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EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

EXECUTION VERSION 
 AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO SENIOR 
 SECURED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT 

This AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this “Amendment”), dated as of December 19, 2014, is made with respect to the Senior Secured
Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2014 (as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among FIDUS INVESTMENT CORPORATION, a Maryland
corporation (the “Borrower”), the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time party to the Credit Agreement as lenders (the “Lenders”), ING CAPITAL LLC, as administrative agent for the Lenders
under the Credit Agreement (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and, solely with respect to Section 2.8, FIDUS INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, INC. (the “Subsidiary
Guarantor”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby). 

W I T N E S S E T H: 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have made certain loans and other extensions of credit to the Borrower; and 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders and the Administrative Agent amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement and the
Lenders signatory hereto and the Administrative Agent have agreed to do so on the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Amendment. 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 
 SECTION I   AMENDMENT TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT 
 Effective as of the First Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
below, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows: 
 (a) Section 6.01(c) is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the
following: 
 “(c) Unsecured Longer-Term Indebtedness, so long as (x) no Default exists at the time of the incurrence thereof (or
immediately after the incurrence thereof) and (y) prior to and immediately after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with each of the covenants set forth in Sections 6.07(a), (b),
(d), (e) and (f) and within five Business Days after the date of such incurrence the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer to such effect;”. 

 (b) Section 6.07(f) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety
with the following: 
 “(f) Unsecured Indebtedness Test. After the Effective Date, at any time when Obligor’s Net Worth is
less than $175,000,000, unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than SBIC Subsidiaries) shall not exceed $50,000,000.” 

(c) Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the word “and” at the end of clause
(d) thereof, (ii) replacing the period at the end of clause (e) thereof with “; and” and (iii) adding the following clause (f) immediately after clause (e) thereof: 

“(f) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to repurchase or redeem Equity Interests of the Borrower up to an aggregate amount equal to
$10,000,000 during such period, so long as on the date of such Restricted Payment and after giving effect thereto: 
 (1) no Default shall
have occurred and be continuing; 
 (2) (x) the Covered Debt Amount does not exceed 80% of the Borrowing Base on the date of such
Restricted Payment and after giving effect thereto, and (y) the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a Borrowing Base Certificate as of such date demonstrating compliance with the foregoing; and 

(3) prior to and immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with each of the covenants
set forth in Sections 6.07(a), (b), (d), (e) and (f) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment and on the date of such Restricted Payment, the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer to such
effect; 
 provided; that such Equity Interests of the Borrower must be repurchased or redeemed at a price less than such Equity
Interests’ net asset value as of the date of such Restricted Payment.” 
 SECTION II   MISCELLANEOUS 

2.1. Conditions to Effectiveness of Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date (the “First Amendment Effective
Date”) on which the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantor have satisfied each of the following conditions precedent (unless a condition shall have been waived in accordance with Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement): 

(a) Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following documents, each of which shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in form and substance: 
 (1) Executed Counterparts: from each party hereto, either
(1) a counterpart of this Amendment signed on behalf of such party or (2) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission or electronic mail of a signed signature page to this
Amendment) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Amendment 

 (2) Corporate Documents. True and complete resolutions of the Board of Directors of each
Obligor approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party or by which it or its assets may be bound as of the First Amendment Effective Date, certified as of the
First Amendment Effective Date by its secretary or an assistant secretary as being are in full force and effect without modification or amendment. 

(3) Other Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents, instruments, certificates, opinions and
information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. 
 2.2. Representations
and Warranties. To induce the other parties hereto to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders that, as of the First Amendment Effective Date and after giving effect to
this Amendment: 
 (a) This Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantor, and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms. The Credit Agreement, as amended by the Amendment, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Borrower enforceable in accordance with its terms. 
 (b) The representations and warranties set forth in the Credit Agreement as amended by
this Amendment and the representations and warranties in each other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects (other than any representation or warranty already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be
true and correct is all respects) on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date or as to any such representations and warranties that refer to a specific date, as of such specific date, with the same effect as though made on and as of the First
Amendment Effective Date. 
 (c) No Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing under the Credit Agreement. 

