UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE

ACT OF 1934

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 20172020

OR

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE

ACT OF 1934

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM TO

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM                     TO                     

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER:814-00757

 

 

FS Investment CorporationKKR Capital Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland 26-1630040

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

201 Rouse Boulevard

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 19112
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(215) 495-1150

 

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

None

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per shareFSKThe New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Common Stock, par value

$0.001 per share

 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes      No  

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    Yes  ☐    No  ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 ofRegulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes      No  ☐

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 ofRegulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of thisForm 10-K or any amendment to thisForm 10-K.  ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” inRule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer  ☒   Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer  ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)  Smaller reporting company
   Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.  ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined inRule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ☐    No  ☒

The aggregate market value of common stock heldby non-affiliates of the registrant (assuming solely for the purpose of this disclosure, but without conceding, all executive officers and directors of the registrant are “affiliates”), as of June 30, 2017,2020, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was approximately $2.2$1.7 billion.

There were 243,451,089123,755,965 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding as of April 26, 2018.1, 2021.

Documents Incorporated by Reference

None.

 

 

 


Explanatory Note

FS Investment Corporation,KKR Capital Corp., or the Company, which may also be referred to as “we,” “us” or “our,” is filing this Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to its Annual Report on Form10-K for the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2017,2020, as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 1, 20182021 (the “Original Report”). The purpose of this Amendment is to include Part III information, which was to be incorporated by reference from the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. This information was previously omitted from the Original Reportby this Amendment in reliance on General Instruction G(3) to Form10-K,10-K. which would permit the Part III information to be incorporated in the Original Report by reference from the Company’s definitive proxy statement if such proxy statement is filed no later than 120 days after the fiscalyear-end. The Company is filing this Amendment to include Part III information in the Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 because a definitive proxy statement containing such information will not be filed by the Company within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by the Original Report. This Amendment also updates, amends and supplements Part IV, Item 15 of the Form10-K to include the filing of new Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2, certifications of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In addition, the cover page has been updated and amended.

The Amendment does not affect any other items in the Original Report, including the Company’s financial statements and the notes to the financial statements. Except as otherwise indicated, the Amendment speaks as of the date of the Original Report and reflects only the changes discussed above. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Report.


FS INVESTMENT CORPORATIONKKR CAPITAL CORP.

FORM10-K/A FOR THE FISCAL YEAR

ENDED DECEMBER 31, 20172020

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

      

Page

 

PART III

    

ITEM 10.

  

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

   1 

ITEM 11.

  

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

   87 

ITEM 12.

  

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

   109 

ITEM 13.

  

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

   119 

ITEM 14.

  

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

   1512 

PART IV

    

ITEM 15.

  

EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

   1614

ITEM 16.

FORM 10-K SUMMARY14 
  

SIGNATURES

   1715 


PART III

 

Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

Board of Directors

The role of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) is to provide general oversight of the Company’s business affairs and to exercise all of the Company’s powers except those reserved for the stockholders. The responsibilities of the Board also include, among other things, the oversight of the Company’s investment activities, the quarterly valuation of the Company’s assets, oversight of the Company’s financing arrangements and corporate governance activities.

The Board is currently comprised of nineeleven directors, sevennine of whom are not “interested persons,” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), of the Company or FS/KKR Advisor, LLC, the Company’s investment adviser (the “Advisor”), and are “independent” as defined by Rule 303A.00 in the NYSENew York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) Listed Company Manual. These individuals are referred to as the Company’s independent directors (the “Independent Directors”). Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act defines an “interested person” to include, among other things, any person who has, or within the last two years had, a material business or professional relationship with the Company. The members of the Board who are not Independent Directors are referred to as interested directors (the “Interested Directors”).

Directors

Information regarding the Board is set forth below. We have divided the directors into two groups—Interested Directors and Independent Directors. The address for each director is c/o FS Investment Corporation,KKR Capital Corp., 201 Rouse Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112.

