Highland Distressed Opportunities, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: HCD)
today announced that its stockholders have approved the reorganization
of the Company into Highland Credit Strategies Fund (NYSE:HCF).
The Company and Highland Credit Strategies Fund will bear the costs of
the reorganization. It is expected that the reorganization will qualify
as a tax-free reorganization for federal income tax purposes. The
reorganization is conditioned upon the satisfaction of certain
conditions.
About Highland Distressed Opportunities, Inc.
Highland Distressed Opportunities, Inc. (the “Company”, “we,” “us” and
“our”) is a non-diversified closed-end company that has elected to be
regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company
Act of 1940. The Company’s investment objective is total return
generated by both capital appreciation and current income. We intend to
invest primarily in financially-troubled or distressed companies that
are either middle-market companies or unlisted companies by investing in
senior secured debt, mezzanine debt and unsecured debt, each of which
may include an equity component, and in equity investments. Generally,
distressed companies are those that (i) are facing financial or other
difficulties and (ii) are or have been operating under the provisions of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or other similar laws or, in the near future,
may become subject to such provisions or otherwise be involved in a
restructuring of their capital structure.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements describing the
Company’s future plans and objectives. These forward-looking statements,
as well as future oral and written statements by the management of the
Company, are subject to various risks and uncertainties, which could
cause actual results and conditions to differ materially from those
projected, including the uncertainties associated with the timing of
transaction closings, changes in interest rates, availability of
transactions, the future operating results of our portfolio companies,
changes in regional, national, or international economic conditions and
their impact on the industries in which we invest, or changes in the
conditions of the industries in which we invest, and other factors
enumerated in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”).
We may use words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,”
“intends,” “will,” “should,” “may,” “plans,” “could,” “estimates,”
“potential,” “continue,” “target,” or the negative of these terms or
other similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Undue
reliance should not be placed on such forward-looking statements as such
statements speak only as of the date on which they are made. We do not
undertake to update our forward-looking statements, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required by
applicable law.
Persons considering an investment in the Company should consider the
investment objective, risks, and charges and expenses of the Company
carefully before investing. Such information and other information about
the Company will be available in our annual report on Form 10-K, in our
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. Such
materials are filed with the SEC and copies are available on the SEC’s
website, www.sec.gov.
Prospective investors should read such materials carefully before
investing.
Highland Distressed Opportunities, Inc.
Shareholder Services,
877-247-1888
hfinfo@hcmlp.com