2.3. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall
constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Amendment constitutes the entire contract between and among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all previous
agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by telecopy or electronic mail shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Amendment. 
 2.4. Payment of Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay and reimburse the Administrative Agent for all of its reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Amendment, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of legal counsel to the Administrative Agent, (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the
allocated costs of internal counsel). 

 2.5. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK. 
 2.6. Incorporation of Certain Provisions. The provisions of Sections 9.01, 9.07, 9.09, 9.10 and 9.12 of the Credit Agreement
are hereby incorporated by reference with respect to Section I. 
 2.7. Effect of Amendment. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment
shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Borrower or the Subsidiary Guarantor under the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document, and, except as expressly set forth herein, shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the other terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle any Person to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of,
any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances. This Amendment shall apply and be effective only with respect to the provisions
amended herein of the Credit Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein” or words of similar import shall
mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment and each reference in any other Loan Document shall mean the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document. 

2.8. Consent and Affirmation. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, by its execution hereof, each of the Borrower and the Subsidiary
Guarantor hereby to the extent applicable as of the First Amendment Effective Date (a) consents to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) agrees that the Guarantee and Security Agreement and each of the other Security
Documents is in full force and effect, (c) confirms its guarantee (solely in the case of the Subsidiary Guarantor) and affirms its obligations under the Guarantee and Security Agreement and confirms its grant of a security interest in its
assets as Collateral for the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Security Agreement), and (d) acknowledges and affirms that such guarantee and/or grant is in full force and effect in respect of, and to secure, the Secured
Obligations. 
 [Signature pages follow] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and
delivered as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	 FIDUS INVESTMENT CORPORATION,

as Borrower

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Shelby Sherard

		 	Name: Shelby Sherard
		 	Title: Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
	
	 FIDUS INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, INC.,

as Subsidiary Guarantor

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Shelby Sherard

		 	Name: Shelby Sherard
		 	Title: Secretary

 
			
	ING CAPITAL LLC, as Administrative Agent and a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Patrick Frisch

		 	Name: Patrick Frisch
		 	Title: Managing Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kunduck Moon

		 	Name: Kunduck Moon
		 	Title: Managing DirectorEX-10.2

 Exhibit 10.2 

EXECUTION VERSION 
  

 
  

INCREMENTAL COMMITMENT AGREEMENT 

dated as of December 19, 2014, 

made by 
 THE INCREASING LENDER
PARTY HERETO, 
 as the Increasing Lender 

relating to the 
 SENIOR SECURED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT 
 dated as of June 16, 2014, 

among 
 FIDUS INVESTMENT
CORPORATION, 
 as Borrower, 

The Lenders Parties Thereto, 
 and

 ING CAPITAL LLC, 
 as
Administrative Agent, Arranger and Bookrunner 
  
  

 

 INCREMENTAL COMMITMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of
December 19, 2014 and effective as of the Effective Date, by and among FIDUS INVESTMENT CORPORATION (the “Borrower”), FIDUS INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, INC. (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”) ING CAPITAL LLC, in its
capacity as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the financial institution listed on Schedule 1 hereto, as the increasing lender (the “Increasing Lender”), relating to the SENIOR SECURED REVOLVING
CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of June 16, 2014 (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the several banks and other
financial institutions or entities from time to time party to the Credit Agreement. 
 A. The Borrower has requested that the Increasing
Lender provide an additional Commitment on and as of the Effective Date (as defined below) in an aggregate amount equal to the amount set forth opposite such Increasing Lender’s name on Schedule 1 (each, an “Incremental
Commitment”) pursuant to Section 2.06(f) of the Credit Agreement. 
 B. The Increasing Lender is willing to make its
Incremental Commitment on and as of the Effective Date on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Credit Agreement. 

