secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Stellus Capital Investment Corp (SCM)
CIK:        0001551901
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-010653
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Stellus Capital Management to be acquired by P10; BDC shareholders to vote on new advisory agreement
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- Acquisition of external adviser Stellus Capital Management by P10 (NYSE:PX) for undisclosed terms; expected close mid-2026.
- Current management team remains; day-to-day operations, investment decisions unchanged.
- Transaction triggers assignment of advisory agreement; BDC shareholders must approve new agreement with same terms.
- P10 has >$40B AUM; Stellus has $3.8B AUM as lower-middle market direct lender.
- P10's sponsor network expected to broaden Stellus' direct lending opportunities.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551901/000110465926010653/0001104659-26-010653-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551901/000110465926010653/tm265326d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-010653

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