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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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SCHEDULE 14A
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PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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OXFORD SQUARE CAPITAL CORP.
8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830

July 14, 2023

Dear Stockholder:

You are cordially invited to attend the 2023 Annual Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of Stockholders of Oxford Square Capital Corp. (the “Company,” “OXSQ,” “we,” “us” or “our”) to be held on August 25, 2023 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, in the second floor conference room of the Company’s corporate headquarters located at 8 Sound Shore Drive, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830. Stockholders of record of the Company at the close of business on June 30, 2023 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Details of the business to be conducted at the Annual Meeting are provided in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting and 2023 Proxy Statement.

It is very important that your shares be represented at the Annual Meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend, we hope you will vote as soon as possible. If you are unable to participate at the Annual Meeting, we urge you to follow the instructions on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials to vote your proxy on the Internet. We encourage you to vote via the Internet, as it saves us significant time and processing costs. However, on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, you will also find instructions on how to request a hard copy of the proxy statement and proxy card free of charge and you may vote your proxy by returning your proxy card to us after you request the hard copy materials. Returning the proxy or voting by Internet or telephone does not deprive you of your right to attend the Annual Meeting and to vote your shares in person.

We reserve the right to reconsider the date, time, and/or means of convening the Annual Meeting, including holding the Annual Meeting by means of remote communications. If we take this step, we will announce the decision to do so in advance, and details on how to participate in the meeting will be issued by press release and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as additional proxy material. We urge you to retain your control or proxy voting number after you vote in case changes are made to the meeting format and such information is again required.

We look forward to seeing you at the Annual Meeting. Your vote and participation, no matter how many or how few shares you own, are very important to us.

		Sincerely yours,
		Jonathan H. Cohen
		Chief Executive Officer

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OXFORD SQUARE CAPITAL CORP.
8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
(203) 983-5275

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NOTICE OF 2023 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

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To be held in the second floor conference room
of the Company’s corporate headquarters, located at
8 Sound Shore Drive,
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830

August 25, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time

To the Stockholders of Oxford Square Capital Corp.:

The 2023 Annual Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of Stockholders of Oxford Square Capital Corp. (the “Company,” “OXSQ,” “we,” “us” or “our”) will be held in the second floor conference room of the Company’s corporate headquarters located at 8 Sound Shore Drive, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830, on August 25, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, for the following purposes:

1. To vote on the election of two directors of the Company to each serve for a term of three years, or until his respective successor is duly elected and qualified;

2. To vote on a proposal to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023; and

3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements.

OXSQ’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, INCLUDING ALL THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE:

• “FOR” THE COMPANY’S DIRECTOR NOMINEES DESCRIBED IN THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY STATEMENT, AND

• “FOR” THE PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE COMPANY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2023.

Information about the nominees of the Board of Directors for election as directors of the Company is provided in the accompanying proxy statement.

The following information applicable to the Annual Meeting may be found in the proxy statement and accompanying proxy card:

• The date, time and location of the meeting;

• A list of the matters intended to be acted on and our recommendations regarding those matters;

• Any control/identification numbers that you need to access your proxy card; and

• Information about attending the meeting and voting in person.

You have the right to receive notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting if you were a stockholder of record at the close of business on June 30, 2023. We are furnishing the proxy statement and proxy card to our stockholders on the Internet, available at https://www.proxy-direct.com/oxf-33362, rather than mailing printed copies of those materials

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to each stockholder. If you received a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials by mail, you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy statement and proxy card unless you request them. Instead, the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials will instruct you as to how you may access and review the proxy statement, and vote your proxy, on the Internet. You may request hard copy proxy materials at no charge to you by following the instructions provided in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials.

Whether or not you expect to be present in person at the Annual Meeting, and whatever the number of shares you own, you are requested to vote in accordance with the voting instructions in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, or by requesting hard copy proxy materials from us and returning a proxy card so that you may be represented at the Annual Meeting. Please note, however, that if you wish to vote in person at the meeting and your shares are held of record by a broker, bank, trustee, or nominee, you must obtain a “legal” proxy issued in your name from that record holder. In the event there are not sufficient votes for a quorum or to approve or ratify any of the foregoing proposals at the time of the Annual Meeting, the Annual Meeting may be adjourned in order to permit further solicitation of proxies by the Company.

We are not aware of any other business, or any other nominees for election as directors, that may properly be brought before the Annual Meeting. Thank you for your continued support of Oxford Square Capital Corp.

		By Order of the Board of Directors,
		Steven P. Novak
		Chairman

Greenwich, Connecticut
July 14, 2023

This is a very important meeting. To ensure proper representation at the Annual Meeting, please follow the instructions on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials to vote your proxy via the Internet or request, complete, sign, date and return a proxy card. Even if you vote your shares prior to the Annual Meeting, if you are a record holder of shares, or a beneficial holder who obtains “legal” proxy from your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee, you still may attend the Annual Meeting and vote your shares in person.

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		Page
PROXY STATEMENT		1
General		1
Annual Meeting Information		1
Date and Location		1
Attendance		1
Availability of Proxy and Annual Meeting Materials		2
Purpose of Annual Meeting		2
Voting Information		2
General		2
Record Date and Voting Securities		2
Quorum Required		2
Submitting Voting Instructions for Shares Held Through a Broker, Bank, Trustee, or Nominee		3
Discretionary Voting		3
Authorizing a Proxy for Shares Held in Your Name		3
Receipt of Multiple Proxy Cards		3
Revoking Your Proxy		4
Vote Required		4
Participants in the Solicitation of Proxies		4
Information Regarding This Solicitation		4

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT		5

PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS		7
Information About the Nominees and Directors		7
Information About Executive Officers Who Are Not Directors		11
Board Leadership Structure		12
Board’s Role In Risk Oversight		12
Transactions with Related Persons		13
Investment Advisory Agreement Subject to Annual Approval by the Independent Directors		15
Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Persons		16
Corporate Governance		17
Corporate Governance Documents		17
Director Independence		17
Evaluation		17
Communication with the Board of Directors		17
Committees of the Board of Directors		18
Audit Committee		18
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee		19
Valuation Committee		20
Compensation Committee		20
Code of Ethics		20
Compensation of Executive Officers		21
Compensation of Directors		21

PROPOSAL 2: RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR		22
Independent Auditor’s Fees		22
Required Vote		22
Audit Committee Report		23

OTHER MATTERS		25
Stockholder Proposals		25
Other Business		25
Delivery of Proxy Materials		25
Available Information		25

PRIVACY NOTICE		27

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OXFORD SQUARE CAPITAL CORP.
8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
(203) 983-5275

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PROXY STATEMENT
2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

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General

This proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”) of Oxford Square Capital Corp. (the “Company,” “OXSQ,” “we,” “us” or “our”) for use at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held on August 25, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, in the second floor conference room of the Company’s corporate headquarters located at 8 Sound Shore Drive, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830, and at any postponements or adjournments thereof. This Proxy Statement, the Notice of 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and the Annual Report of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2022 are being provided to the stockholders of OXSQ via the Internet at https://www.proxy-direct.com/oxf-33362 on or about July 14, 2023. In addition, a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials is being sent to stockholders of record of OXSQ on or about July 14, 2023.

We encourage you to vote your shares, either by voting in person at the Annual Meeting or by granting a proxy (i.e., authorizing someone to vote your shares). If you provide voting instructions, either via the Internet, by telephone or by mail, and the Company receives them in time for the Annual Meeting, the persons named as proxies will vote your shares in the manner that you specified.

Annual Meeting Information

Date and Location

We will hold the Annual Meeting in the second floor conference room of the Company’s corporate headquarters located at 8 Sound Shore Drive, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830, on August 25, 2023 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time.

We reserve the right to reconsider the date, time, and/or means of convening the Annual Meeting, including holding the Annual Meeting by means of remote communications. If we take this step, we will announce the decision to do so in advance, and details on how to participate in the meeting will be issued by press release and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as additional proxy material. We urge you to retain your control or proxy voting number after you vote in case changes are made to the meeting format and such information is again required.

Attendance

You are entitled to attend the Annual Meeting only if you were a stockholder of OXSQ as of the close of business on the record date for the Annual Meeting, which is June 30, 2023 (the “Record Date”), or you hold a valid proxy for the Annual Meeting. You must present valid photo identification, such as a driver’s license or passport, for admittance. If you are not a stockholder of record of the Company but hold shares as a beneficial owner in street name, in order to attend the Annual Meeting you must also provide proof of beneficial ownership, such as your most recent account statement prior to the Record Date, a copy of the voting instruction form provided by your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee, or other similar evidence of ownership of shares of the Company.

Since seating is limited, admission to the Annual Meeting will be on a first-come, first-served basis. If you do not comply with the procedures outlined above, you will not be admitted to the Annual Meeting. For security reasons, you and your bags will be subject to search prior to your admittance to the Annual Meeting.

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Availability of Proxy and Annual Meeting Materials

This Proxy Statement, the Notice of 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and the accompanying Annual Report of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 are available at https://www.proxy-direct.com/oxf-33362.

Purpose of Annual Meeting

At the Annual Meeting, you will be asked to vote on the following proposals:

		Proposal 1 —		To elect two directors to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his respective successor is duly elected and qualified;
		Proposal 2 —		To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023; and

To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements.

Voting Information

General

OXSQ’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, INCLUDING ALL THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE:

• “FOR” OXSQ’s DIRECTOR NOMINEES DESCRIBED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT (PROPOSAL 1), AND

• “FOR” THE PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR OXSQ FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2023 (PROPOSAL 2).

Record Date and Voting Securities

You may vote your shares of the Company’s common stock, in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting only if you were a stockholder of record at the close of business on the Record Date. All shares of the Company’s common stock have equal voting rights and are the only class of voting securities outstanding. On the Record Date, there were 56,395,751 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding. Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote.