 

NAME

  AGE  DIRECTOR SINCE  EXPIRATION OF TERM  AGE   DIRECTOR SINCE   EXPIRATION OF TERM 

Interested Directors(1)

               

Michael C. Forman

   57   2007   2019   60    2007    2022 

Todd Builione

   43   2018   2018   46    2018    2021 

Independent Directors

               

Gregory P. Chandler

   51   2008   2019

Barry H. Frank

   79   2008   2019

Barbara Adams

   69    2018    2022 

Brian R. Ford

   72    2018    2021 

Michael J. Hagan

   55   2011   2020   58    2011    2023 

Jeffrey K. Harrow

   61   2010   2020   64    2010    2023 

Philip E. Hughes, Jr.

   69   2015   2018

Pedro Ramos

   53   2013   2020

Joseph P. Ujobai

   56   2015   2020

Jerel A. Hopkins.

   49    2018    2022 

James H. Kropp

   72    2018    2023 

Richard I. Goldstein

   60    2018    2021 

Osagie Imasogie

   59    2019    2021 

Elizabeth J. Sandler

   50    2019    2023 

 

(1)

“Interested person” of the Company as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. Messrs. Forman and Builione are each an “interested person” because of their affiliation with the Advisor.

Interested Directors

Michael C. Formanis chairman and chief executive officer of Franklin Square Holdings, LP “(FS InvestmentsInvestments”) and has been leading the company since its founding it in 2007. He has served as the chairman and chief executive officer of the Advisor since its inception. Mr. Forman also currently serves as chairman, president and/or chief executive officer of certain of the Other Advised EntitiesFS KKR Capital Corp. II (“FSKR”) and the other funds sponsored by FS Investments. For purposes of this Amendment, “Other Advised Entities” includes those entities that are advised by the Advisor, including, the Company, FS Investment Corporation II, FS Investment Corporation III, FS Investment Corporation IV, Corporate Capital Trust, Inc.Investments and Corporate Capital Trust II.its affiliates. Prior to founding FS Investments, Mr. Forman founded a private equity and real estate investment firm. He started his career as an attorney in the Corporate and Securities Department at the Philadelphia based law firm of Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP.LLP (“Klehr Harrison”). In addition to his career as an attorney and investor, Mr. Forman has been an active entrepreneur and has founded several

companies, including companies engaged in the gaming, specialty finance and asset management industries. Mr. Forman is a member of a number of civic and charitable boards, including The Franklin Institute, Drexel University and the Philadelphia Center City District Foundation. He is also Chairman of Vetri Community Partnership. Mr. Forman received his B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Rhode Island, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa, and received his J.D. from Rutgers University.

Mr. Forman has extensive experience in corporate and securities law and has founded and served in a leadership role of various companies, including the Advisor. The Board believes Mr. Forman’s experience and his positions as the Company’s and the Advisor’s chief executive officer make him a significant asset to the Company.

Todd C. Builioneserves as the Advisor’s president and, from 2018 through October 2019, the Company’s president since April 2018,president. Mr. Builione is also a member of the board of directors or board of trustees, as applicable, of certain of the Other Advised Entities and is the president certain of the Other Advised Entities.FSKR. Mr. Builione joined KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC (“KKR Credit”), in 2013, and is a member of KKR & Co. (“KKR”), and president of KKR Credit and Markets. Mr. Builione also serves on KKR’sKKR Credit’s Investment Management & Distribution Committee and its Risk and Operations Committee. Prior to joining KKR & Co.,Credit, Mr. Builione served as Presidentpresident of Highbridge Capital Management, CEOchief executive officer of Highbridge’s Hedge Fund business and a member of the Investment and Risk Committees. Mr. Builione began his career at the Goldman Sachs Group, where he was predominantly focused on capital markets and mergers and acquisitions for financial institutions. He received a B.S., summa cum laude, and was a Merrill Presidential Scholar, from Cornell University and a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School. Mr. Builione serves on the board of directors of Marshall Wace, a liquid alternatives provider which formed a strategic partnership with KKR Credit in 2015. Mr. Builione also serves on the board of directors of Harlem RBI (a community-based youth development organization located in East Harlem, New York), on the Advisory Council of Cornell University’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and on the board of directors of the Pingry School.

