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This Presentation is not intended to be taken by, and should not be taken by, any individual recipient as investment advice, a recommendation to buy, hold or sell, or an offer to sell or a solicitation of offers to purchase, our common stock or any other securities that may be issued by the Company, or as legal, accounting or tax advice. An investment in securities of the type described herein presents certain risks. For the avoidance of doubt, we are not a subsidiary of, or consolidated with, Morgan Stanley. Furthermore, Morgan Stanley has no obligation, contractual or otherwise, to financially support us and has no history of financially supporting any business development company (“BDC”) on the MS Private Credit platform, even during periods of financial distress. This Presentation contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors and you should not place undue reliance on such statements. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts, but rather are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about us, our current and prospective portfolio investments, our industry, our beliefs and opinions and our assumptions. Words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “will,” “may,” “continue,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “targets,” “projects,” “potential,” “predicts,” and variations of these words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond our control and difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements, including: our future operating results; our business prospects and the prospects of our portfolio companies; risk associated with possible disruptions in our operations or the economy generally, including disruptions from the impact of global health events; uncertainty and changes in the general interest rate environment; general economic, political and industry trends and other external factors, including uncertainty surrounding the financial and political stability of the United States and other countries; the effect of an inflationary economic environment on our portfolio companies, our financial condition and our results of operations; the impact of interruptions in the supply chain on our portfolio companies; our contractual arrangements and relationships with third parties; actual and potential conflicts of interest with MS Capital Partners Adviser Inc., our investment adviser (the “Adviser” or the “Investment Adviser”), and its affiliates; the dependence of our future success on the general economy and its effect on the industries in which we invest; the ability of our portfolio companies to achieve their objectives; the timing and amount of cash flows, distributions and dividends, if any, from the operations of our portfolio companies; the use of borrowed money to finance a portion of our investments; the adequacy of our financing sources and working capital; the ability of our Adviser to locate suitable investments for us and to monitor and administer our investments; the ability of our Adviser to attract and retain highly talented professionals; our ability to maintain our qualification as a BDC, and as a regulated investment company, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; the impact on our business of U.S. and international financial reform legislation, rules and regulations; currency fluctuations, particularly to the extent that we receive payments denominated in foreign currency rather than U.S. dollars, could adversely affect the results of our investments in foreign companies; the effect of changes in tax laws and regulations and interpretations thereof; and the risks, uncertainties and other factors we identify under “Item 1A. 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