Quorum Required

A quorum must be present at the Annual Meeting for any business to be conducted. The presence at the Annual Meeting, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the shares of common stock outstanding on the Record Date, or 28,197,876 shares of the Company’s common stock, will constitute a quorum. Abstentions will be treated as shares present for quorum purposes. Shares for which brokers have not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares and do not have discretionary authority to vote on a proposal at the Annual Meeting (which are considered “Broker Non-Votes” with respect to such proposal) will be treated as shares present for quorum purposes. However, abstentions and Broker Non-Votes are not counted as votes cast. If a quorum is not present, the Annual Meeting may be adjourned pursuant to the provisions of the Company’s bylaws until a quorum is present. The persons named as proxies will vote those proxies for such adjournment, unless marked to be voted against any proposal for which an adjournment is sought, to permit the further solicitation of proxies.

Voting Your Shares

If you are the record holder of your shares, you may vote by submitting your proxy by telephone, over the Internet, by mail, or in person at the Annual Meeting.

• You may vote your shares by telephone or over the Internet by following the instructions set forth on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. We encourage you to vote via the Internet, as it saves us significant time and processing costs.

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• If you request hard copies of the Proxy Statement and proxy card, you may vote by mail by completing, dating and signing the proxy card and promptly mailing it in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. You do not need to put a stamp on the enclosed envelope if you mail it in the United States. The shares you own will be voted according to the instructions on the proxy card you mail. If you return the proxy card, but do not give any instructions on a particular matter described in this Proxy Statement, the shares you own will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of our Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the director nominees and FOR the ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.

• If you attend the Annual Meeting and are a registered stockholder, you may vote by completing a ballot available at the Annual Meeting, or, if you requested a hard copy of the proxy card, by delivering your completed proxy card in person at the Annual Meeting.

Submitting Voting Instructions for Shares Held Through a Broker, Bank, Trustee, or Nominee

If you hold shares of the Company’s common stock through a broker, bank, trustee, or nominee (“Broker Securities”), you must follow the voting instructions you receive from your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee. If you hold Broker Securities and you want to vote in person at the Annual Meeting, you must obtain a legal proxy from the record holder of your shares and present it at the Annual Meeting. Please instruct your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee so your vote can be counted.

Discretionary Voting

Pursuant to New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) Rule 452 and the corresponding Listed Company Manual Section 402.08, discretionary voting by banks or brokers of Broker Securities is generally prohibited, subject to the exceptions as discussed in this paragraph. If you do not give instructions to your bank or broker within ten days of the Annual Meeting, the bank or broker may vote Broker Securities with respect to matters that the NYSE determines to be “routine,” but will not be permitted to vote your Broker Securities with respect to “non-routine” items. At the Annual Meeting, brokers will have discretionary authority to vote shares on the ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm (Proposal 2), which is the only routine proposal to be presented at the meeting. However, when a matter to be voted on at a stockholder’s meeting is the subject of a contested solicitation, brokers do not have discretion to vote Broker Securities on any matters at the Annual Meeting, to the extent they have provided you with the opposition party’s proxy materials. When a bank or broker has not received instructions from the beneficial owners of Broker Securities or persons entitled to vote any Broker Securities, and the bank or broker cannot vote on a particular matter because it is not “routine,” then there is a “broker non-vote” on that matter. Broker non-votes will be counted in determining whether there is a quorum for the Annual Meeting but are not counted for purposes of determining whether a “non-routine” proposal has been approved and thus, have no effect on the outcome.

Please note that to be sure your vote is counted on all of the proposals to be considered at the Annual Meeting, including the election of directors, you should instruct your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee how to vote any Broker Securities. If you do not provide voting instructions, votes may not be cast on your behalf with respect to those “non-routine” matters.

Authorizing a Proxy for Shares Held in Your Name

If you are a record holder of shares of the Company’s common stock, you may authorize a proxy to vote on your behalf by following the instructions provided on the enclosed proxy card. Authorizing your proxy will not limit your right to vote in person at the Annual Meeting. A properly completed and submitted proxy will be voted in accordance with your instructions, unless you subsequently revoke your instructions. If you authorize a proxy without indicating your voting instructions, the proxyholder will vote your shares according to the Board’s recommendations. Internet and telephone voting procedures are designed to authenticate the stockholder’s identity and to allow stockholders to vote their shares and confirm that their instructions have been properly recorded. Your telephone or Internet vote authorizes the named proxies to vote your shares in the same manner as if you had marked, signed and returned a proxy card.

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Receipt of Multiple Proxy Cards

Many of our stockholders hold their shares in more than one account and may receive separate proxy cards or voting instruction forms for each of those accounts. To ensure that all of your shares are represented at the Annual Meeting, we recommend that you vote every proxy card you receive.

Revoking Your Proxy

If you are a “stockholder of record” (i.e., you hold shares directly in your name), you may revoke a proxy at any time before it is exercised by: (i) submitting a later-dated proxy that we receive no later than the conclusion of voting at the Annual Meeting; or (ii) voting in person at the Annual Meeting. If you hold Broker Securities, you must follow the instructions you receive from them in order to revoke your voting instructions. Attending the Annual Meeting does not revoke your proxy unless you also vote in person at the Annual Meeting. Stockholders have no dissenters’ or appraisal rights in connection with any of the proposals described herein.

Vote Required

Proposal 1 — Election of Directors. A plurality of all votes cast at a meeting of stockholders duly called and at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient to elect a director. Stockholders may not cumulate their votes. If you vote “Withhold” with respect to OXSQ’s Board nominees, your shares will not be voted with respect to the person indicated. Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes, if any, will not be included in determining the number of votes cast and, as a result, will have no effect on this proposal. This proposal is considered a “non-routine matter”; accordingly, brokers cannot vote on this proposal unless they have received voting instructions from the beneficial owner of Broker Securities.

Proposal 2 — Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy is required to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 (i.e., the number of shares voted “for” the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP exceeds the number of votes “against” the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP). Abstentions, if any, will not be included in determining the number of votes cast and, as a result, will have no effect on this proposal. This proposal is considered a “routine matter”; accordingly, brokers have discretionary authority to vote on this proposal without receiving voting instructions from the beneficial owner of Broker Securities.

Additional Solicitation. If there are not enough votes to approve any proposals at the Annual Meeting, stockholders who are represented may adjourn the Annual Meeting to permit the further solicitation of proxies. The persons named as proxies will vote those proxies for such adjournment, unless marked to be voted against any proposal for which an adjournment is sought, to permit the further solicitation of proxies. Also, a stockholder vote may be taken on one or more of the proposals in this Proxy Statement prior to any such adjournment if there are sufficient votes for approval of such proposal(s).

Participants in the Solicitation of Proxies

Under applicable SEC regulations, the Company, its directors and certain of its executive officers, the officers and employees of Oxford Square Management, LLC (“Oxford Square Management”), the Company’s investment adviser, and the officers and employees of Oxford Funds, LLC (“Oxford Funds”), the Company’s administrator, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from OXSQ’s stockholders in connection with the Annual Meeting. Oxford Square Management and Oxford Funds are both located at 8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255, Greenwich, CT 06830. No additional compensation will be paid to directors, officers or regular employees of the Company, Oxford Square Management or Oxford Funds for soliciting proxies in connection with the Annual Meeting.

Information Regarding This Solicitation

The Board is making this proxy solicitation and the Company will bear the expense of the solicitation of proxies for the Annual Meeting, including the cost of preparing, printing and mailing this Proxy Statement, the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and proxy card. If brokers, trustees, or fiduciaries and other institutions or nominees holding shares in their names, or in the name of their nominees, which are beneficially owned by others, forward the proxy materials to, and obtain proxies from, such beneficial owners, the Company will reimburse such persons for their reasonable expenses in so doing.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth, as of the Record Date, the beneficial ownership of each current director, the director nominees, the Company’s executive officers, each person known to us to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, and the executive officers and directors as a group.

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and includes voting or investment power with respect to the securities. Ownership information for those persons who beneficially own more than 5% of our shares of common stock is based upon Schedule 13D and Schedule 13G filings by such persons with the SEC and other information obtained from such persons, if available.

Unless otherwise indicated, the Company believes that each beneficial owner set forth in the table has sole voting and investment power and has the same address as the Company. The Company’s current address is 8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830.

Name of Beneficial Owner	Number of Shares Beneficially Owned(1)		Percentage of Class(2)
Interested Directors
Jonathan H. Cohen(3)	2,273,591		4.0	%
Charles M. Royce(4)	2,119,795		3.8	%
Independent Directors
Steven P. Novak(5)	30,001		*
Barry A. Osherow	1,863		*
George Stelljes III	34,000		*
Executive Officers
Saul B. Rosenthal(3)	2,057,878		3.6	%
Bruce L. Rubin	10,949		*
Gerald Cummins	—		—
Executive Officers and Directors as a Group	6,526,975	(6)	11.6	%

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* Represents less than one percent

(1) Beneficial ownership has been determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Assumes no other purchases or sales of our common stock since the information most recently available to us as of the Record Date. This assumption has been made under the rules and regulations of the SEC and does not reflect any knowledge that we have with regard to the present intent of the beneficial owners of our common stock listed in this table. Any fractional shares owned directly or beneficially have been rounded down for purposes of this table.

(2) Based on a total of 56,395,751 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding on the Record Date.

(3) Includes 1,102 shares held by Oxford Funds, which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by Messrs. Cohen and Rosenthal by virtue of their ownership interests therein.

(4) Mr. Royce may be deemed to beneficially own 1,727,510 shares held by Royce Family Investments, LLC and 392,285 shares held by Royce Family Fund, Inc. Mr. Royce disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares directly held by Royce Family Fund, Inc. The address for both of these entities is 745 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10151.

(5) Includes 20,001 shares are held by Mr. Novak’s spouse, which Mr. Novak may be deemed to beneficially own.

(6) The 1,102 shares held by Oxford Funds, described in footnote 3 above, are included in the number of shares held by each of Mr. Cohen and Mr. Rosenthal, but are only counted once in the total held by the executive officers and directors as a group.

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Set forth below is the dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned by each of our directors as of the Record Date.

Name of Director		Dollar Range of Equity Securities Beneficially Owned(1)(2)
Interested Directors
Jonathan H. Cohen		Over $100,000
Charles M. Royce		Over $100,000
Independent Directors
Steven P. Novak		$50,001 – $100,000
Barry A. Osherow		$1 – $10,000
George Stelljes III		$50,001 – $100,000

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(1) The dollar ranges are: None, $1 – $10,000, $10,001 – $50,000, $50,001 – $100,000, or Over $100,000.

