Stellus Capital Investment Corporation Declares Additional Dividends, Payable on November 15, 2022, December 15, 2022 and December 29, 2022 Respectively

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation is an externally managed, closed-end, non-diversified management investment company that operates as a business development company. Its investment objective is to maximize the total return to its stockholders in the form of current income and capital appreciation through debt and related equity investments in middle-market companies. It seeks to achieve its investment objective by originating and investing primarily in private United States middle-market companies (typically those with $5.0 million to $50.0 million of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)) through first lien, second lien, unitranche and unsecured debt financing, with corresponding equity co-investments. It invests in various sectors, such as, services: business, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, consumer goods: durable, consumer goods: non-durable, media: diversified and production others. Its investment adviser is Stellus Capital Management, LLC.