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Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter 2016 Common Distribution

ECC | December 1, 2016

Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter 2016 Common Distribution

Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE:ECC, NYSE:ECCA, NYSE:ECCB, NYSE:ECCZ) today is pleased to announce the declaration of a distribution on shares of the Company’s common stock.

The Company has declared a distribution of $0.60 per share on its common stock, payable on January 31, 2017 to stockholders of record as of December 30, 2016. The following schedule applies to the distribution:

Ex-Dividend Date:				December 28, 2016
Record Date:				December 30, 2016
Payable Date:				January 31, 2017
Amount:				$0.60 per share of common stock

Distributions are generally expected to be paid from net investment income (regular interest and dividends) but may also include capital gains and/or a return of capital. The specific tax characteristics of the distribution will be reported to the Company’s shareholders on Form 1099 after the end of the 2016 calendar year.

ABOUT EAGLE POINT CREDIT COMPANY

The Company is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Company’s investment objectives are to generate high current income and capital appreciation primarily through investment in equity and junior debt tranches of collateralized loan obligations. The Company is externally managed and advised by Eagle Point Credit Management LLC. The principals of Eagle Point Credit Management LLC are Thomas P. Majewski, Daniel W. Ko and Daniel M. Spinner.

The Company makes certain unaudited portfolio information available each month on its website in addition to making certain other unaudited financial information available on its website (www.eaglepointcreditcompany.com). This information includes (1) an estimated range of the Company’s net investment income (“NII”) and realized capital gains or losses per share of common stock for each calendar quarter end, generally made available within the first fifteen days after the applicable calendar month end, (2) an estimated range of the Company’s NAV per share of common stock for the prior month end and certain additional portfolio-level information, generally made available within the first fifteen days after the applicable calendar month end, and (3) during the latter part of each month, an updated estimate of NAV, if applicable, and, with respect to each calendar quarter end, an updated estimate of the Company’s NII and realized capital gains or losses for the applicable quarter, if available.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made herein. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release.

Source: Eagle Point Credit Company Inc.