(2) The dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned is based on the closing price for our common stock of $2.65 on the Record Date on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Beneficial ownership has been determined in accordance with Rule 16a-1(a)(2) of the Exchange Act.

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PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Pursuant to the Company’s bylaws, the number of directors is set at five unless otherwise designated by the Board of Directors. Directors are elected for a staggered term of three years each, with a term of office of one of the three classes of directors expiring each year. Each director will hold office for the term to which he or she is elected or until his or her respective successor is duly elected and qualified.

Mr. Steven P. Novak and Mr. Charles M. Royce have each been unanimously nominated by OXSQ’s Board of Directors, including the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, for election for a three-year term expiring in 2026. Messrs. Novak and Royce are not being proposed for election pursuant to any agreement or understanding between Messrs. Novak and Royce and the Company or any other person or entity.

A stockholder can vote for or withhold his, her or its vote from OXSQ’s Board nominees. In the absence of instructions to the contrary, it is the intention of the persons named as proxies to vote such proxy “FOR” the election of the OXSQ’s nominees named above. If either of OXSQ’s Board nominees should decline or be unable to serve as a director, it is intended that the proxy will vote for the election of such person as is nominated by the Board of Directors as a replacement. OXSQ’s Board of Directors has no reason to believe that the person named above will be unable or unwilling to serve.

This proposal is considered a “non-routine matter” per the NYSE rules and instructions; accordingly, brokers cannot vote on this proposal unless they have received voting instructions from the beneficial owner of Broker Securities.

A plurality of all votes cast at a meeting of stockholders duly called and at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient to elect a director. Stockholders may not cumulate their votes. If you vote “Withhold” with respect to either director nominee, your shares will not be voted with respect to the person indicated. Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes, if any, will not be included in determining the number of votes cast and, as a result, will have no effect on this proposal. This proposal is considered a “non-routine matter”; accordingly, brokers cannot vote on this proposal unless they have received voting instructions from the beneficial owner of Broker Securities.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF EACH OF MR. STEVEN P. NOVAK AND MR. CHARLES M. ROYCE, OXSQ’S NOMINEES NAMED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT.

Information About the Nominees and Directors

As described below under “Committees of the Board of Directors — Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee,” the Board of Directors has identified certain desired talents and experience for director nominees. Each of our directors and the director nominees has demonstrated high character and integrity; the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to be able to offer advice and guidance to our management in light of prevailing business conditions; familiarity with business matters; experience with accounting rules and practices; appreciation of the relationship of our business to the changing needs of society; and the desire to complement the considerable benefit of continuity with the benefit of diverse view points and perspectives. Each of our directors and the director nominees also has sufficient time available to devote to the affairs of the Company, is able to work with the other members of the Board of Directors and contribute to the success of the Company and can represent the long-term interests of the Company’s stockholders as a whole. Our directors and the director nominees have been selected such that the Board of Directors represents a diverse range of backgrounds and experience. All of our directors are encouraged to attend the Annual Meeting.

Certain information, as of the Record Date, with respect to the Company’s director nominees for election at the Annual Meeting, as well as each of the current directors, is set forth below, including their names, ages, a brief description of their recent business experience, including present occupations and employment, certain directorships that each person holds, the year in which each person became a director of the Company, and a discussion of their particular experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that lead us to conclude, as of the Record Date, that such individual should serve as a director of the Company, in light of the Company’s business and structure.

The business address of the nominees and the directors listed below is 8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830.

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Nominee for Director — Term Expiring 2026

Interested Director

Mr. Royce is an interested person as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) due to his ownership of a minority, non-controlling interest in the Company’s investment adviser, Oxford Square Management.

Name and Year First Elected Director		Age		Background Information
Charles M. Royce (2003)		83		Mr. Royce currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Managers of Royce & Associates, LP. Prior to 2017, Mr. Royce served as Chief Executive Officer of Royce & Associates, LP since 1972. He also manages or co-manages six of Royce & Associates, LP’s open- and closed-end registered funds. Mr. Royce’s history with us, familiarity with our investment platform, and extensive knowledge of the financial services industry and the investment valuation process in particular qualify him to serve as a member of our Board of Directors.

Independent Director

Mr. Novak is not an interested person as defined in the 1940 Act.

Name and Year First Elected Director		Age		Background Information
Steven P. Novak (2003)		75		Mr. Novak has extensive capital markets, venture, and public company investing experience. He held senior positions at Harris BankCorp, Sanford C Bernstein & Company (now Alliance Bernstein), Forstmann-Leff & Associates, and Unterberg Harris, before founding Palladio Capital Management LLC, where he managed an investment partnership. In addition to his work in finance, Mr. Novak founded Mederi Therapeutics, where he served as Chairman and CFO, to acquire the assets of Curon Medical. Mr. Novak also founded Quisk, Inc., a software firm that built a next-generation mobile payments platform and served as its Chairman and CEO. Mr. Novak currently serves as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of LMI Group International, Inc., a company that authenticates works of art within a private equity investment model, utilizing both traditional techniques as well as advancing the use of scientific computing in the cultural heritage context. A Chartered Financial Analyst, Mr. Novak is a seasoned Board member at early-stage companies, frequently chairing the Audit Committee. In addition to the aforementioned companies, he served on the Boards of CyberSource, Cytomation, DAKO, and Aperio Technologies, all of which were acquired by other firms. Mr. Novak received a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. Mr. Novak’s financial expertise from his experience as a financial manager and varied roles on the boards of both publicly-traded and privately-held companies qualifies him to serve as chairman of our Board of Directors and provides our Board of Directors with particular technology-related knowledge and the perspective of a knowledgeable corporate leader.

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Current Directors — Term Expiring 2024

Interested Director

Mr. Cohen is an interested person as defined in the 1940 Act due to his position as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Oxford Square Management, the Company’s investment adviser, and as the managing member of Oxford Funds, the managing member of Oxford Square Management.

Name and Year First Elected Director		Age		Background Information
Jonathan H. Cohen (2003)		58		Mr. Cohen has served as Chief Executive Officer of both the Company and Oxford Square Management, and as the managing member of Oxford Funds, since 2003. Mr. Cohen has also served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (NasdaqGS:OXLC), a registered closed-end fund, and as Chief Executive Officer of Oxford Lane Management, since 2010. Since 2023, Mr. Cohen has also served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc., a non-traded registered closed-end fund, and as Chief Executive Officer of Oxford Park Management. Since 2018, Mr. Cohen has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Oxford Gate Management, LLC, or “Oxford Gate Management,” the investment adviser to Oxford Gate Master Fund, LLC, Oxford Gate, LLC and Oxford Gate (Bermuda), LLC (collectively, the “Oxford Gate Funds”), and Oxford Bridge II, LLC. Oxford Bridge II, LLC and the Oxford Gate Funds are private investment funds. Previously, Mr. Cohen managed technology equity research groups at Wit Capital, Merrill Lynch, UBS and Smith Barney. Mr. Cohen received a B.A. in Economics from Connecticut College and an M.B.A. from Columbia University. Mr. Cohen’s depth of experience in managerial positions in investment management, securities research and financial services, as well as his intimate knowledge of our business and operations, gives our Board of Directors valuable industry-specific knowledge and expertise on these and other matters.

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Independent Director

Mr. Stelljes is not an interested person as defined in the 1940 Act.

Name and Year First Elected Director		Age		Background Information
George Stelljes III (2016)		61		Mr. Stelljes is currently the managing partner of St. John’s Capital, LLC, a vehicle used to make private equity investments. From 2001 to 2013, Mr. Stelljes held various senior positions with the Gladstone Companies, including serving as the chief investment officer, president and a director of Gladstone Capital Corporation and Gladstone Investment Corporation, both of which are business development companies, of Gladstone Commercial Corporation, a real estate investment trust, and of their registered investment adviser, Gladstone Management Corporation. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Stelljes was a managing member of Camden Partners, a private equity firm which finances high growth companies in communications, education, healthcare and business services sectors. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Stelljes was a managing director and partner of Columbia Capital, a venture capital firm focused on investments in communications and information technology. From 1989 to 1997, Mr. Stelljes held various positions, including executive vice president and principal, with the Allied Capital companies. From 2001 through 2012, Mr. Stelljes served as a general partner and investment committee member of Patriot Capital and Patriot Capital II, which are private equity funds. Mr. Stelljes is currently the chairman of the board of directors of Bluestone Community Development Fund, a closed-end investment company that operates as an interval fund. He is also a former board member and regional president of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies. Mr. Stelljes holds an MBA from the University of Virginia and a BA in Economics from Vanderbilt University. Mr. Stelljes was selected to serve as a director on our Board of Directors due to his more than twenty-five years of experience in the investment analysis, management, and advisory industries.

Current Director — Term Expiring 2025

Mr. Osherow is not an interested person as defined in the 1940 Act.

Name and Year First Elected Director		Age		Background Information
Barry A. Osherow (2021)		50		Mr. Osherow is currently a partner at Level Equity Management, LLC (“Level Equity”), a private investment firm focused on rapidly growing software and technology-driven businesses, and manages Level Equity’s structured capital business. Prior to joining Level Equity in 2016, Mr. Osherow held various positions with Enhanced Capital Partners, Inc., including Managing Partner and Investment Committee Member of the firm’s SBIC fund and Managing Director and Head of Debt Investments. Prior to that, Mr. Osherow was a member of the founding team of Oxford Square Capital Corp. and served as Principal at Oxford Square Capital Corp. from 2002 to 2008. Previously, Mr. Osherow was an Associate in the Private Equity Group at Wit Capital (which became SoundView Technology Group) focused on raising private equity for technology and Internet businesses and was a member of the founding team in 1996. Mr. Osherow also previously served as Vice President of Business Development at Spring Street Brewing Company and an Associate with Lehman Brothers. He graduated from Babson College with a B.S. with a concentration in International Business. Mr. Osherow was selected to serve as a director on our board of directors due to his more than twenty-five years of experience as a finance executive and extensive credit experience with middle-market companies.

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Information About Executive Officers Who Are Not Directors

The following information, as of the Record Date, pertains to our executive officers who are not directors of the Company.