Mr. Builione has extensive experience and familiarity with the markets in which the Company primarily invests, along with significant knowledge and prior experience in the management of large businesses in the areas the Company operates in, and portfolio risk management and analyticsanalytics. The Board believes Mr. Builione’s experience and his position as the Company’s and the Advisor’s president make him a significant asset to the Company.

Independent Directors

Gregory P. ChandlerBarbara Adams has been chief financial officerserved as the executive vice president—legal affairs and general counsel of Emtec, Inc.the Philadelphia Housing Authority from August 2011 to April 2016, and as a trustee of each of the Philadelphia Housing Authority Retirement Income Trust and the Philadelphia Housing Authority Defined Contribution Pension Plan from November 2011 to April 2016. She served as the general counsel of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the “Commonwealth”), from 2005 until January 2011. As general counsel to the Commonwealth, Ms. Adams led a global information technology services provider, since May 2009. Mr. Chandlerstaff of more than 500 lawyers in representing then Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell and more than 30 executive and independent agencies and commissions in litigation, transactions, regulatory, legislative and criminal justice matters. Prior to her appointment as general counsel to the Commonwealth, Ms. Adams was a partner at the law firm of Duane Morris LLP in Philadelphia, focusing her practice on taxable and tax-exempt public finance, affordable housing development matters, state and local government law, energy law and campaign finance law. Ms. Adams previously served as the policy committee co-chair on housing, in then Governor-elect Edward G. Rendell’s transition team. She is a charter member of the Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law of the American Bar Association, a former member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, a member of Emtec Inc.’sthe Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers and of the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations. Ms. Adams is a past member of the board and secretary of directors. He alsoPhiladelphia Neighborhood Enterprise, a nonprofit corporation affiliated with The Enterprise Foundation, a past member of the board and treasurer of the Reading Terminal Market, and a past member of the respective boards of the Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers, the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations and the People’s Emergency Center in Philadelphia. Ms. Adams has served on a number of other charitable and public organizations, including a term as commissioner of the Philadelphia Gas Commission, as an advisory board member on the Homeless Advocacy Project of the Philadelphia Bar Association, as a commissioner and secretary of the Independent Charter Commission of the City of Philadelphia and as an advisory board member of The Nuclear World Project. Ms. Adams previously served on the housing policy committees of the respective transition teams of both then Pennsylvania Governor-elect Edward G. Rendell and then Pennsylvania Governor-elect Tom Wolf. Ms. Adams is a graduate of Temple University School of Law and a graduate of Smith College.

The Board believes that Ms. Adams’ extensive service in the private and public sectors provides her with experience that would be beneficial to the Company.

Brian R. Ford retired as a partner of Ernst & Young LLP, a multinational professional services firm, in July 2008, where he was employed since 1971. Mr. Ford currently serves on the board of trusteesClearway Energy, Inc. and AmeriGas Propane, Inc. Mr. Ford was previously the chief executive officer of FS Energy and Power Fund and is the chairman of its audit committee andWashington Philadelphia Partners, LP, a member of its valuation committee. Mr. Chandler presently serves as a director and chairman of the audit committee of the RBB Funds, trustee of the Wilmington Funds andreal estate investment company, from July 2008 to April 2010. He also serves on the boardboards of the Enterprise Center, anon-profit organization.Drexel University and Drexel University College of Medicine since March 2004 and March 2009, respectively. Mr. Chandler presently serves as a director of Spectrum Systems LLP and as an officerand director of GCVC Consulting. Previously, he served as managing director, Investment Banking, at Janney Montgomery Scott LLC from 1999 to April 2009. From 1995 to 1999, he was with PricewaterhouseCoopers, or PwC, and its predecessor Coopers and Lybrand where he assisted companies in the “Office of the CFO Practice” and also worked as a certified public accountant. DuringFord received his tenure at PwC, he spent the majority of his time in the Investment Company practice. Mr. Chandler served as a logistics officer with the United States Army for four years. Mr. Chandler’s degrees include a B.S. in EngineeringEconomics from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.Rutgers University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).Accountant.

