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Vivek Mathew

Trustee, Chief Executive Officer and President

Mr. Mathew is our Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of our Board of Trustees and holds similar positions for Antares Strategic Credit Fund. Mr. Mathew is senior managing director and head of Asset Management for Antares Capital and is a member of the Antares Capital Executive Committee. He also is president of Antares Capital Credit and Antares Capital Advisers LLC (“Antares Capital Advisers”) and a member of the Antares Capital Advisers and Antares Capital Credit Investment Committees. Prior to joining Antares Capital, Mr. Mathew was a managing director at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, where he led the Global Primary CLO Business. Previously, Mr. Mathew was a vice president of Structured Finance at Deutsche Bank. Mr. Mathew received an A.B. in Economics from Harvard University. He has 24 years of industry experience and joined Antares Capital in May 2016. Mr. Mathew also serves as an interested trustee on the board of Antares Strategic Credit Fund.

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Tyler Lindblad

Trustee and Vice President

Mr. Lindblad is a Trustee and Vice President of the Fund and holds similar positions for Antares Strategic Credit Fund. Mr. Lindblad was one of the founding partners of Antares Capital Corporation, which was acquired by GE Capital in 2005. GE Capital is predecessor in interest to Antares Capital. Mr. Lindblad is senior managing director and chief investment officer of Antares Capital. He is a member of the Antares Capital Advisers and Antares Capital Credit Investment Committees and the Antares Capital Executive Committee. Mr. Lindblad also is a vice president of Antares Capital Advisers and Antares Capital Credit. Prior to joining Antares Capital, Mr. Lindblad was a senior credit executive of lending for GE Capital’s commercial lending business in North America, where he was responsible for leading the underwriting, account management, portfolio management and risk management processes. While at GE Capital, he also served as chief risk officer of specialized finance and chief credit officer of Telecommunications, Media and Technology. Prior to forming Antares Capital Corporation, Mr. Lindblad held several roles at Heller Financial, Inc. Mr. Lindblad received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He has 38 years of industry experience, including 27 years with Antares Capital and its predecessors in interest. Mr. Lindblad also serves as an interested trustee on the board of Antares Strategic Credit Fund.

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Monica Kelsey

Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

Ms. Kelsey is Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Ms. Kelsey also serves as Chief Financial Officer of Antares Capital and is a member of the Antares Capital Executive Committee. She is responsible for Antares’ Finance function. Prior to joining Antares in 2022, Ms. Kelsey was managing director and chief financial officer at Madison Capital Funding LLC, a company with whom she held various positions between 2022 and 2004. Previously, she was executive director, head of global finance at UBS Global Asset Management. Ms. Kelsey began her career with the audit firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Ms. Kelsey earned a B.S. in Accounting/Computer Information Systems from Murray State University and an MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management. She has more than 31 years of industry experience.

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Malvika Gupta

Chief Compliance Officer

Ms. Gupta is chief compliance officer of the Fund and Antares Strategic Credit Fund. Ms. Gupta is also Senior Regulatory Counsel at Antares Capital LP. Her practice focuses on Advisers Act and 1940 Act issues. Ms. Gupta has in-depth experience in regulatory matters and litigation involving the asset management industry, including how securities laws interact with ERISA. Prior to joining Antares Capital LP, Ms. Gupta served as an Attorney-Adviser and Senior Examiner in the SEC’s Private Funds Unit (PFU), where she specialized in the ERISA issues facing managers under exam. She has also worked at the U.S. Department of Labor’s EBSA on civil and criminal investigations. Her industry experience includes Merrill Lynch and Lehman, where she provided legal services regarding derivatives and other financial products. Malvika graduated from CUNY School of Law at Queens College and received her Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy from SUNY at Geneseo College.

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Steve Rubinstein

Vice President

Mr. Rubinstein is a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager within the Asset Management team at Antares Capital and is part of the Investment Team responsible for managing the Fund’s portfolio. Prior to joining the Asset Management team, Steve was most recently a Managing Director on the Junior Capital team where he was responsible for screening, underwriting and managing the unitranche and junior capital portfolio. Additionally, Steve serves as a member of the Antares’ Liquid Credit Investment Committee. Steve joined Antares in 2008 from Merrill Lynch Capital where he began his career and was responsible for structuring and underwriting sponsor-backed leverage finance transactions. Steve graduated with a degree in finance from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and earned his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

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Andrew Packer

Corporate Secretary

Mr. Packer has over 25 years of legal experience both in-house and at premier law firms. He currently serves as Chief Corporate Counsel for Antares Capital, where his legal responsibilities include representing the company and its affiliates with respect to corporate governance, board and committee matters, corporate finance, executive compensation, tax, finance, strategic initiatives, and other matters. Prior to Antares, Andrew served as senior counsel at GE Antares, where he focused on lending transactions and joint ventures, including the Senior Secured Loan Program and the Middle Market Growth Program. Previously, he held roles at Heller Financial Inc. and Altheimer & Gray after beginning his legal career with Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. Andrew holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a JD degree from the University of Illinois.

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Jim Van Pelt

Treasurer

Mr. Van Pelt is the Treasurer of the Fund and of Antares Capital. Prior to joining Antares Capital in 2016, he was a senior vice president, treasury at Golub Capital. Previously, he was vice president of structured finance at Antares Capital and was also an associate at Heller Financial, Inc. Mr. Van Pelt received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.