Company: ECC-PD
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: 40-APP/A
Source: 0001104659-25-042630
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Company: Eagle Point Credit Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: 40-APP/A
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I.Summary of application

The following entities hereby request an order
(the “Order”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or “Commission”)
under Section 57(i) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”),
and Rule 17d-1, permitting certain joint transactions otherwise prohibited by Sections 17(d) and 57(a)(4) of the 1940 Act
and Rule 17d-1 thereunder. The Order would supersede the exemptive order issued by the Commission on March 17, 2015 (the “Prior
Order”) that was granted pursuant to Section 17(d) and Rule 17d-1, with the result that no person will
continue to rely on the Prior Order if the Order is granted.

| · | Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. (“ECC”), a closed-end management investment 
 company registered under the 1940 Act;                                      |

| · | Eagle Point Income Company Inc. (“EIC”), a closed-end management investment 
 company registered under the 1940 Act;                                      |

| · | Eagle Point Institutional Income Fund (“EPIIF”), a closed-end management investment 
 company registered under the 1940 Act;                                              |

| · | Eagle Point Enhanced Income Trust (“EPEIT”), a closed-end management investment 
 company registered under the 1940 Act;                                          |

| · | Eagle Point Defensive Income Trust (“EPDIT” together with ECC, EIC, EPIIF and                                
 EPEIT, the “Existing Regulated Funds”), a closed-end management investment company registered under the 1940 
 Act;                                                                                                         |

| · | Eagle Point Credit Management LLC (“EPCM”), the investment adviser to ECC, EPIIF                       
 and each of the Existing Affiliated Funds (as defined below), on behalf of itself and its successors;3 |

| · | Eagle Point Income Management LLC (“EPIM”), the investment adviser to EIC on 
 behalf of itself and its successors;                                         |

| · | Eagle Point Enhanced Income Management LLC (“EPEIM”), the investment adviser 
 to EPEIT on behalf of itself and its successors;                             |

| · | Eagle Point Defensive Income Management LLC (“EPDIM,” and collectively with                                  
 EPCM,