Mr. Chandler hasFord’s extensive financial accounting experience in valuations and in negotiating debt, equity and mergers and acquisitions transactions in a varietyservice on the boards of industries with both public and private companies. In addition, Mr. Chandler has experience managing the audits of mutual funds, hedge funds and venture capital funds. This experience has provided Mr. Chandler,companies, in the opinion of the Board, provides him with experience and insight which is beneficial to the Company.

Barry H. Frankis a partner in the law firm of Archer & Greiner, P.C. (formerly Pelino & Lentz, P.C.) where he has been a partner since he joined the firm in 2003. Prior to joining Archer & Greiner, P.C., Mr. Frank was a partner in the law firm of Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis LLP, or Schnader, from 2000 through 2003. Previously, Mr. Frank had been a partner in the law firm of Mesirov, Gelman, Jaffe, Cramer & Jamieson, or Mersirov Gelman, from 1987 until 2000, when Mesirov Gelman merged with Schnader. From 1975 through 1987, Mr. Frank was a partner in the law firm of Pechner, Dorfman, Wolfe, Rounick & Cabot. Mr. Frank has focused his practice on business and corporate taxation and business and estate planning. Mr. Frank received a B.S. from Pennsylvania State University and a J.D. from the Temple University School of Law. Mr. Frank served on the board of directors of Deb Shops, Inc., formerly listed on NASDAQ, from 1989 through 2007. He also served on the audit committee of Deb Shops, Inc. from 1989 through October 2007 and was chairman of the audit committee from 1989 through 2003.

Mr. Frank has extensive legal knowledge as a practicing attorney, including his legal experience related to business and corporate taxation and business planning, as well as his service on the board and audit committee of a NASDAQ exchange-listed company. Mr. Frank provides experience the Board has deemed relevant to the duties required to be performed by the Board.

Michael J. Haganis aco-founder of Hawk Capital Partners, a private equity firm, where he currently serves as managing partner, and has served in such capacity since December 2014. Prior toco-founding Hawk Capital Partners, Mr. Hagan previously served as the President of LifeShield, Inc. (“LifeShield”), or LifeShield, from June 2013 to May 2014, a leading wireless home security company which was acquired by and became a division of DirecTV in 2013. He previously served as the chairman, president and chief executive officer of LifeShield from December 2009 to May 2013. Prior to his employment by LifeShield, Mr. Hagan served as chairman of NutriSystem, Inc. (“NutriSystem”), or NutriSystem, from 2002 to November 2008, as chief executive officer of NutriSystem from 2002 to May 2008 and as president of NutriSystem from July 2006 to September 2007. Prior to joining NutriSystem, Mr. Hagan was theco-founder of Verticalnet Inc. (“Verticalnet”), or Verticalnet, and held a number of executive positions at Verticalnet since its founding in 1995, including chairman of the board from 2002 to 2005, president and chief executive officer from 2001 to 2002, executive vice president

and chief operating officer from 2000 to 2001 and senior vice president prior to that time. Mr. Hagan has served on the board of directors of NutriSystem since February 2012, presiding in the role of chairman of the board since April 2012. Mr. Hagan previously served as a director of NutriSystem from 2002 to November 2008, Verticalnet from 1995 to January 2008 and Actua Corporation (formerly known as ICG Group, Inc.) from June 2007 to February 2018. Mr. Hagan also served as a member of the board of trustees of American Financial Realty Trust from 2003 to June 2007. Mr. Hagan holds a B.S. in Accounting from Saint Joseph’s University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

Mr. Hagan has significant experience as an entrepreneur and senior executive at public and private organizations. Mr. Hagan also has extensive experience in corporate finance, private equity, financial reporting and accounting and controls. This experience has provided Mr. Hagan, in the opinion of the Board, with experience and insight which is beneficial to the Company.

