Garrison Capital Inc., a business development company, announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration ("SBA") has issued a "green light" letter inviting Garrison Capital Inc. to proceed with an application to obtain a license to form and operate a Small Business Investment Company ("SBIC") subsidiary. If approved, an SBIC license would be expected to provide Garrison Capital Inc. with an incremental source of long-term financing.

Receipt of a green light letter from the SBA does not assure an applicant that the SBA will ultimately issue an SBIC license and Garrison Capital Inc. has received no assurance or indication from the SBA that it will receive an SBIC license, or of the timeframe in which it would receive a license, should one ultimately be granted.

Garrison Capital Inc. is a business development company that primarily invests in loans to U.S. based middle-market companies. The company’s investment activities are managed by its investment adviser, Garrison Capital Advisers LLC, an affiliate of Garrison Investment Group LP.

Garrison Investment Group is an alternative investment and asset management firm founded in March 2007 by Steven Stuart and Joseph Tansey. Garrison Investment Group invests opportunistically in the debt of middle-market companies, primarily in the areas of corporate finance, real estate finance and structured finance.