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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2013

Securities Act Registration No. 333-185319

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM N-2



ý Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933
o Pre-Effective Amendment No. 
ý Post-Effective Amendment No. 2
and/or
o Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940
o Amendment No.
TCP CAPITAL CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
2951 28th Street, Suite 1000
Santa Monica, California 90405
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(310) 566-1094
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Howard M. Levkowitz
Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC
2951 28th Street, Suite 1000
Santa Monica, California 90405
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)



Copies to:

Richard T. Prins, Esq.
Michael K. Hoffman, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Four Times Square
New York, New York 10036
212-735-3000



Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

        If any securities being registered on this form will be offered on a delayed or continuous basis in reliance on Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered in connection with a distribution reinvestment plan, check the following box.    ý

   



EXPLANATORY NOTE

        This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-185319) of TCP Capital Corp. (the "Registration Statement") is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), solely for the purpose of filing exhibits to the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 consists only of a facing page, this explanatory note and Part C of the Registration Statement on Form N-2 setting forth the exhibits to the Registration Statement. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 does not modify any other part of the Registration Statement. Pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The contents of the Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference.



PART C — OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 25.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

        (1)   Financial Statements

        The following statements of the Company are incorporated by reference into Part B of this Registration Statement:

TCP Capital Corp.
(successor to Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC)

 

Audited Financial Statements

       

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

       

Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2012 and 2011

       

Consolidated Statements of Investments as of December 31, 2012 and 2011

       

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

       

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

       

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

       

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

       

Consolidated Schedules of Changes in Investments in Affiliates as of December 31, 2012 and 2011

       

Consolidated Schedules of Restricted Securities of Unaffiliated Issuers as of December 31, 2012 and 2011

       

Special Value Continuation Partners, LP

 

Audited Financial Statements

       

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

       

Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2012 and 2011

       

Statements of Investments as of December 31, 2012 and 2011

       

Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

       

Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

       

Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

       

Notes to Financial Statements

       

Schedules of Changes in Investments in Affiliates as of December 31, 2012 and 2011

       

Schedules of Restricted Securities of Unaffiliated Issuers as of December 31, 2012 and 2011

       

        (2)   Exhibits

        The agreements included or incorporated by reference as exhibits to this registration statement contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties were made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and (i) were not intended to be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; (ii) may have been qualified in such agreement by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement; (iii) may apply contract standards of "materiality" that are different from "materiality" under the applicable securities laws; and (iv) were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement.

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        The Company acknowledges that, notwithstanding the inclusion of the foregoing cautionary statements, it is responsible for considering whether additional specific disclosures of material information regarding material contractual provisions are required to make the statements in this registration statement not misleading.

Exhibit No.   Description
(a)   Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant(2)
(b)   Bylaws of the Registrant(3)
(c)   Not Applicable
(d)(1)   Not Applicable
(e)   Form of Dividend Reinvestment Plan(8)
(f)   Not Applicable
(g)   Form of Investment Management Agreement By and Between Registrant and Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC(7)
(h)(1)   Underwriting Agreement dated May 21, 2013(1)
(i)   Not Applicable
(j)   Custodial Agreement dated as of July 31, 2006(4)
(k)(1)   Form of Administration Agreement of the Registrant(7)
(k)(2)   Form of Transfer Agency and Registrar Services Agreement(8)
(k)(3)   Form of License Agreement(8)
(k)(4)   Credit Agreement dated July 31, 2006(5)
(k)(5)   First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated February 28, 2011(6)
(k)(6)   Form of Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of Special Value Continuation Partners, LP(7)
(k)(7)   Statement of Preferences of Preferred Interests of Special Value Continuation Partners, LP(7)
(k)(8)   Form of Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement By and Between Special Value Continuation Partners, LP and Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC(7)
(k)(9)   Form of Administration Agreement of Special Value Continuation Partners, LP(7)
(k)(10)   Form of Loan Financing and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2013, by and among TCPC Funding I, LLC, as borrower, each lender and agent from time to time party thereto, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as administrative agent, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as collateral agent and collateral custodian(12)
(k)(11)   Form of Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2013, by and between Special Value Continuation Partners, LP and TCPC Funding I, LLC(12)
(l)(1)   Opinion and Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Registrant(11)
(l)(2)   Opinion and Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Registrant(1)
(m)   Not Applicable
(n)(1)   Consent of independent registered public accounting firm(11)
(n)(2)   Power of Attorney(9)
(n)(3)   Report of independent registered public accounting firm on "Senior Securities" table(10)
(o)   Not Applicable
(p)   Not Applicable
(q)   Not Applicable
(r)(1)   Consolidated Code of Ethics of the Registrant and the Advisor(8)
99.1   Form of Preliminary Prospectus Supplement for Common Stock Offerings(11)

(1)
Filed herewith.

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(2)
Incorporated by reference to the Exhibit (a)(2) to the Registrant's Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (File No. 333-172669), on Form N-2, filed on May 13, 2011.

(3)
Incorporated by reference to the Exhibit (b)(2) to the Registrant's Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (File No. 333-172669), on Form N-2, filed on May 13, 2011.

(4)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 10-12G of Special Value Continuation Partners, LP (File No. 000-54393), filed May 6, 2011.

(5)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Form 10-12G of Special Value Continuation Partners, LP (File No. 000-54393), filed May 6, 2011.