Jeffrey K. Harrowhas been chairman of Sparks Marketing Group, Inc. (“Sparks”), or Sparks, since 2001. Mr. Harrow is responsible for both operating divisions of Sparks, which includes Sparks Custom Retail and Sparks Exhibits & Environments,2001, a global brand experience agency with offices throughout the United States and international offices in Paris, France and Shanghai, China. Sparks’ clients include a number of Fortune 500 companies. Prior to joining Sparks, Mr. Harrow served as president and chief executive officer of CMPExpress.com from 1999 to 2000. Mr. Harrow created the strategy that allowed CMPExpress.com to move from aBusiness-to-Consumer marketplace into theBusiness-to-Business sector. In 2000, Mr. HarrowsuccessfullyHarrow successfully negotiated the sale of CMPExpress.com to Cyberian Outpost (NASDAQ ticker: COOL). From 1982 through 1998, Mr. Harrow was the president, chief executive officer and a director of Travel One, a national travel management company. Mr. Harrow was responsible for growing the company from a single office location to more than 100 offices in over 40 cities and to its rank as the 6th largest travel management company in the United States. Under his sales strategy, annual revenues grew from $8 million to just under $1 billion. During this time, Mr. Harrow purchased nine travel companies in strategic cities to complement Travel One’s

organic growth. In 1998, Mr. Harrow and his partners sold Travel One to American Express. In addition to serving as a board member of Sparks, Mr. Harrow serves on the board of directors of FS Investment Corporation III and as the chairman of its valuation committee. Mr. Harrow’s past directorships include service as a director of Cherry Hill National Bank, Hickory Travel Systems, Marlton Technologies and Ovation Travel Group and the Dean’s Board of Advisors of The George Washington University School of Business. Mr. Harrow is a graduate of The George Washington University School of Government and Business Administration, where he received his B.B.A. in 1979.

Mr. Harrow has served in a senior executive capacity at various companies, as well as a member of various boards. His extensive service at various companies has provided him, in the opinion of the Board, with experience and insight which is beneficial to the Company.

Philip E. Hughes, Jr.Jerel A. Hopkins serves as vice-chairman of Keystone Industries, an international manufacturing and distribution company, and has done so since November 2011. Mr. Hughes also serves as the president of Sovereign Developers, LP, a real estate development company, and has done so since he founded the company in 1999. In 2011, he formed, and currently operates, Philip E. Hughes, Jr., CPA, Esq. Accounting, Tax and Business Services, a professional services firm. He has served as vice president and associate general counsel of Fox Park Corporation, which ownsDelaware Management Holdings, Inc., a retail shopping center,diversified asset management firm and an affiliate of Macquarie, since 2005.November 2004. Prior to these positions,joining Delaware Management Holdings, Inc., Mr. HughesHopkins served as a partneran attorney in the corporate and headsecurities department of the Philadelphia officelaw firm Klehr Harrison from January 2000 to November 2004. Mr. Hopkins served as counsel in the division of enforcement and litigation of the accounting firm LarsonAllen LLPPennsylvania Securities Commission from 2000August 1997 to 2011. Mr. Hughes currently servesDecember 1999 and as a trustee for certainlead counsel of the other funds sponsored by FS Investments, and as the chair of their audit committees. He alsointernet fraud unit from January 1999 to December 1999. In addition, Mr. Hopkins served as a directorspecial counsel on behalf of VIST Financial Corporationthe Pennsylvania Securities Commission to the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. from 2007January 1999 to 2012, when the bank was acquired by Tompkins Financial Corporation, andDecember 1999. Mr. Hopkins has also served on the loan committee and audit committee, and now serves as a directorboard of VIST Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tompkins Financial Corporation, as well as on the executive loan committee. Further, Mr. Hughes served as a director of Madison Bank and Leesport Bank from 1989 to 2012, and served as chairtrustees of the audit committee and a memberPhiladelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine since February 2012. Mr. Hopkins received his B.S. from the Wharton School of the loan committeeUniversity of each institution. He also is a member of several nonprofit organizations, including NHS Human Services, a mental health organization, and Inn Dwelling, Inc., an organization that serves the homeless. Mr. Hughes has been a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants since 2000 and of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants since 1990. Mr. Hughes has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1976, a member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 1976 and a member of the Bar of the United States Tax Court since 1980. He received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from LaSalle University and his J.D. from Villanova University School of Law.

