0001144204-12-060089.txt : 20121107 0001144204-12-060089.hdr.sgml : 20121107 20121107163438 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-12-060089 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121107 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121107 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121107 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ladd Robert T. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001561515 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 814-00971 FILM NUMBER: 121187238 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: STELLUS CAPITAL STREET 2: 10000 MEMORIAL DRIVE STE 500 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77024 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Stellus Capital Investment Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001551901 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10000 MEMORIAL DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 500 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77024 BUSINESS PHONE: (713) 292-5400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10000 MEMORIAL DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 500 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77024 3 1 v327650_3.xml OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT X0206 3 2012-11-07 0 0001551901 Stellus Capital Investment Corp SCM 0001561515 Ladd Robert T. C/O STELLUS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CORP 1000 MEMORIAL DRIVE, SUITE 500 HOUSTON TX 77024 1 1 0 0 President & CEO Common Stock 39948 D Common Stock 33334 I See footnote Constitutes shares held by Stellus Capital Management, LLC, for which Mr. Ladd shares voting and dispositive powers. /s/ Robert T. Ladd 2012-11-07 EX-24 2 v327650_ex24.htm EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints W. Todd Huskinson, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)

prepare, execute in the undersigned’s name and on the undersigned’s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(3)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to the foregoing attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 1^st day of November, 2012.

	/s/ Robert T. Ladd
	Robert T. Ladd