.
II. | For the purposes of this rider, Covered Property means Property: (a) owned by the Insured; (b) held by the Insured in any capacity; or (c) owned and held by someone other than the Insured under circumstances which make the Insured responsible for the Property prior to the occurrence of the loss. |
All other provisions of the bond remain unchanged.
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Rider No. |
Effective Date of Rider | Bond Number | Additional Premium | |||
15 |
12:01 a.m. on June 21, 2016 If the above date is blank, then this rider is effective on the effective date of the bond. |
MNN761007/01/2016 | N/A |
SOCIAL ENGINEERING FRAUD RIDER
It is agreed that:
I. | Item 4 of the Declarations is amended by the addition of the following: |
SOCIAL ENGINEERING FRAUD Insuring Agreement Single Loss Limit of Liability: $250,000
SOCIAL ENGINEERING FRAUD Insuring Agreement Single Loss Deductible: $50,000
II. | The Section entitled INSURING AGREEMENTS is amended by the addition of the following new Insuring Agreement: |
SOCIAL ENGINEERING FRAUD
Loss resulting directly from an Employee having, in good faith, transferred, paid or delivered Money or Securities from the Insureds account to a person or account outside of the Insureds control, in reliance upon a Social Engineering Fraud Instruction directing such transfer, payment or delivery of Money or Securities.
III. | Solely with respect to the coverage provided by this Rider, the Section entitled DEFINITIONS is amended by the addition of the following new definitions: |
Authorized Transfer Agent means:
(1) | a director, officer, partner, member or sole proprietor of the Insured; |
(2) | an Employee who is authorized by the Insured to instruct other Employees to transfer, pay or deliver the Insureds Money or Securities; or |
(2) | an employee of a Vendor authorized by such Vendor and the Insured to direct the Insureds Employees to transfer, pay or deliver the Insureds Money or Securities in accordance with the terms of a written agreement between the Vendor and the Insured. |
Social Engineering Fraud Instruction means a telephonic, written or electronic instruction communicated to an Employee by a natural person purporting to be an Authorized Transfer Agent, or by an individual acting in collusion with such person, for the purpose of intentionally misleading an Employee to transfer, pay or deliver the Insureds Money or Securities, but which instruction was not actually made by an Authorized Transfer Agent; provided, however, that Social Engineering Fraud Instruction shall not include any such instruction communicated by an employee of a Vendor who was acting in collusion with any third-party in communicating such instruction.
Securities means Certificated Securities or Uncertificated Securities.
Vendor means any entity or natural person that provides goods or support services to the Insured pursuant to a written agreement between the Vendor and the Insured.
IV. | The Section entitled EXCLUSIONS, Exclusion (h), is deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following: |
(h) | loss caused by an Employee, except when covered under: |
(1) | Insuring Agreement (A); |
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(2) | Insuring Agreement (B) or (C) and resulting directly from misplacement, mysterious unexplainable disappearance or destruction of or damage to Property; or |
(3) | the Social Engineering Fraud Insuring Agreement and resulting directly from unintentional acts of the Employee. |
V. | The Social Engineering Fraud Insuring Agreement does not apply to any loss occurring prior to 06/21/2016. |
All other provisions of the bond remain unchanged.
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Exhibit 99.2
Secretarys Certificate
The undersigned, Shelby E. Sherard, being the duly elected, qualified and acting Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary of Fidus Investment Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the Company) and Fidus Mezzanine Capital, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Fund), does hereby certify that:
1. By the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors of the Company and a majority of the directors of the Fund, including a majority of such directors who are not interested persons (as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act)) of the Company or the Fund, the following resolutions were adopted at a meeting duly called and held on June 2, 2016:
WHEREAS, the Board has reviewed the renewal of the Companys Investment Company Bond, issued by Axis Insurance Company (the Fidelity Bond), which includes as joint insured the Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Board has considered, among other things: (i) the required amount of fidelity bond coverage for a joint insured bond under the 1940 Act; (ii) the form and amount of fidelity bond coverage in light of the securities and funds of the Company; (iii) the type and terms of the arrangements made for the custody of such securities and funds; (iv) the number of the insured parties; (v) the nature of securities and other investments to be held by the Company; (vi) the amount of premium for the Fidelity Bond allocable to the Company and the Fund; and (vii) the comparative amount that the Company would have had to pay if it had provided and maintained a single insured bond.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board, including all of the Independent Directors hereby determine that the Fidelity Bond is reasonable in form and amount;
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the appropriate officers of the Company be, and they hereby are, authorized to enter into the Fidelity Bond for the Company;
FURTHER RESOLVED, that any and all previous actions taken by the Companys officers, principals or agents in connection with the Fidelity Bond be, and hereby are, approved and ratified as duly authorized actions of the Company;
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the appropriate officers of the Company be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the Company, to file the Fidelity Bond with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC); and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chief Compliance Officer of the Company be and hereby is, designated as the party responsible for making the necessary filings and giving the notices with respect to such bond required by paragraph (g) of Rule 17g-1 under the 1940 Act.
2. Premiums due under the Fidelity Bond have been paid for the period June 21, 2016 to June 21, 2017.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this certificate to be executed this 27th day of July, 2016.
/s/ Shelby E. Sherard |
Shelby E. Sherard |
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary |
Exhibit 99.3
AGREEMENT REGARDING FIDELITY BOND
This Agreement Regarding Fidelity Bond is dated effective as of the 21st day of June, 2016, by and among Fidus Investment Corporation (the Company), Fidus Mezzanine Capital, L.P. (the Fund) and Fidus Mezzanine Capital II, L.P. (collectively with the Company and the Fund, the Insureds).
WHEREAS, the Insureds are parties to that certain Financial Institution Bond No. MNN761007/01/2016, a joint insured fidelity bond issued by Axis Insurance Company in the amount of $5,000,000 (the Bond); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Rule 17g-1(f) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), the Insureds desire to document their agreement regarding any future recovery due to either or both of the Insureds under the Bond;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises hereinafter set forth the Insureds hereby agree as follows:
Each of the Insureds acknowledges and agrees that in the event recovery of any amounts is received under the Bond as a result of a loss sustained by two or more of the Insureds, each Insured shall receive an equitable and proportionate share of the recovery, provided that, in the case of the Company and the Fund, such recovery shall be at least equal to the amount which the Company or the Fund would have received had it provided and maintained a single insured bond with the minimum coverage required by Rule 17g-1(d)(1) under the 1940 Act.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Insureds have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers, thereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.
FIDUS INVESTMENT CORPORATION | ||||||
By: |
/s/ Edward H. Ross | |||||
Name: |
Edward H. Ross | |||||
Title: |
Chief Executive Officer | |||||
FIDUS MEZZANINE CAPITAL, L.P. | ||||||
By: |
Fidus Investment GP, LLC, its general partner | |||||
By: |
Fidus Investment Advisors, LLC, its manager | |||||
By: |
/s/ Edward H. Ross | |||||
Name: |
Edward H. Ross | |||||
Title: |
Chief Executive Officer | |||||
FIDUS MEZZANINE CAPITAL II, L.P. | ||||||
By: |
Fidus Investment GP, LLC, its general partner | |||||
By: |
Fidus Investment Advisors, LLC, its manager | |||||
By: |
/s/ Edward H. Ross | |||||
Name: |
Edward H. Ross | |||||
Title: |
Chief Executive Officer |