Mr. HughesHopkins has extensivesignificant experience concerning financial reporting, accountingin corporate and controls, which, combined with his executive leadership rolessecurities law matters and membership on various boards and audit committees,has served as a member of a number of boards. This experience has provided him,Mr. Hopkins, in the opinion of the Board, with experience and insight which is beneficial to the Company.

Pedro A. RamosJames H. Kropp served as an independent director of Corporate Capital Trust, Inc. (“CCT”), from 2011 until the merger of the Company and CCT, and as an independent trustee for Corporate Capital Trust II (“CCT II”) from 2015 until its merger with FSKR. Mr. Kropp currently serves as chief investment officer of SLKW Investments LLC, successor to i3 Funds, LLC, a position he has held since 2009 and was chief financial officer of Microproperties LLC from 2012 to March 2019. Since 1998, Mr. Kropp has been a director and member of the Nominating/Corporate Governance committee of PS Business Parks, Inc., a public real estate investment trust whose shares are listed on the NYSE. Mr. Kropp became an independent trustee of NYSE-listed American Homes 4 Rent and chairman of its audit committee at its founding in November 2012. Mr. Kropp received a B.B.A. Finance from St. Francis College and completed the MBA/CPA preparation program from New York University. Mr. Kropp has, in the past, been licensed to serve in a variety of supervisory positions (including financial, options and compliance principal) by the National Association of Securities Dealers. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and a Board Leadership Fellow for the National Association of Corporate Directors.

The Board believes Mr. Kropp’s direct experience with investments as a portfolio manager and registered investment adviser, together with his accounting, auditing and finance experience, is valuable to the Company.

Richard I. Goldsteinhas served as the president and chief executiveoperating officer of The Philadelphia FoundationRadius Global Infrastructure Inc. (“TPS”Radius Global”) since August 2015,2020 and has previously served as a charitable foundationmanaging director of Liberty Associated Partners, LP (“LAP”) since 2000 and Associated Partners, LP (“AP”) since 2006, both investment funds that builds, managesmake private and distributes philanthropic resources to improve livespublic market investments in the five-county Philadelphia region.communications, media, Internet and energy companies. Prior to joining TPS, heRadius Global, LAP and AP, Mr. Goldstein was a partner with the law firm of Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis LLP (“Schnader”) where he advised clients in the business, nonprofit and government sectors, focusing on transactions, financings, compliance, risk management and investigations. From June 2009 until the firm’s attorneys joined Schnader in August 2013, Mr. Ramos was a partner with the law firm of Trujillo, Rodriguez & Richards, LLC and led the firm’s government, education and social sector practice. From June 2007 to June 2009, Mr. Ramos was a partner with the law firm of Blank Rome LLP in its employment, benefits and labor group and its government relations practice. Mr. Ramos previously served as Managing Director of the City of Philadelphia from April 2005 to June 2007 and as City Solicitor from March 2004 to April 2005. Before working for the City of Philadelphia, Mr. Ramos served as vice president of The Associated Group, Inc. (“AGI”), a multi-billion dollar publicly traded owner and chiefoperator of staff to the president of the University of Pennsylvania from January 2002 to March 2004. From September 1992 to January 2002, Mr. Ramos served as an attorney with the law firm of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP in its employee benefits group. From November 2011 to October 2013, Mr. Ramos served as the chairman of the School Reform Commission, which oversees the School District of Philadelphia. Mr. Ramos served on the Board of the School District of Philadelphia from December 1995 through December 2001, with his last twocommunications-related businesses and assets. While at AGI, he

