NexPoint sends letter to MCC Special Committee to propose enhancements, reiterate willingness to negotiate on proposal terms
DALLAS, April 1, 2019 – NexPoint Advisors, L.P. (“NexPoint“) announced today it has proposed to Medley Capital Corporation (“MCC” or the “Company”) a number of enhancements related to its original proposal to become MCC’s external investment advisor (the “Proposal”). NexPoint continues to urge the remaining members of the Special Committee (the “Special Committee”) of the MCC Board of Directors (the “Board”) to consider the Proposal, which NexPoint believes represents the best option for MCC stockholders as compared to every other alternative available to the Company.
NexPoint communicated its proposed enhancements in a letter to the Special Committee, reiterating its willingness to negotiate on Proposal terms.
View the letter to the Special Committee – here.
The Board and the Special Committee’s previous refusals to engage with NexPoint and adequately review the Proposal were denounced by the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the “Court”). On March 11, 2019 the Court issued a Memorandum Opinion that found that the Board violated its fiduciary duties for its failure to negotiate with NexPoint, among other reasons.
Despite the Court’s findings, NexPoint believes the Special Committee can still act in the best interest of stockholders and fulfill its fiduciary duties by considering the Proposal, especially given the latest enhancements.
NexPoint stands ready to engage with the Special Committee immediately to negotiate and finalize the Proposal, and believes that the Proposal represents the best option for MCC stockholders.
About NexPoint Advisors, L.P.
NexPoint, together with its affiliates, is a multibillion-dollar global alternative investment manager founded in 1993 by Jim Dondero and Mark Okada. A pioneer in the leveraged loan market, the firm has evolved over 25 years, building on its credit expertise and value-based approach to expand into other asset classes. Today, NexPoint and its affiliates operate a diverse investment platform, serving both institutional and retail investors worldwide. In addition to high yield credit, the firm’s investment capabilities include public equities, real estate, private equity and special situations, structured credit, and sector- and region-specific verticals built around specialized teams.
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In accordance with Rule 14a-12(a)(1)(i) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the following persons are anticipated to be, or may be deemed to be, participants in any such proxy solicitation: NexPoint, NexPoint Advisors GP, LLC, the general partner of NexPoint (“NexPoint Advisors GP”), Highland Global Allocation Fund (“Global Fund”), Highland Capital Management Fund Advisors, L.P., the investment advisor to Global Fund (“Highland Fund Advisors”), Strand Advisors XVI, Inc., the general partner of Highland Fund Advisors (“Strand XVI”), Highland Select Equity Master Fund, L.P. (“Select Fund”), Highland Select Equity Fund GP, L.P., the general partner of Select Fund (“Select GP”), Highland Select Equity GP, LLC, the general partner of Select GP (“Select LLC”), Highland Capital Management, L.P., the sole member of Select LLC and the investment advisor to Select Fund (“Highland Capital”), Strand Advisors, Inc., the general partner of Highland Capital (“Strand”) and James D. Dondero, the President of NexPoint Advisors GP and Strand and ultimate control person of Strand XVI, NexPoint Advisors GP and Strand (collectively, the “NexPoint Group”), and the nominees for election as directors of the Company (the “Nominees”, and together with the NexPoint Group, the “Participants”), who include Mark T. Goglia and Stephen A. Mongillo. The NexPoint Group has an interest in the matters to be acted on at the Annual Meeting as they intend to nominate two independent directors at the Annual Meeting and NexPoint has stated its willingness to step-in as the external investment manager of the Company if the merger transaction to be considered at the Special Meeting of Stockholders of the Company expected to take place on April 19, 2019, is not approved by stockholders. Certain of the Participants hold direct or indirect interests in securities of the Company as follows: Global Fund holds and beneficially owns 335,000 shares of common stock of the Company and Highland Fund Advisors, Strand XVI and Mr. Dondero indirectly beneficially own such shares of common stock of the Company due to their relationship with Global Fund; Select Fund holds of record and beneficially owns 100 shares of common stock of the Company and Select GP, Select LLC, Highland Capital, Strand and Mr. Dondero indirectly beneficially own such shares of common stock of the Company due to their relationship with Select Fund. Each of the Nominees has an interest in being nominated and elected as a director of the Company, but no Nominee beneficially owns any shares of common stock of the Company.
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