EX-99.1 2 d95511dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1 Exhibit 99.1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Alternative Credit Income Fund Announces Shareholder Approval of Merger with BC Partners Lending Corporation NEW YORK, September 10, 2026 - Alternative Credit Income Fund (“ACIF”) announced today that it obtained shareholder approval for the merger of BCPL Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), a subsidiary of BC Partners Lending Corporation (“BCPL”), with and into ACIF, with ACIF continuing as the surviving company and as a wholly owned subsidiary of BCPL (the “Merger”), following the special meeting of shareholders held on September 10, 2026 (the “Special Meeting”). Following the effectiveness of the Merger, ACIF will merge with and into BCPL. ACIF shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Merger, with approximately 84.6% of voting shareholders supporting the proposal. Ted Goldthorpe, President and Chief Executive Officer of ACIF and Head of the BC Partners Credit Platform, stated, “We’re grateful to our shareholders for their strong support of this merger with BCPL. Their vote of confidence reflects the strategic and financial merits of the transaction, as we believe the combined company w…
Open exhibit ↗Current Report · Items 8.01, 9.01 · 8-K
BC Partners Lending Corp
Other Events
Item 8.01. Other Events. On September 10, 2026, BC Partners Lending Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the shareholders of Alternative Credit Income Fund (“ACIF”) approved the previously announced merger of BCPL Merger Sub, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, with and into ACIF, with ACIF continuing as the surviving company and as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Com…
Company context
BCPL, a Maryland corporation, is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. BCPL’s investment objective is to make investments that generate current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation, primarily in the form of debt investments, which may include secured debt, unsecured debt, other debt and/or equity in private middle-market companies. BCPL’s investment activities are managed by its investment adviser, BC Partners Advisors L.P. (“BC Partners Advisors”).
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