Stellus Capital Investment Corporation to Report Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2016 Financial Results and Hold Conference Call

HOUSTON, Jan. 20, 2017

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation will host a conference call to discuss these results on March 10, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. Central Standard Time.  The conference call will be led by Robert T. Ladd, chief executive officer, and W. Todd Huskinson, chief financial officer, chief compliance officer, treasurer, and secretary.

For those wishing to participate by telephone, please dial 888-224-1145 (domestic).  Use passcode 4933699.  Starting approximately twenty-four hours after the conclusion of the call, a replay will be available through March 18, 2017 by dialing (888) 203-1112 and entering passcode 4933699. The replay will also be available on the company's website.

About Stellus Capital Investment Corporation

The Company is an externally-managed, closed-end, non-diversified investment management company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Company's investment objective is to maximize the total return to its stockholders in the form of current income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in private middle-market companies (typically those with $5.0 million to $50.0 million of EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization)) through first lien, second lien, unitranche and mezzanine debt financing, and corresponding equity investments. The Company's investment activities are managed by its investment adviser, Stellus Capital Management. To learn more about Stellus Capital Investment Corporation, visit www.stelluscapital.com under the "Public Investors" link.

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