years as presidentassisted in establishing Teligent, Inc., of that board.which he was a director, and was responsible for operating AGI’s cellular telephone operations. Mr. Ramos has served as manager and director of TPF Properties, LLC since October 2017, and asGoldstein is currently a member of the executive committeeboard of directors of Ubicquia LLC and has counseled many early stage companies. Mr. Goldstein received a directorBachelor of Science in Business and Economics from Carnegie Mellon University and received training at the Greater Philadelphia ChamberMassachusetts Institute of Commerce since October 2017.Technology in Management Information Systems.

Mr. Ramos’Goldstein has extensive serviceexperience as a senior executive and in the private and public sectorsnegotiating investment transactions in a variety of industries. This experience has provided him,Mr. Goldstein, in the opinion of the Board, with experience and insight which is beneficial to the Company.

Joseph P. UjobaiOsagie Imasogie has over 30 years of experience in the field of law, finance, business management, healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry. He is a co-founder and the senior managing partner of PIPV Capital, a private equity firm that is focused on the life sciences vertical. Prior to co-founding PIPV Capital, Mr. Imasogie conceptualized and established GlaxoSmithKline Ventures and was its founding vice president. Mr. Imasogie has held senior commercial and R&D positions within pharmaceutical companies such as GSK, SmithKline, DuPont Merck and Endo, where he was the founding general counsel and senior vice president for corporate development. Mr. Imasogie has also been a Price Waterhouse corporate finance partner as well as a practicing attorney with a leading US law firm. Mr. Imasogie is a serial entrepreneur and investor. He serves as chairman and founder of iLera Healthcare and was also the founder and chairman of Iroko Pharmaceuticals, Ception Therapeutics Inc. and Trigenesis Therapeutics Inc. In addition, he serves on the board of a number of financial institutions such as Haverford Trust and StoneRidge Investment. Mr. Imasogie is a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he is an adjunct professor of Law. Mr. Imasogie also serves on the board of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Mr. Imasogie holds post-graduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the London School of Economics.

Mr. Imasogie has served in a senior executive capacity at various companies, as well as a member of various boards. His extensive service at various companies has provided him, in the executive vice presidentopinion of SEI Investments Company (“SEI”) since May 2003the Board, with insight which is beneficial to the Company.

Elizabeth Sandler is the founder and alsohas served as the chief executive officer of Echo Juliette, a consultant and adviser on workplace investments spanning executive coaching, employee productivity and physical space, since January 2019. Prior to founding Echo Juliette, Ms. Sandler served as managing director of SEI Investments (Europe) Limited since January 2000. He is responsible for the developmentThe Blackstone Group and Chief Operating Officer of SEI’s worldwide private banks and distribution business.its Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies business from September 2016 to August 2018. Prior to this, Mr. Ujobai had overall responsibility for the start up of SEI’s business outsidejoining The Blackstone Group, she worked at Deutsche Bank from November 2000 to August 2016, including serving at different times as a managing director and global chief operating officer of the United States. From May 1996Risk Division, Structure Finance business and Commercial Real Estate business, among other roles. Prior to January 1999, he wasjoining Deutsche Bank, she worked at a number of companies in the Managing Director of SEI Investments, Latin America, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Before these international assignments Mr. Ujobai worked in SEI’sGlobal Wealth Platform, managing large institutional relationships. Mr. Ujobai has also worked as Senior Vice President of Global Distribution for Kidder Peabody Asset Management and as Senior Relationship Manager at the IBM Corporation. Mr. Ujobai currently serves as a trustee for FS Energy Total Return Fund, as a member of its audit committee and as the chair of its nominating and corporate governance committee. Mr. Ujobai holdsfinancial services industry. Ms. Sandler received a B.A. in Business Administration from Drexel University.Duke University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Ujobai’sMs. Sandler’s extensive experience with investment andin the financial services companiesindustry has provided him,Ms. Sandler, in the opinion of the Board, with experience and insight which is beneficial to the Company.

