Filed pursuant to Rule 497
File No. 333-149374
This is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein. An offering is made only by the prospectus.
This sales and advertising literature must be read in conjunction with the prospectus in order to fully understand all of the implications
and risks of the offering of securities to which the prospectus relates. A copy of the prospectus must be made available to you in
connection with any offering. No offering is made except by a prospectus filed with the Department of Law of the State of New York. Neither
the SEC, the Attorney-General of the State of New York nor any other state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
securities or determined if the prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Innovative Alternative Investment
Products for the Investing Public
Capital Preservation and Income
Franklin Square Capital Partners, FS Investment Corporations sponsor, was formed to bring innovative, publicly registered alternative investment products to the investing publicmanaged by leading alternative asset managers. FS2 Capital Partners, LLC (member FINRA/SIPC), an affiliate of Franklin Square Capital Partners, is the dealer manager for the FS Investment Corporation offering.
FS Investment Corporation is an investment fund focused on a fixed income alternative asset classsecured corporate loans. We aim to bring advisors and their clients innovative alternative investment strategies focused on capital preservation and income. Traditionally, only large institutional investors and wealthy family offices have had access to the types of alternative investments we offer.
Investment Focus | ||
FS Investment Corporation is a non-traded BDC. Our investment focus is on first lien senior secured loans, second lien secured loans and, to a lesser extent, subordinated loans of private U.S. companies. |
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Senior secured loans represent the senior-most obligations of a company and have the first claim on its assets and cash flows. As a result, these loans generally carry the least risk among all investments in a company. |
Portfolio Benefits
FS Investment Corporations portfolio is intended to have reduced correlation with equity and bond market indices. As such, it is intended to provide diversification to a traditional investment portfolio. Further, because we predominantly invest in floating rate instruments, FS Investment Corporation is designed to provide a hedge against inflation and rising interest rates. Portfolio performance is as follows:
As of March 31, 2011 | ||||||||||||||
YTD (3 months) |
1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | Since Inception 1/2/2009 |
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Annual Total Return |
2.4%* | 12.8%* | | | 22.6%* | |||||||||
Net of all management and incentive fees, but excluding all sales commissions and dealer manager fees. |
Current Distribution Yield: 7.50%** | |||||||||||||
Past performance is no guarantee of future results |
Sales commissions and dealer manager fees could total up to 10% of the public offering price. Had these sales commissions and dealer manager fees been included, the performance shown above would be lower.
* | Annual Total Return is the compounded annual percentage return an investor received for the highlighted period taking into account all cash distributions and stock splits during such period. The calculation assumes that the investor purchased shares at FS Investment Corporations net public offering price as of the beginning of such period and reinvested all distributions pursuant to FS Investment Corporations Distribution Reinvestment Plan. Valuation as of the end of the applicable period is based on 90% of the public offering price per share of FS Investment Corporations common stock as of April 1, 2011, which reflects the method utilized by FS Investment Corporation in calculating the repurchase price to be paid to holders of its common stock pursuant to its share repurchase program. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. |
** | The ordinary cash distribution per share for the month of May 2011 ($0.067188) is annualized without compounding and expressed as a percentage of FS Investment Corporations current public offering price of $10.75 per share to arrive at the Current Distribution Yield. Distribution amounts are subject to change. |
Sub-Adviser
The Blackstone Group is a leading global alternative asset manager with $128.1 billion of assets under management. Its subsidiary, GSO/Blackstone Debt Funds Management, or GDFM, serves as FS Investment Corporations investment sub-adviser. GSO, the global credit platform of The Blackstone Group and the parent of GDFM, manages more than $31 billion in fixed income and alternative assets and employs more than 180 professionals operating in three offices in the U.S. and abroad. FB Income Advisor, LLC, our investment adviser, uses GSOs expertise to analyze private debt investments. Further, as one of the largest credit platforms in the private debt market, GSOs scale affords us access to significant transaction flow.
Investment Guidelines
FS Investment Corporations target market includes a wide range of companies, from large, well-recognized names to established middle-market firms. We select companies for the FS Investment Corporation portfolio based on the following characteristics:
RISK FACTORS
An investment in FS Investment Corporation is subject to significant risk and is considered speculative. A more detailed description of the risk factors is found in the section of the prospectus entitled Risk Factors. You should read and understand all of these risk factors before making your decision to invest in shares of our common stock. In addition, be advised that you should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks and charges and expenses associated with this product before investing. A prospectus containing this information, as well as additional details about this product, can be obtained from your financial adviser or on our website at www.fsinvestmentcorp.com. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
This is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein. An offering is made only by the prospectus.
This sales and advertising literature must be read in conjunction with the prospectus in order to fully understand all of the implications and risks of the offering of securities to which it relates. A copy of the prospectus must be made available to you in connection with this offering.
Franklin Square Capital Partners is not affiliated with Franklin Resources/Franklin Templeton Investments or the Franklin Funds.
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