BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. is an externally managed, closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. The Company is a specialty finance company focused on direct lending to middle-market companies as well as small businesses. The Company’s investment objective is to achieve high total returns through current income and capital appreciation, with an emphasis on principal protection. It invests primarily in the debt of middle-market companies as well as small businesses, including senior secured loans, junior loans, mezzanine debt and bonds. Such investments may include an equity component, and, to a lesser extent, it may make equity investments directly. It invests in various industries, including automobiles, Internet software and service, software, diversified financial services, diversified consumer services, health care technology, healthcare providers and services, media, construction and engineering, and real estate management and development, among others.