Name	Age	Background Information
Saul B. Rosenthal	54	Saul B. Rosenthal has served as President since 2004 of the Company and Oxford Square Management and is a member of Oxford Funds. In addition, Mr. Rosenthal has served as President and a Director of Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (NasdaqGS:OXLC), a registered closed-end fund, and as President of Oxford Lane Management, since 2010. Mr. Rosenthal has served as President and a Director of Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc., a registered closed-end fund, and as President of Oxford Lane Management, since 2023. Mr. Rosenthal has also served as President of Oxford Gate Management, the investment adviser to the Oxford Gate Funds, and Oxford Bridge II, LLC, since 2018. Mr. Rosenthal was previously an attorney at the law firm of Shearman & Sterling LLP. Mr. Rosenthal serves on the board of the National Museum of Mathematics. Mr. Rosenthal received a B.S., magna cum laude, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a J.D. from Columbia University Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and a LL.M. (Taxation) from New York University School of Law.
Bruce L. Rubin	63	Mr. Rubin has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, and Corporate Secretary since August 2015. Mr. Rubin has served as the Company’s Controller from 2005 to 2015 and as its Treasurer since 2009. Mr. Rubin has also served as Oxford Lane Capital Corp.’s Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, and Corporate Secretary since August 2015. Mr. Rubin has served as Oxford Lane Capital Corp.’s Controller from 2005 to 2015 and as its Treasurer since 2009. Since 2023, Mr. Rubin has also served as Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer of Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc., a non-traded registered closed-end fund. Mr. Rubin also currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Oxford Lane Management, LLC, Oxford Square Management, LLC, Oxford Park Management, LLC, Oxford Funds and Oxford Gate Management, LLC. From 1995 to 2003, Mr. Rubin was the Assistant Treasurer & Director of Financial Planning of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., the largest physical commodities futures exchange in the world and has extensive experience with Sarbanes-Oxley, treasury operations and SEC reporting requirements. From 1989 to 1995, Mr. Rubin was a manager in financial operations for the American Stock Exchange, where he was primarily responsible for budgeting matters. Mr. Rubin began his career in commercial banking as an auditor primarily of the commercial lending and municipal bond dealer areas. Mr. Rubin received his BBA in Accounting from Hofstra University where he also obtained his M.B.A. in Finance.

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Name		Age		Background Information
Gerald Cummins		68		Mr. Cummins has served as the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer since June 2015 pursuant to an agreement between the Company and ACA Group, a compliance consulting firm. Mr. Cummins also currently serves as the Chief Compliance Officer of Oxford Square Management, Oxford Lane Capital Corp., Oxford Lane Management, LLC, Oxford Funds LLC, and since 2018, Oxford Gate Management, LLC. Mr. Cummins has served as the Chief Compliance Officer of Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc. and Oxford Park Management, LLC, since 2023. Mr. Cummins has been a director of ACA Group since June 2014 and in that capacity he also serves as the Chief Compliance Officer to an unaffiliated private equity firm and three unaffiliated BDCs. Prior to joining ACA Group, Mr. Cummins was a consultant for Barclays Capital Inc. from 2012 to 2013, where he participated in numerous compliance projects on pricing and valuation, compliance assessments, and compliance policy and procedure development. Prior to his consulting work at Barclays, Mr. Cummins was from 2010 to 2011 the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Compliance Officer for BroadArch Capital and from 2009 to 2011 the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer to its predecessor New Castle Funds, a long-short equity asset manager. Prior to that, Mr. Cummins spent 25 years at Bear Stearns Asset Management (BSAM), where he was a Managing Director and held senior compliance, controllers and operations risk positions. Mr. Cummins graduated with a B.A. in Mathematics from Fordham University.

Board Leadership Structure

Our Board of Directors monitors and performs an oversight role with respect to the business and affairs of OXSQ, including with respect to investment practices and performance, compliance with regulatory requirements and the services, expenses and performance of service providers to OXSQ. Among other things, our Board of Directors approves the appointment of our investment adviser and officers, reviews and monitors the services and activities performed by our investment adviser and executive officers, and approves the engagement, and reviews the performance, of our independent registered public accounting firm.

Under our bylaws, our Board of Directors may designate a Chairman to preside over the meetings of our Board of Directors and meetings of the stockholders and to perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by our Board of Directors. Mr. Novak serves as the Chairman of our Board of Directors. Mr. Novak is not an “interested person” of OXSQ as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. We believe that Mr. Novak’s financial expertise from his experience as a financial manager and varied roles on the boards of both publicly-traded and privately-held companies qualifies him to serve as the Chairman of our Board of Directors and provides our Board with particular technology-related knowledge and the perspective of a knowledgeable corporate leader. We believe that we are best served through this existing leadership structure, as Mr. Novak encourages an open dialogue between management and our Board of Directors, ensuring that these groups act with a common purpose with respect to the Company.

Our corporate governance policies include regular meetings of the directors who are not “interested persons” of the Company, as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Directors”), in executive session without the presence of interested directors and management, the establishment of an Audit Committee, Valuation Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and Compensation Committee, all of which are comprised solely of Independent Directors, and the appointment of a Chief Compliance Officer, with whom the Independent Directors meet regularly without the presence of interested directors and other members of management, for administering our compliance policies and procedures.

Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

Our Board of Directors performs its risk oversight function primarily through (i) its four standing committees, which report to the entire Board of Directors and are comprised solely of Independent Directors, and (ii) active monitoring of our Chief Compliance Officer and our compliance policies and procedures.

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As described below in more detail under “Committees of the Board of Directors,” the Audit Committee, the Valuation Committee, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling its risk oversight responsibilities. The Audit Committee’s risk oversight responsibilities include overseeing our accounting and financial reporting processes, our systems of internal controls regarding finance and accounting, and audits of our financial statements. The Valuation Committee’s risk oversight responsibilities include establishing guidelines and making recommendations to our Board of Directors regarding the valuation of our loans and investments. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s risk oversight responsibilities include selecting, researching and nominating directors for election by our stockholders, developing and recommending to the Board of Directors a set of corporate governance principles and overseeing the evaluation of our Board of Directors and our management. The Compensation Committee’s risk oversight responsibilities include reviewing and recommending to our Board of Directors for approval the Investment Advisory Agreement (as defined below) and the Administration Agreement (as defined below), and, to the extent that we may compensate our executive officers directly in the future, reviewing and evaluating the compensation of our executive officers and making recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding such compensation.

Our Board of Directors also performs its risk oversight responsibilities with the assistance of our Chief Compliance Officer. Our Board of Directors annually reviews a written report from the Chief Compliance Officer discussing the adequacy and effectiveness of the compliance policies and procedures of OXSQ and its service providers. The Chief Compliance Officer’s annual report addresses at a minimum (i) the operation of the compliance policies and procedures of OXSQ and its service providers since the last report; (ii) any material changes to such policies and procedures since the last report; (iii) any recommendations for material changes to such policies and procedures as a result of the Chief Compliance Officer’s annual review; and (iv) any compliance matter that has occurred since the date of the last report about which our Board of Directors would reasonably need to know to oversee our compliance activities and risks. In addition, the Chief Compliance Officer meets separately in executive session with the Independent Directors at least quarterly.

We believe that our Board of Directors’ role in risk oversight is effective, and appropriate given the extensive regulation to which we are already subject to as a BDC. As a BDC, we are required to comply with certain regulatory requirements that control the levels of risk in our business and operations. For example, our ability to incur indebtedness is limited such that our asset coverage must equal at least 150% immediately after each time we incur indebtedness, we generally cannot invest in assets that are not “qualifying assets” unless at least 70% of our gross assets consist of “qualifying assets” immediately prior to such investment, and we are not generally permitted to invest, subject to certain exceptions, in any portfolio company in which one of our affiliates currently has an investment.

We recognize that different board roles in risk oversight are appropriate for companies in different situations. We re-examine the manner in which our Board of Directors administers its oversight function on an ongoing basis to ensure that they continue to meet our needs.

Transactions with Related Persons

We have entered into the Investment Advisory Agreement with Oxford Square Management (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”). Oxford Square Management is controlled by Oxford Funds, its managing member. In addition to Oxford Funds, Oxford Square Management is owned by Charles M. Royce, a member of our Board of Directors, who holds a minority, non-controlling interest in Oxford Square Management as the non-managing member. Oxford Funds, as the managing member of Oxford Square Management, manages the business and internal affairs of Oxford Square Management. In addition, Oxford Funds provides us with office facilities and administrative services pursuant to the Administration Agreement (the “Administration Agreement”).

Messrs. Cohen and Rosenthal also currently serve as Chief Executive Officer and President, respectively, at Oxford Gate Management, LLC, the investment adviser to the Oxford Gate Funds and Oxford Bridge II, LLC. Oxford Funds is the managing member of Oxford Gate Management, LLC. In addition, Bruce L. Rubin serves as the Chief Financial Officer, and Gerald Cummins serves as the Chief Compliance Officer, of Oxford Gate Management, LLC.

Messrs. Cohen and Rosenthal currently serve as Chief Executive Officer and President, respectively, of Oxford Lane Capital Corp., a closed-end management investment company that invests primarily in equity and junior debt tranches of collateralized loan obligation vehicles, and its investment adviser, Oxford Lane Management,

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LLC. Oxford Funds provides Oxford Lane Capital Corp. with office facilities and administrative services pursuant to an administration agreement and also serves as the managing member of Oxford Lane Management, LLC. In addition, Bruce L. Rubin serves as the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary of Oxford Lane Capital Corp. and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Oxford Lane Management, LLC, and Mr. Cummins serves as the Chief Compliance Officer of Oxford Lane Capital Corp. and Oxford Lane Management, LLC.

Messrs. Cohen and Rosenthal currently serve as Chief Executive Officer and President, respectively, of Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc., a tender-offer closed-end management investment company that invests primarily in equity and junior debt tranches of collateralized loan obligation vehicles, and its investment adviser, Oxford Park Management, LLC. Oxford Funds provides Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc. with office facilities and administrative services pursuant to an administration agreement and also serves as the managing member of Oxford Park Management, LLC. In addition, Bruce L. Rubin serves as the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary of Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Oxford Park Management, LLC, and Mr. Cummins serves as the Chief Compliance Officer of Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc. and Oxford Park Management, LLC.