(6)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Form 10-12G of Special Value Continuation Partners, LP (File No. 000-54393), filed May 6, 2011.

(7)
Incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit number to the Registrant's Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (File No. 333-172669), on Form N-2, filed on May 13, 2011.

(8)
Incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit number to the Registrant's Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (File No. 333-172669), on Form N-2, filed on March 5, 2012.

(9)
Incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit number to the Registrant's Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (File No. 333-185319), on Form N-2, filed on December 7, 2012.

(10)
Incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit number to the Registrant's Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (File No. 333-185319), on Form N-2, filed on March 25, 2013.

(11)
Incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit number to the Registrant's Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (File No. 333-185319), on Form N-2, filed on April 1, 2013.

(12)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibits 10.01 and 10.02 of the Registrant's Form 8-K filed on May 17, 2013.

(13)
To be filed by amendment.

ITEM 26.    MARKETING ARRANGEMENTS

        The information contained under the heading "Plan of Distribution" on this Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference and any information concerning any underwriters will be contained in the accompanying prospectus supplement, if any.

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ITEM 27.    OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION**

Commission registration fee

  $ 20,460  

Nasdaq Global Select Additional Listing Fees

    65,000  

FINRA filing fee

    23,000  

Accounting fees and expenses

    100,000  

Legal fees and expenses

    200,000  

Printing and engraving

    150,000  

Miscellaneous fees and expenses

    80,000  
       

Total

  $ 638,460  

**
These amounts (other than the commission registration fee, Nasdaq fee and FINRA fee) are estimates.

        All of the expenses set forth above shall be borne by the Company.

ITEM 28.    PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL

        The Registrant owns 100% of the common limited partnership interests in the Operating Company, a Delaware limited partnership.

ITEM 29.    NUMBER OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

        The following table sets forth the number of record holders of our common stock at March 28, 2013.

Title of Class
  Number of Record Holders

Common Stock, par value $.001 per share

  46

ITEM 30.    INDEMNIFICATION

        The information contained under the heading "Description of Securities" is incorporated herein by reference.

        Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in the successful defense of an action suit or proceeding) is asserted by a director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is again public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

        The Registrant carries liability insurance for the benefit of its directors and officers (other than with respect to claims resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office) on a claims-made basis.

        The Registrant has agreed to indemnify the underwriters against specified liabilities for actions taken in their capacities as such, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

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ITEM 31.    BUSINESS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS OF INVESTMENT ADVISOR

        For information as to the business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature of each of the officers and directors of the Advisor, reference is made to the Advisor's Form ADV, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and incorporated herein by reference upon filing.

ITEM 32.    LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS

        All accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the rules thereunder are maintained at the offices of:

ITEM 33.    MANAGEMENT SERVICES

        Not Applicable.

ITEM 34.    UNDERTAKINGS

        1.     The Registrant undertakes to suspend the offering of shares until the prospectus is amended if (1) subsequent to the effective date of its registration statement, the net asset value declines more than ten percent from its net asset value as of the effective date of the registration statement; or (2) the net asset value increases to an amount greater than the net proceeds as stated in the prospectus.

        2.     The Registrant undertakes:

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form N-2 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Santa Monica, in the State of California, on the 24th day of May 2013.

    TCP CAPITAL CORP.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ HOWARD M. LEVKOWITZ

Howard M. Levkowitz
Chief Executive Officer and Director

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form N-2 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 24th day of May 2013. This document may be executed by the signatories hereto on any number of counterparts, all of which constitute one and the same instrument.

Signature
 
Title

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ HOWARD M. LEVKOWITZ

Howard M. Levkowitz
  Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer)

/s/ ERIC DRAUT*

Eric Draut

 

Director

/s/ FRANKLIN R. JOHNSON*

Franklin R. Johnson

 

Director

/s/ PETER E. SCHWAB*

Peter E. Schwab

 

Director

/s/ RAJNEESH VIG

Rajneesh Vig

 

Director

/s/ PAUL L. DAVIS

Paul L. Davis

 

Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)

*By:

 

/s/ HOWARD M. LEVKOWITZ

Howard M. Levkowitz,
as
Attorney-in-Fact

 

 


SIGNATURES

        The undersigned has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form N-2 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Santa Monica, in the State of California, on the 24th day of May 2013.

    SPECIAL VALUE CONTINUATION PARTNERS, LP

 

 

By:

 

/s/ HOWARD M. LEVKOWITZ

Howard M. Levkowitz
Chief Executive Officer and Director

        This Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 24th day of May 2013. This document may be executed by the signatories hereto on any number of counterparts, all of which constitute one and the same instrument.

Signature
 
Title

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ HOWARD M. LEVKOWITZ

Howard M. Levkowitz
  Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer)

/s/ ERIC DRAUT*

Eric Draut

 

Director

/s/ FRANKLIN R. JOHNSON*

Franklin R. Johnson

 

Director

/s/ PETER E. SCHWAB*

Peter E. Schwab

 

Director

/s/ RAJNEESH VIG

Rajneesh Vig

 

Director

/s/ PAUL L. DAVIS

Paul L. Davis

 

Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)

*By:

 

/s/ HOWARD M. LEVKOWITZ

Howard M. Levkowitz,
as
Attorney-in-Fact

 

 



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