Accordingly, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 SECTION 1. Defined Terms; Interpretation; Etc. Capitalized
terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. The rules of construction set forth in Section 1.03 of the Credit Agreement shall apply equally to this Agreement. This Agreement shall be
a “Loan Document” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. 
 SECTION 2. Incremental
Commitment. (a) Pursuant to Section 2.06(f) of the Credit Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Increasing Lender hereby agrees to make its Incremental Commitment to the Borrower effective on and as of the
Effective Date. The Incremental Commitment of the Increasing Lender shall constitute an additional “Commitment” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. 

(b) The terms of the Incremental Commitment shall be the same as the other Commitments made under the Credit Agreement. 

(c) On the Effective Date, in connection with the adjustments to any outstanding Loans and participation interests contemplated by
Section 2.06(f)(iv) of the Credit Agreement, if the Increasing Lender is notified by the Administrative Agent the Increasing Lender shall make a payment to the Administrative Agent, for account of the other Lenders, in an amount calculated by
the Administrative Agent in accordance with such section, so that after giving effect to such payment and to the distribution thereof to 

 
the other Lenders in accordance with such section, the Loans are held ratably by the Lenders in accordance with the respective Commitments of such Lenders (after giving effect to the Incremental
Commitment and any other Commitment Increases, if any, occurring on the Effective Date). 
 SECTION 3. Conditions Precedent to
Incremental Commitment. This Agreement, and the Incremental Commitment of the Increasing Lender, shall become effective on and as of the Business Day (the “Effective Date”) occurring on which the following conditions precedent
have been satisfied: 
 (a) the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Agreement that, when taken together, bear the
signatures of the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and each Increasing Lender; 
 (b) on the Effective Date,
each of the conditions set forth or referred to in Section 2.06(f)(i) of the Credit Agreement shall be satisfied, and pursuant to Section 2.06(f)(ii)(x) of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of
a duly authorized officer of the Borrower dated the Effective Date certifying as to the foregoing; 
 (c) the Administrative Agent shall
have received all fees due to the Administrative Agent on the date hereof pursuant to any outstanding fee letters by and between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent; 

(d) the Increasing Lender shall have received all fees due to it on the date hereof; 

(e) the Administrative Agent shall have received for the account of the Lenders the amounts, if any, payable under Section 2.13 of the
Credit Agreement as a result of the adjustments of Borrowings pursuant to Section 2(c) of this Agreement; and 
 (f) the Administrative
Agent shall have received all other documented fees and expenses related to this Agreement owing on the Effective Date. 
 SECTION 4.
Representations and Warranties of the Borrower. To induce the other parties hereto to enter into this Agreement, the Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Increasing Lender that, as of the date hereof and as of
the Effective Date: 
 (a) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors, and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law). 

  
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 (b) Each of the representations and warranties made by the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors
in or pursuant to the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects as if made on such date (except to the extent they relate specifically to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such
earlier date, and unless a representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or by Material Adverse Effect, in which case it is true and correct in all respects). 

(c) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof or on the Effective Date or shall result from the
Incremental Commitment. 
 SECTION 5. Payoff. 

(a) If the Increasing Lender’s Commitments under the Credit Agreement are greater than $40,000,000 on March 30, 2015, then the
Borrower agrees (by 11:00 a.m., New York time, on March 31, 2015) to prepay (to the extent applicable) the Loans made by the Increasing Lender in an amount sufficient to reduce the Increasing Lender’s funded Commitments to a maximum amount
equal to $40,000,000 on such date and, immediately following such prepayment (or if no such prepayment is required, by 11:00 a.m., New York time, on March 31, 2015), reduce the Increasing Lender’s Commitments in accordance with
Section 2.06 of the Credit Agreement so that the aggregate amount of the Increasing Lender’s Commitments are equal to $40,000,000 no later than three Business Days after March 31, 2015. 