As a result, certain conflicts of interest may arise with respect to the management of our portfolio by Messrs. Cohen and Rosenthal on the one hand, and the obligations of Messrs. Cohen and Rosenthal to manage Oxford Lane Capital Corp., Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc., Oxford Bridge II, LLC and the Oxford Gate Funds, respectively, on the other hand.

Oxford Square Management, Oxford Lane Management, LLC, Oxford Park Management, LLC and Oxford Gate Management, LLC are subject to a written policy with respect to the allocation of investment opportunities among the Company, Oxford Lane Capital Corp., Oxford Park Income Fund, Inc., Oxford Bridge II, LLC and the Oxford Gate Funds. Where investments are suitable for more than one entity, the allocation policy generally provides that, depending on size and subject to current and anticipated cash availability, the absolute size of the investment as well as its relative size compared to the total assets of each entity, current and anticipated weighted average costs of capital, among other factors, an investment amount will be determined by the adviser to each entity. If the investment opportunity is sufficient for each entity to receive its investment amount, then each entity receives the investment amount; otherwise, the investment amount is reduced pro rata. On June 14, 2017, the SEC issued an order permitting the Company and certain of its affiliates to complete negotiated co-investment transactions in portfolio companies, subject to certain conditions (the “Order”). Subject to satisfaction of certain conditions to the Order, the Company and certain of its affiliates are now permitted, together with any future business development companies (“BDCs”), registered closed-end funds and certain private funds, each of whose investment adviser is the Company’s investment adviser or an investment adviser controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company’s investment adviser, to co-invest in negotiated investment opportunities where doing so would otherwise be prohibited under the 1940 Act, providing the Company’s stockholders with access to a broader array of investment opportunities. Pursuant to the Order, we are permitted to co-invest in such investment opportunities with our affiliates if a “required majority” (as defined in Section 57(o) of the 1940 Act) of our Independent Directors make certain conclusions in connection with a co-investment transaction, including, but not limited to, that (1) the terms of the potential co-investment transaction, including the consideration to be paid, are reasonable and fair to us and our stockholders and do not involve overreaching in respect of us or our stockholders on the part of any person concerned, and (2) the potential co-investment transaction is consistent with the interests of our stockholders and is consistent with our then-current investment objective and strategies.

In the ordinary course of business, we may enter into transactions with portfolio companies that may be considered related party transactions. In order to ensure that we do not engage in any prohibited transactions with any persons affiliated with us, we have implemented certain policies and procedures whereby our executive officers screen each of our transactions for any possible affiliations between the proposed portfolio investment, us, companies controlled by us and our employees and directors. We will not enter into any agreements unless and until we are satisfied that doing so will not raise concerns under the 1940 Act or, if such concerns exist, we have taken appropriate actions to seek board review and approval or exemptive relief for such transaction. Our Board of Directors reviews these procedures on an annual basis.

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Investment Advisory Agreement Subject to Annual Approval by the Independent Directors

OXSQ’s stockholders benefit from a robust annual review of the Investment Advisory Agreement with Oxford Square Management under the 1940 Act. In accordance with the requirements of the 1940 Act, the Board of Directors, including its Independent Directors, review on an annual basis whether the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement between OXSQ and Oxford Square Management are fair in light of the services provided by Oxford Square Management. In other words, the Board considers whether the terms are fair and reasonable in relation to the services rendered.

Our Board of Directors determined, at a meeting held in-person on April 25, 2023, to re-approve the Investment Advisory Agreement, dated March 9, 2016. In its consideration of the re-approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board of Directors focused on information it had received relating to, among other things:

• The nature, extent and quality of advisory and other services provided by Oxford Square Management, including information about the investment performance of the Company relative to its stated objectives and in comparison to the performance of the Company’s peer group and relevant market indices, and concluded that such advisory and other services are satisfactory and the Company’s investment performance is reasonable;

• The experience and qualifications of the personnel providing such advisory and other services, including information about the backgrounds of the investment personnel, the allocation of responsibilities among such personnel and the process by which investment decisions are made, and concluded that the investment personnel of Oxford Square Management have extensive experience and are well qualified to provide advisory and other services to the Company;

• The current fee structure, the existence of any fee waivers, and the Company’s anticipated expense ratios in relation to those of other investment companies having comparable investment policies and limitations, and concluded that the current fee structure is reasonable;

• The advisory fees charged by Oxford Square Management to the Company and comparative data regarding the advisory fees charged by other investment advisers to BDCs with similar investment objectives, and concluded that the advisory fees charged by Oxford Square Management to the Company are reasonable;

• The direct and indirect costs, including for personnel and office facilities, that are incurred by Oxford Square Management and its affiliates in performing services for the Company and the basis of determining and allocating these costs, and concluded that the direct and indirect costs, including the allocation of such costs, are reasonable;

• Possible economies of scale arising from the Company’s size and/or anticipated growth, and the extent to which such economies of scale are reflected in the advisory fees charged by Oxford Square Management to the Company, and concluded that some economies of scale may be possible in the future;

• Other possible benefits to Oxford Square Management and its affiliates arising from their relationships with the Company, and concluded that any such other benefits were not material to Oxford Square Management and its affiliates; and

• Possible alternative fee structures or bases for determining fees, and concluded that the Company’s current fee structure and bases for determining fees are satisfactory.

Based on the information reviewed and the discussions detailed above, the Board of Directors, including all of the Independent Directors, concluded that fees payable to Oxford Square Management pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement were reasonable, and comparable to the fees paid by other BDCs with similar investment objectives, in relation to the services to be provided, and the Board of Directors unanimously approved the re-approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement. The Board of Directors did not assign relative weights to the above factors or the other factors considered by it. Individual members of the Board of Directors may have given different weights to different factors.

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Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Persons

We have also adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics which applies to, among others, our senior officers, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as well as all of our officers, directors and employees. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics requires that all employees and directors avoid any conflict, or the appearance of a conflict, between an individual’s personal interests and our interests. Pursuant to our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, each employee and director must disclose any conflicts of interest, or actions or relationships that might give rise to a conflict, to our Chief Compliance Officer. Our Audit Committee is charged with approving any waivers under our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. As required by the NASDAQ Global Select Market corporate governance listing standards, the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors is also required to review and approve any transactions with related parties (as such term is defined in Item 404 of Regulation S-K).

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Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance Documents

Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and the charters of the Audit Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Compensation Committee are available on our website at www.oxfordsquarecapital.com and are also available to any stockholder who requests them by writing to Oxford Square Capital Corp., c/o Bruce L. Rubin, Corporate Secretary, 8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830.

Director Independence

In accordance with the rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market, our Board of Directors annually determines each director’s independence. We do not consider a director independent unless our Board of Directors has determined that he or she has no material relationship with us. We monitor the relationships of our directors and officers through a questionnaire each director completes no less frequently than annually and updates periodically as information provided in the most recent questionnaire changes.

In order to evaluate the materiality of any such relationship, our Board of Directors uses the definition of director independence set forth in the rules promulgated by the NASDAQ Stock Market. Rule 5605(a)(2) provides that a director of a BDC, shall be considered to be independent if he or she is not an “interested person” of OXSQ, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

The Board of Directors has determined that each of the directors is independent and has no relationship with us, except as a director and stockholder, with the exception of Jonathan H. Cohen, as a result of his position as our Chief Executive Officer, and Charles M. Royce, as a result of his ownership of a minority, non-controlling interest in our investment adviser, Oxford Square Management.

Evaluation

The Company’s directors perform an evaluation and assessment, no less frequently than annually, of the effectiveness of the Board of Directors and its committees.

Communication with the Board of Directors

Stockholders with questions about OXSQ are encouraged to contact our Investor Relations Department. However, if stockholders believe that their questions have not been addressed, they may communicate with our Board of Directors by sending their communications to Oxford Square Capital Corp., c/o Bruce L. Rubin, Corporate Secretary, 8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830. All stockholder communications received in this manner will be delivered to one or more members of our Board of Directors, as appropriate.

Board Diversity

On August 6, 2021, the SEC approved amendments to the Listing Rules of NASDAQ related to board diversity. New Listing Rule 5606 (the “Board Diversity Disclosure Rule”) requires each NASDAQ-listed company, subject to certain exceptions, to provide statistical information about the company’s board of directors, in a uniform format, related to each director’s self-identified gender, race, and self-identification as LGBTQ+. In the matrix below, we have provided the statistical information required by the Board Diversity Disclosure Rule.

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BOARD DIVERSITY MATRIX (as of July 14, 2023)
Total Number of Directors	5
	Female	Male	Non-Binary	Did Not Disclose Gender
Part I: Gender Identity
Directors	—	—	—	5
Part II: Demographic Background
African American or Black	—	—	—	—
Alaskan Native or Native American	—	—	—	—
Asian	—	—	—	—
Hispanic or Latinx	—	—	—	—
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	—	—	—	—
White	—	—	—	—
Two or More Races or Ethnicities	—	—	—	—
LGBTQ+	—	—	—	—
Did Not Disclose Demographic Background	—	—	—	5

With respect to Nasdaq Rule 5605(f) (the “Rule”), we note that we are unable to determine if the Board consists of at least one person that satisfies the Rule because members of the Company’s Board were selected for service without consideration given to their gender, race, ethnicity, or LGBTQ+ status. Consistent with our belief that an inquiry into those areas would represent a violation of those prospective Board members’ privacy, questions regarding those subjects were not asked during the recruitment or interview process and did not form a basis for the selection of the Company’s Board members.

Hedging Transactions

Our Code of Ethics and Insider Trading Policy prohibits any Covered Persons (as defined below) from engaging in hedging or monetization transactions with respect to our securities, except for covered call writing. Any Covered Person wishing to enter into a covered call transaction with respect to our securities must first pre-clear the proposed transaction with our Chief Compliance Officer. A “Covered Person” means any our directors, officers or employees (including a temporary employee), or of any of our affiliates or subsidiaries, including our investment adviser, our administrator and any other persons designated by our Chief Compliance Officer.

