BCX vs MAIN

BlackRock Resources

Blackrock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. It is co-managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC and BlackRock International Limited. The fund invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating in the commodities or natural resources sectors. The fund also invests through derivatives with exposure to commodity or natural resources companies, with an emphasis on option writing. Blackrock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust was formed on March 30, 2011 and is domiciled in the United States.

Main Street Capital Corporation

Main Street Capital Corporation is a private equity firm specializes in equity capital to lower middle market companies. The firm also provides debt capital to middle market companies for acquisitions, management buyouts, growth financings, recapitalizations and refinancing. The firm seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides "one stop" financing alternatives within its lower middle market portfolio. The firm typically invests in lower middle market companies generally with annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million. The firm's middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies. It makes majority and minority equity investments. Main Street Capital Corporation was founded in 2007 and is based in Houston, Texas.