(b) If the Increasing Lender’s Commitments under the Credit Agreement are greater than $30,000,000 on June 29, 2015, then the
Borrower agrees (by 11:00 a.m., New York time, on June 30, 2015) to prepay (to the extent applicable) the Loans made by the Increasing Lender in an amount sufficient to reduce the Increasing Lender’s funded Commitments to a maximum amount
equal to $30,000,000 on such date and, immediately following such prepayment (or if no such prepayment is required, by 11:00 a.m., New York time, on June 30, 2015), reduce the Increasing Lender’s Commitments in accordance with
Section 2.06 of the Credit Agreement so that the aggregate amount of the Increasing Lender’s Commitments are equal to $30,000,000 no later than three Business Days after June 30, 2015. 

(c) Unless otherwise agreed by the Increasing Lender, the Borrower agrees not to increase the Commitments in accordance with
Section 2.06(f) of the Credit Agreement prior to July 1, 2015 unless the Increasing Lender’s Commitments are equal to or less than $30,000,000. 

SECTION 6. Consent and Reaffirmation. (a) The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby consent to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, (b) the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors agree that, notwithstanding the effectiveness of this Agreement, the Guarantee and Security Agreement and each of the other Security Documents continue to be in full force and
effect, (c) the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors acknowledge that the terms “Revolving Credit Agreement Obligations,” “Guaranteed Obligations” and “Secured Obligations” (each as defined in the Guarantee

  
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and Security Agreement) include any and all Loans made now or in the future by the Increasing Lender in respect of its Incremental Commitment and all interest and other amounts owing in respect
thereof under the Loan Documents (including all interest and expenses accrued or incurred subsequent to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding with respect to the Borrower, whether or not such interest or expenses are allowed as
a claim in such proceeding), and (d) the Subsidiary Guarantors confirm their guarantee of the Guaranteed Obligations and the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors confirm their grant of a security interest in their assets as Collateral for the
Secured Obligations, all as provided in the Loan Documents as originally executed (and amended prior to the Effective Date and supplemented hereby). 

SECTION 7. Notices. All notices hereunder shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.01 of the Credit
Agreement. 
 SECTION 8. Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement in accordance with the Credit Agreement, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one outside counsel for the Administrative Agent. 

SECTION 9. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by
facsimile or electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. 
 SECTION 10.
Applicable Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process; Other. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK. THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 9.09 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT (AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE IX OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT) ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. 

SECTION 11. Headings. The headings of this Agreement are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof. 
 SECTION 12. No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended to be solely for the benefit of the parties
hereto and is not intended to confer any benefits upon, or create any rights in favor of, any other person or entity. No person or entity other than the parties hereto shall have any rights under or be entitled to rely upon this Agreement. 

SECTION 13. Acknowledgment and Consent. The Administrative Agent hereby acknowledges that it has received notice pursuant to
Section 2.06(f)(i) of the Credit Agreement within the time period required thereunder. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered by their proper and duly authorized representatives as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	 FIDUS INVESTMENT CORPORATION,

as Borrower

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Shelby Sherard

	Name: Shelby Sherard
	Title: Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
	
	 FIDUS INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, INC.,

as Subsidiary Guarantor

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Shelby Sherard

	Name: Shelby Sherard
	Title: Secretary

 
			
	ING CAPITAL LLC, as Administrative Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Patrick Frisch

	Name: Patrick Frisch, CFA
	Title: Managing Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kunduck Moon

	Name: Kunduck Moon
	Title: Managing Director

 
			
	ING CAPITAL LLC, as Increasing Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Patrick Frisch

	Name: Patrick Frisch
	Title: Managing Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kunduck Moon

	Name: Kunduck Moon
	Title: Managing Director

 SCHEDULE 1 

INCREASING LENDER 
  

			
	Increasing Lender	  	Incremental Commitment Amount
	 ING Capital LLC
	  	$20,000,000

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