Committees of the Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors has established a standing Audit Committee, Valuation Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and Compensation Committee. During 2022, our Board of Directors held four Board meetings, four Audit Committee meetings, four Valuation Committee meetings, one Nominating and Corporate Governance meeting, and one Compensation Committee meeting. Each of the incumbent directors attended at least 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of our Board of Directors and of the respective committees on which he served during the last fiscal year and while he served as a director. We require each director to make a diligent effort to attend all Board of Directors and committee meetings, as well as each annual meeting of stockholders.

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee operates pursuant to a charter approved by our Board, copy of which is available on our website at www.oxfordsquarecapital.com. The charter sets forth the responsibilities of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee’s responsibilities include recommending the selection of our independent registered public accounting firm, reviewing with such independent registered public accounting firm the planning, scope and results of their audit of our financial statements, pre-approving the fees for services performed, reviewing with the independent registered public accounting firm the adequacy of internal control systems, reviewing our annual financial statements and periodic filings, and receiving the audit reports covering our financial statements. The Audit Committee is presently composed of three persons: Messrs. Osherow, Novak, and Stelljes, all of whom are considered independent under the rules promulgated by the NASDAQ Global Stock Market. Our Board has determined that each of Mr. Novak and Mr. Stelljes is an “audit committee financial expert” as that term is defined under Item 407 of Regulation S-K of the

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Exchange Act. Messrs. Osherow, Novak, and Stelljes each meet the current independence and experience requirements of Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act and, in addition, are each not an “interested person” of OXSQ as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. Mr. Osherow currently serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee operates pursuant to a charter approved by our Board of Directors, a copy of which is available on our website at www.oxfordsquarecapital.com. The charter sets forth the responsibilities of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s responsibilities include selecting, researching and nominating directors for election by our stockholders, selecting nominees to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors or a committee thereof, monitoring and making recommendations to the Board of Directors on matters of Company policies and practices relating to corporate governance and overseeing the evaluation of the Board of Directors and our management. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is presently composed of three persons: Messrs. Novak, Osherow and Stelljes, all of whom are considered independent under the rules promulgated by the NASDAQ Global Stock Market. Mr. Stelljes currently serves as Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not currently have a written policy with regard to nominees recommended by our stockholders. The absence of such a policy does not mean, however, that a stockholder recommendation would not have been considered had one been received.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider qualified director nominees recommended by stockholders when such recommendations are submitted in accordance with our bylaws and any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding director nominations. When submitting a nomination for consideration, a stockholder must provide certain information that would be required under applicable SEC rules, including the following minimum information for each director nominee: full name, age and address; principal occupation during the past five years; current directorships on publicly held companies and investment companies; number of shares of Company common stock owned, if any; and, a written consent of the individual to stand for election if nominated by our Board of Directors and to serve if elected by our stockholders.

In evaluating director nominees, the members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consider the following factors:

• the appropriate size and composition of our Board of Directors;

• whether or not the person is an “interested person” of OXSQ as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act;

• the knowledge, skills and experience of nominees in light of the Company’s business and strategic direction and the knowledge, skills and experience already possessed by other members of the Board of Directors;

• familiarity with business matters;

• experience with accounting rules and practices;

• the desire to complement the considerable benefit of continuity with the benefit of diverse viewpoints and perspectives (such as gender, race, national origin and education); and

• all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and listing standards.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s goal is to assemble a Board of Directors that brings to OXSQ a variety of perspectives and skills derived from high quality business and professional experience.

Other than the foregoing, there are no stated minimum criteria for director nominees, although the members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may also consider such other factors as they may deem are in the best interests of OXSQ and its stockholders. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also believes it appropriate for certain key members of our management to participate as members of the Board of Directors.

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The members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee identify nominees by first evaluating the current members of the Board of Directors willing to continue in service. Current members of the Board of Directors with skills and experience that are relevant to our business and who are willing to continue in service are considered for re-nomination, balancing the value of continuity of service by existing members of the Board of Directors with that of the benefits of diverse perspectives. If any member of the Board of Directors does not wish to continue in service or if the Board of Directors decides not to re-nominate a member for re-election, the Independent Directors of the Board of Directors identify the desired skills and experience of a new nominee in light of the criteria above. The entire Board of Directors is polled for suggestions as to individuals meeting the aforementioned criteria. Research may also be performed to identify qualified individuals. To date, neither the Board of Directors nor the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has engaged third parties to identify or evaluate or assist in identifying potential nominees although each reserves the right in the future to retain a third-party search firm, if necessary.

The Board, including the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, unanimously recommended that Steven P. Novak and Charles M. Royce be nominated for election to the Board.

Valuation Committee

The Valuation Committee establishes guidelines and makes recommendations to our Board of Directors regarding the valuation of our loans and investments. Our portfolio investments are generally not publicly traded securities. As a result, there is no readily determinable market value for these securities. Thus, as required by the 1940 Act for such securities, we value these securities at fair value as determined in good faith by our Board of Directors based upon the recommendation of the Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee is presently composed of three persons: Messrs. Novak, Osherow and Stelljes, all of whom are considered independent under the rules of the NASDAQ Global Select Market and are not “interested persons” of OXSQ as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. Mr. Stelljes currently serves as Chairman of the Valuation Committee.

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee operates pursuant to a charter approved by our Board, a copy of which is available on our website at www.oxfordsquarecapital.com. The charter sets forth the responsibilities of the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee is responsible for annually reviewing and recommending for approval to our Board the Investment Advisory Agreement and the Administration Agreement. The Compensation Committee is also responsible for reviewing and approving the compensation of the Independent Directors, including the Chairman of the Board. In addition, although we do not directly compensate our executive officers currently, to the extent that we do so in the future, the Compensation Committee would also be responsible for reviewing and evaluating their compensation and making recommendations to the Board regarding their compensation. Lastly, the Compensation Committee would produce a report on our executive compensation practices and policies for inclusion in our proxy statement if required by applicable proxy rules and regulations and, if applicable, make recommendations to the Board on our executive compensation practices and policies. The Compensation Committee has the authority to engage compensation consultants and to delegate their duties and responsibilities to a member or to a subcommittee of the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee is presently composed of three persons: Messrs. Novak, Osherow and Stelljes, all of whom are considered independent under the rules of the NASDAQ Global Select Market and are not “interested persons” of Oxford Square Capital Corp. as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. Mr. Novak serves as Chairman of the Compensation Committee.

Code of Ethics

We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (“Code of Ethics) which applies to, among others, our senior officers, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, as well as every officer, director and employee of OXSQ. Our Code of Ethics can be accessed via our website at www.oxfordsquarecapital.com. We intend to disclose amendments to or waivers from a required provision of the Code of Ethics on Form 8-K. We intend to disclose any substantive amendments to, or waivers from, this Code of Ethics within four business days of the waiver or amendment through a posting on our website.

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Compensation of Executive Officers

None of our officers receive direct compensation from OXSQ. As a result, we do not engage any compensation consultants. Mr. Cohen, our Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Rosenthal, our President and Chief Operating Officer, through their ownership interest in Oxford Funds, the managing member of Oxford Square Management, are entitled to a portion of any profits earned by Oxford Square Management, which includes any fees payable to Oxford Square Management under the terms of our Investment Advisory Agreement, less expenses incurred by Oxford Square Management in performing its services under the Investment Advisory Agreement. Messrs. Cohen and Rosenthal do not receive any additional compensation from Oxford Square Management in connection with the management of our portfolio.

The compensation of our Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary is paid by our administrator, Oxford Funds, subject to reimbursement by us of an allocable portion of such compensation for services rendered by our Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary to OXSQ. The allocable portion of such compensation that is reimbursed to Oxford Funds by us is based on an estimate of the time spent by our Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary and other administrative personnel in performing their respective duties for us in accordance with the Administration Agreement. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, we accrued approximately $916,000 for the allocable portion of compensation expenses incurred by Oxford Funds on our behalf for our Chief Financial Officer, our Treasurer and Controller, and other administrative support personnel, pursuant to our Administration Agreement with Oxford Funds. Mr. Cummins is a Director of ACA Group, LLC, and performs his functions as our Chief Compliance Officer under the terms of an agreement between us and ACA Group, LLC. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, we accrued approximately $120,000 for the fees paid to ACA Group, LLC.

Compensation of Directors

Each independent director receives an annual fee of $90,000. The Chairman of the Board receives an additional annual fee of $30,000 for his service as Chairman of the Board. In addition, the independent directors receive $4,000 plus reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending each Board meeting, $1,500 plus reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending each Valuation Committee meeting, $1,500 plus reimbursement of reasonable out of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending each Audit Committee meeting, $1,000 plus reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending each Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee meeting and $1,000 plus reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending each Compensation Committee meeting. The Chairman of the Audit Committee also receives an additional annual fee of $10,000 for his service as chair of the Audit Committee. The Chairman of the Valuation Committee also receives an additional annual fee of $7,500 for his service as chair of the Valuation Committee. The Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also receives an additional annual fee of $5,000 for his service as chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Chairman of the Compensation Committee also receives an additional annual fee of $5,000 for his service as chair of the Compensation Committee. No compensation was paid to directors who are interested persons of OXSQ as defined in the 1940 Act.

The following table sets forth compensation of our directors for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Name	Fees Earned or Paid in Cash(1)		All Other Compensation(2)	Total
Interested Directors
Jonathan H. Cohen	$	—	—	$	—
Charles M. Royce	$	—	—	$	—
Independent Directors
Steven P. Novak	$	160,571	—	$	160,571
Barry Osherow	$	124,429	—	$	124,429
George Stelljes III	$	132,500	—	$	132,500

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(1) For a discussion of the independent directors’ compensation, see above.

(2) We do not maintain a stock or option plan, non-equity incentive plan or pension plan for our directors.

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PROPOSAL 2: RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR

The Audit Committee, which is comprised solely of the Independent Directors, and the Board of Directors have selected PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. This selection is subject to ratification or rejection by the stockholders of the Company.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has advised us that neither the firm nor any present member or associate of it has any material financial interest, direct or indirect, in the Company or its affiliates. It is expected that a representative of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP will be present at the Annual Meeting and will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she chooses and will be available to answer questions.

Independent Auditor’s Fees

For the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company incurred the following fees for services provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, including expenses:

	Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022		Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021
Audit Fees	$	895,000	$	984,350
Audit-Related Fees		—		—
Tax Fees		—		—
All Other Fees		—		—
Total Fees:	$	895,000	$	984,350

Audit Fees. Audit fees consist of fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit of our year-end financial statements, including reviews of interim financial statements, and services that are normally provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in connection with statutory and regulatory filings and services provided in connection with securities offerings.

Audit-Related Fees. Audit-related services consist of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.” These services include attest services that are not required by statute or regulation and consultations concerning financial accounting and reporting standards.

Tax Fees. Tax fees consist of fees billed for professional services for tax compliance. These services include assistance regarding federal, state, and local tax compliance.

All Other Fees. All other fees would include fees for products and services other than the services reported above.

Required Vote

The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy is required to approve this proposal. Abstentions will not be included in determining the number of votes cast and, as a result, will have no effect on this proposal. This proposal is considered a “routine matter”; accordingly, brokers have discretionary authority to vote on this proposal without receiving voting instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares.

Unless marked to the contrary, the shares represented by the enclosed proxy card will be voted for ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2023.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE COMPANY FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2023.

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Audit Committee Report

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Oxford Square Capital Corp. operates under a written charter adopted by the Board of Directors. The Audit Committee is currently composed of Messrs. Osherow, Novak, and Stelljes.

Management is responsible for the Company’s internal controls and the financial reporting process. The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for performing an independent audit of the Company’s financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”) and expressing an opinion on the conformity of those audited financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The Audit Committee’s responsibility is to monitor and oversee these processes. The Audit Committee is also directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

Audit Firm Selection/Ratification

At least annually, the Audit Committee reviews the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to decide whether to retain such firm on behalf of the Company. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has been the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm since 2003.

When conducting its latest review of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Audit Committee actively engaged with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s engagement partners and considered, among other factors:

• the professional qualifications of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and that of the lead audit partner and other key engagement members relative to the current and ongoing needs of the Company;

• PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s historical and recent performance on the Company’s audits, including the extent and quality of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s communications with the Audit Committee related thereto;

• senior management’s assessment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s performance;

• the appropriateness of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s fees relative to both efficiency and audit quality;

• PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s independence policies and processes for maintaining its independence;

• PCAOB audit quality inspection reports on PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP;

• PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s tenure as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and its related depth of understanding of the Company’s businesses, operations and systems and the Company’s accounting policies and practices;

• PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s professional integrity and objectivity;

• the relative benefits, challenges, overall advisability and potential impact of selecting a different independent registered public accounting firm.

As a result of this evaluation, the Audit Committee approved the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the 2023 fiscal year, subject to stockholder ratification.

Audit Engagement Partner Selection

Under SEC rules and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s practice, the lead engagement audit partner is required to change every five years, and a current lead audit partner was appointed in 2021. The Audit Committee interviewed the incoming lead audit partner and considered her professional qualifications in light of the Company’s needs. The Audit Committee has approved the incoming lead audit partner.

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Pre-Approval Policy

The Audit Committee has established a pre-approval policy that describes the permitted audit, audit-related, tax and other services to be provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The policy requires that the Audit Committee pre-approve all services performed by the independent auditor in order to assure that the provision of such service does not impair the auditor’s independence.

Any requests for audit, audit-related, tax and other services that have not received general pre-approval must be submitted to the Audit Committee for specific pre-approval, irrespective of the amount, and cannot commence until such approval has been granted. Normally, pre-approval is provided at regularly scheduled meetings of the Audit Committee. However, the Audit Committee may delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of its members. The member or members to whom such authority is delegated shall report any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. The Audit Committee does not delegate its responsibilities to pre-approve services performed by the independent registered public accounting firm to management.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Audit Committee pre-approved 100% of non-audit services in accordance with the pre-approval policy described above.

Review with Management

The Audit Committee has reviewed the audited financial statements and met and held discussions with management regarding the audited financial statements. Management has represented to the Audit Committee that the Company’s financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Review and Discussion with Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Audit Committee has discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB. The Audit Committee received and reviewed the written disclosures and the letter from the independent registered public accounting firm required by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB and has discussed with the auditors the auditors’ independence. The Audit Committee has also considered the compatibility of non-audit services with the auditors’ independence.

During 2022, the Audit Committee met with members of senior management and the independent registered public accounting firm to review the certifications provided by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”), the rules and regulations of the SEC and the overall certification process. At these meetings, company officers reviewed each of the Sarbanes-Oxley certification requirements concerning internal control over financial reporting and any fraud, whether or not material, involving management or other employees with a significant role in internal control over financial reporting.

Conclusion

Based on the Audit Committee’s discussion with management and the independent registered public accounting firm, the Audit Committee’s review of the audited financial statements, the representations of management and the report of the independent registered public accounting firm to the Audit Committee, the Audit Committee recommended that the Board of Directors include the audited financial statements in the Annual Report of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2022 for filing with the SEC. The Audit Committee also recommended the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023.

Respectfully Submitted,

The Audit Committee

Barry A. Osherow

Steven P. Novak
George Stelljes III

The material contained in the foregoing Audit Committee Report is not “soliciting material,” is not deemed “filed” with the SEC, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any such filing.

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OTHER MATTERS

Stockholder Proposals

Any stockholder proposals submitted pursuant to the SEC’s Rule 14a-8 for inclusion in the Company’s proxy statement and form of proxy for the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders must be received by the Company on or before March 16, 2024. Such proposals must also comply with the requirements as to form and substance established by the SEC if such proposals are to be included in the Company’s proxy statement and form of proxy. The submission of a proposal does not guarantee its inclusion in the Company’s proxy statement or presentation at the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders. Any such proposal should be mailed to: Oxford Square Capital Corp., c/o Bruce L. Rubin, Corporate Secretary, 8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830.

Stockholder proposals or director nominations for the Company to be presented at the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders, other than stockholder proposals submitted pursuant to the SEC’s Rule 14a-8, must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Company not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of mailing of the notice for the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders. For the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders, the Company must receive such proposals and nominations between March 16, 2024 and April 15, 2024. If the date of the mailing of the notice for the 2024 annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30 days from the first anniversary of the date of mailing of the notice for the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the 120th day prior to the date of mailing of the notice for the 2024 annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the date of mailing of the notice for the 2024 annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of mailing of the notice for such meeting is first made. Proposals must also comply with the other requirements contained in the Company’s bylaws, including supporting documentation and other information. Proxies solicited by the Company will confer discretionary voting authority with respect to these proposals, subject to SEC rules governing the exercise of this authority.

Other Business

The Board of Directors knows of no other business to be presented for action at the Annual Meeting. If any matters do come before the Annual Meeting on which action can properly be taken, it is intended that the proxies shall vote in accordance with the judgment of the person or persons exercising the authority conferred by the proxy at the Annual Meeting. The submission of a proposal does not guarantee its inclusion in the Company’s proxy statement or presentation at the Annual Meeting, unless certain securities law requirements are met.

Delivery of Proxy Materials

It may be the case that only one copy of the 2023 Proxy Statement, the 2022 Annual Report, or Notice of Annual Meeting will be delivered to two or more stockholders of record of OXSQ who share an address, unless we have received contrary instructions from one or more of such stockholders. We will deliver promptly, upon request, a separate copy of any of these documents to stockholders of record of OXSQ at a shared address to which a single copy of such documents was delivered. Stockholders who wish to receive a separate copy of any of these documents, or to receive a single copy of such documents if multiple copies were delivered, now or in the future, should submit their request by calling us at (203) 983-5275 or by writing to Oxford Square Capital Corp., c/o Bruce L. Rubin, Corporate Secretary, 8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830.

Available Information

We are required to file with or submit to the SEC annual, quarterly and periodic reports, proxy statements, and other information meeting the informational requirements of the Exchange Act. The SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information filed electronically by us with the SEC, which are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. This information will also be available free of charge by contacting us at Oxford Square Capital Corp., 8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255, Greenwich, CT 06830 or by telephone at (203) 983-5275. Copies of our proxy statements, annual, quarterly, and periodic reports, and prospectuses are also available on our website at www.oxfordsquarecapital.com.

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You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of stockholders in person. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, you are requested to vote in accordance with the voting instructions in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, or by requesting hard copy proxy materials from us and returning a proxy card so that you may be represented at the Annual Meeting.

		By Order of the Board of Directors, Steven P. Novak Chairman
Greenwich, Connecticut July 14, 2023

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PRIVACY NOTICE

Your privacy is very important to us. This Privacy Notice sets forth Oxford Square Capital Corp.’s (“our,” “we,” or “Oxford Square”) policies with respect to personal information we collect and process (“Notice”). This Notice applies to investors, prospective investors, and former investors in Oxford Square, as well as to visitors of our website and applicants for employment with us.

1. Data Controller

To the extent the GDPR applies, and for other data privacy laws with a data controller requirement, Oxford Square is the data controller that directs the purposes for which personal information is processed.

Oxford Square is located at: 8 Sound Shore Drive — Suite 255, Greenwich, CT 06830

We will use personal information about you only for the purposes and in the manner set forth below, which describes the steps we take to ensure the processing of personal information is in compliance with applicable data protection law, including California’s Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

2. Information we collect

We collect personal information from a number of sources, including:

when you or your representative provide, or provided, it to us in correspondence (including when you open an investment) and conversations		publicly available and accessible directories and sources
when recruitment agencies provide us with information for prospective employees		governmental and competent regulatory authorities to whom we have regulatory obligations
when you have made or make transactions or provide transaction documentation		fraud prevention and detection agencies and organizations
through the use of cookies and similar technologies

The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. The personal information we collect, the basis of processing and the purposes of processing are detailed below. For EU/UK data subjects, we have a lawful basis under the GDPR for each of our processing activities, as set out below:

What we collect	Why do we collect it	Lawful Basis
Personal details such as name, address, postal and email address, phone number, Social Security Number or other Tax ID Number, driver’s license number, employment information, and financial information	To open and administer your investment	As is necessary to enter into or perform our contractual obligations to you (for example, to administer, manage and set up your investment, or to facilitate the transfer of funds, and administering and facilitating any other transaction).
		It is also necessary to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, for example, to verify the identity and address of our investors, maintain statutory registers, comply with the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control list and other governmental sanction lists, to prevent and detect fraud, to maintain the integrity and security of our systems, to carry out audit checks and conduct surveillance and investigations, comply with lawful requests.

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What we collect

Why do we collect it

Lawful Basis

It is also in our legitimate interest to manage our risk and monitor, improve our relationship with you, and keep you up to date on our latest offerings and investment opportunities, which are not outweighed by the privacy impacts on you.

If you are an applicant for employment, we use this information to set up and administer your application. It is necessary to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract (e.g. to respond to your queries and to provide you with further information; or where you have submitted an application to become our customer and to verify your creditworthiness.

Name, email address, postal address

To provide you with, and inform you about, our investment products and services and keep you updated.

It is in our legitimate interest to keep you up to date on our latest offerings and investment opportunities.

For California Residents

The personal information about you that we collect includes information within the below categories of data. These categories also represent the categories of personal information that we have collected over the past 12 months. We collect this information as per section 2 above, and we share this information as per section 3 below.

Note that the categories listed below are defined by California state law. Inclusion of a category in the list below indicates only that, depending on the services and products we provide you, we may collect some information within that category. It does not necessarily mean that we collect all information listed in a particular category for all of our customers.

Categories of data collected

Purpose of collection

Identifiers such as a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, internet protocol address, email address, account name, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers

As is necessary to perform our obligations to you to administer, manage and set up your investment and to facilitate the transfer of funds, and administering and facilitating any other transactions.

As is necessary for compliance with an applicable legal or regulatory obligation which we are subject to verify the identity and addresses of our investors (and, if applicable their beneficial owners) comply with requests from regulatory, governmental, tax and law enforcement authorities maintain statutory registers prevent and detect fraud comply with the U.S Office of Foreign Assets Control list and other governmental sanctions lists carry out audit checks and conduct surveillance and investigations.

As is necessary to address or investigate any complaints, claims, proceedings or disputes; to provide you with, and inform you about, our investment products and services monitor and improve our relationships with investors; send direct marketing communications to you; manage our risk and operations; comply with our audit requirements assist with internal compliance with our policies and process ensure appropriate group management and governance; to maintain the integrity and security of our systems; enable any actual or proposed assignee or transferee, participant or sub-participant of the partnership’s or our

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Categories of data collected		Purpose of collection
		rights or obligations to evaluate proposed transactions analyze and manage commercial risks; monitor communications to/from us using our systems facilitate business asset transactions involving the Company or related investment vehicles. If you are an applicant for employment, we use this information to set up and administer your application.
Information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual, including, but not limited to, your name, signature, social security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, wire transfer information, or any other financial information, such as the amount invested and details of the investment made, medical information, or health insurance information.		As is necessary to perform our obligations to you to administer, manage and set up your investment and to facilitate the transfer of funds, and administering and facilitating any other transactions. As is necessary for compliance with an applicable legal or regulatory obligation which we are subject to verify the identity and addresses of our investors (and, if applicable their beneficial owners) comply with requests from regulatory, governmental, tax and law enforcement authorities maintain statutory registers prevent and detect fraud comply with the U.S Office of Foreign Assets Control list and other governmental sanctions lists carry out audit checks and conduct surveillance and investigations.
Commercial information, including records of your transactions with us and banking information		As is necessary to perform our obligations to you to administer, manage and set up your investment and to facilitate the transfer of funds, and administering and facilitating any other transactions. As is necessary for compliance with an applicable legal or regulatory obligation which we are subject to verify the identity and addresses of our investors (and, if applicable their beneficial owners) comply with requests from regulatory, governmental, tax and law enforcement authorities maintain statutory registers prevent and detect fraud comply with the U.S Office of Foreign Assets Control list and other governmental sanctions lists carry out audit checks and conduct surveillance and investigations.
Professional or employment-related information		As is necessary to perform our obligations to you to administer, manage and set up your investment. If you are an applicant for employment, we use this information to set up and administer your application.
Characteristics of classes protected under federal or California law, including: familial status, disability, sex, national origin, religion, color, race, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, ancestry, source of income, age, or genetic information.		If you are an applicant for employment, we use this information to set up and administer your application, including to provide any reasonable accommodations you may require.
Internet or other electronic network activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement.		To optimize performance of our websites, provide products and services to our customers, and to audit our interactions with our investors and applicants for employment. It is also processed to detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and for data analytics. It is also necessary to ensure compliance with our policies and procedures.

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3. Sharing your personal information

We may share your personal information with our adviser, Oxford Square Management, LLC, and to certain service providers such as our accountants, administrator, attorneys, auditors, transfer agents and brokers, in each case for our everyday business purposes, such as to facilitate the acceptance and management of your investment or account and our relationship with you, or as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We will take reasonably necessary steps to ensure that where personal information is shared, it is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Notice and applicable laws. We require our service providers to provide written assurances regarding the security and privacy protections they have in place to protect any personal information transferred or disclosed to them, as well as their compliance with our security requirements and any applicable laws and regulations.

We may also disclose the information we collect:

• If you request or authorize disclosure of the information, in each case in accordance with the agreements governing your investment;

• As required by law — for example, to cooperate with any government regulators, self-regulatory organization or law enforcement authorities;

• As otherwise permitted by law — for example, (i) to service providers who maintain, process or service our funds; (ii) in connection with the making, management or disposition of any fund investment; (iii) as otherwise necessary to effect, administer or enforce investment or fund transactions; or (iv) in connection with a sale or other transfer of our public entities. We may also share information with attorneys, accountants, other service providers and with persons otherwise acting in a representative or fiduciary capacity on behalf of investors or the funds;

• We may share information with service providers that perform marketing services on our behalf.

We do not, and will not, sell personal information to third parties, as that term is defined by California law, nor have we done so in the past 12 months. In addition, we do not share personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

4. Retention of your personal information

As a general principle, we do not retain your personal information for longer than we need it. We keep your personal information only for as long as it is required to provide our services, perform our contractual obligations, or to meet our statutory or regulatory requirements. We typically delete personal information about you 6 years after you are no longer our client.

5. Your rights regarding your personal information

Depending on where you live, your current jurisdiction and applicable data protection laws, and subject to any relevant restrictions/exemption, you may be entitled to certain rights with regards to our processing of your personal information. (Please note: depending on the country you live in and the applicable data protection laws, you may only have access to some of the rights listed below).

Your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)

To the extent we have collected information about you that is not governed by the GLBA or FCRA, you may have the rights described below with respect to personal information about you, residents of California may have certain data protection rights under CCPA relating to certain personal information, including:

Right of access — You may be entitled to request that we disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information that we have collected about you, the categories of sources from which the information was collected, the purposes of collecting the information, the categories of third parties we have shared the information with, and the categories of personal information that have been shared with third parties for a business purpose.

Right to “opt-out” of a sale of personal information — if our business practices change and we sell personal information you will be provided with notice and be given the opportunity to opt out of the sale of your personal information.

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Right of data portability — In some instances, you may have the right to receive the information about you in a portable and readily usable format. Before providing this information, we must be able to verify your identity akin to the request.

Right to have personal information erased — Subject to certain conditions, you may be entitled to request that we delete personal information that we hold. We will not delete personal information about you when the information is required to fulfill a legal obligation, is necessary to exercise or defend legal claims, or where we are required or permitted to retain the information by law. For example, we cannot delete information about you while continuing manage your account or investment. Data solely retained for data backup purposes is principally excluded.

You may also appoint an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf.

If you chose to exercise any of these rights, to the extent that they apply, U.S. state law prohibits us from discriminating against you on the basis of choosing to exercise the privacy rights.

We may, however, charge a different rate or provide a different level of service to the extent permitted by law.

Your GDPR rights

To the extent the GDPR applies, data subjects of the EU/UK may have certain rights, including:

the right to access your personal data		the right to restrict the use of your personal data
the right to have incomplete or inaccurate data corrected		the right to ask us to stop processing your personal data
the right to require us to delete your personal data in some limited circumstances		the right to object to processing of your personal data where that processing is carried out for our legitimate interest or for direct marketing
the right in some circumstances to request for us to “port” your personal data in a portable, re-usable format to other organizations (where this is possible)		the right to lodge a complaint about the processing of your personal data with your local data protection authority
the right to request information, with respect to our practices within the 12 months prior to your request, regarding the specific personal data we have collected from you, the sources from which we obtained it, the purposes for which we collected, used and shared the personal data, and the categories of third parties with whom we have shared it

You may exercise your right to make these requests/objections by contacting us at 1-203-983-5275 or sending us an email at privacy@oxfordfunds.com at any time if you wish to do so.

For a listing of EU Privacy Regulators, please click here: https://edpb.europa.eu/about- edpb/board/members_en

6. Submitting Requests

To exercise your rights to request information or the deletion of your personal information, please contact us at 1-203-983-5275, or send us an email at privacy@oxfordfunds.com at any time if you wish to do so.

Before providing information requests in accordance with your rights, we must be able to verify your identity. In order to verify identity, you will need to submit information about yourself, including, to the extent applicable, account information, name, government identification number, date of birth, contact information, or other personal information. We will match this information against information we have previously collected about you to verify your identity and request.

Please note that under California law, we are only obligated to respond to personal information requests from the same consumer up to two times in a 12-month period. Under both EU and California law, if an individual makes unfounded, repetitive, or excessive requests (as determined in our reasonable discretion) to access Personal Data, we may charge a fee subject to a maximum set by law.

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If you would like to appoint an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf, you must provide the agent with written, signed permission to submit privacy right requests on your behalf, or provide a letter

from your attorney. The agent or attorney must provide this authorization at the time of request. We may require you to verify your identity with us directly before we provide any requested information to your approved agent.

Information collected for purposes of verifying your request will only be used for verification.

If you chose to exercise any of these rights, to the extent that they apply, U.S. state law prohibits us from discriminating against you on the basis of choosing to exercise your privacy rights. We may, however, charge a different rate or provide a different level of service to the extent permitted by law.

We are, of course, happy to provide any further information or explanation needed.

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Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies to learn how you interact with our content and to improve your experience when visiting our website. For example, some cookies remember your preferences and where you left off so that you do not have to repeatedly make these choices when you visit one of our websites.

What types of cookies do we use?

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