Executive Officers

The following persons currently serve as our executive officers in the following capacities:

 

NAME

  

AGE

  

POSITIONS HELD

Michael C. Forman

  5760  Chief Executive Officer

Todd BuilioneBrian Gerson

  4354  President

William Goebel

43Chief Financial Officer and TreasurerCo-President

Daniel Pietrzak

  4346Co-President, Chief Investment Officer

Steven Lilly

51  Chief InvestmentFinancial Officer

Stephen S. Sypherd

  4144  General Counsel and Secretary

William Goebel

46Chief Accounting Officer

James F. Volk

  5558  Chief Compliance Officer

Zachary KlehrDrew O’Toole

  3932  Executive Vice PresidentCo-Chief Operating Officer

Ryan Wilson

44Co-Chief Operating Officer

Zach Chalfant

37Treasurer

The address for each executive officer is c/o FS Investment Corporation,KKR Capital Corp., 201 Rouse Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112. Each executive officer holds his office until his successor is chosen and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal.

Executive Officers Who are Not Directors

William GoebelBrian Gerson has served as our chief financial officerthe co-president of the Company since March 2011October 2019 and our treasureralso serves as the co-president of FSKR. He joined FS Investments in November 2017 as its head of Private Credit and has more than 20 years of experience in investing and corporation lending, with specific expertise in lending through business development companies, or BDCs. Mr. Gerson has served on the Advisor’s investment committee since April 2018. Mr. Goebel also serves as chief financial officer and treasurer for certain of the Other Advised Entities and the other funds sponsored by FS Investments. Prior to joining FS Investments, he most recently served as group head and

managing director at LStar Capital (“LStar”), the credit affiliate of Lone Star Funds, from April 2015 to November 2017. At LStar, Mr. Goebel heldGerson developed and maintained deep relationships with the financial sponsor community and middle market intermediaries while significantly expanding LStar’s corporate credit business. Prior to joining LStar, Mr. Gerson was a senior manager audit position with Ernst & Young LLPfounding member of Solar Capital Partners, which serves as investment adviser to two yield-oriented BDCs. At Solar Capital, he spent seven years from January 2007 to September 2014 in the firm’s assetvarious credit, origination, management, practiceand business development roles, most recently serving as executive vice president of Solar Capital Limited. Prior to joining Solar Capital, Mr. Gerson spent 12 years in various positions, including managing director at CIBC World Markets in its leveraged finance and financial sponsors group. Mr. Gerson graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from 2003 to January 2011,Tufts University where he was responsible for the auditsearned a Bachelor of regulated investment companies, private investment partnerships, investment advisers and broker-dealers. Mr. Goebel began his career at a regional public accounting firm, Tait, Weller and Baker LLPArts in 1997. Mr. Goebel received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds the CFA Institute’s Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Mr. Goebel serves on the board of directors of Philadelphia Reads (and serves as treasurer and chairs the audit committee of that board).Mathematics.

Daniel Pietrzakhas served as our chief investment officer since April 2018. Mr. Pietrzak also currently2018 and co-president since October 2019 and serves as theco-president and chief investment officer of certain of the Other Advised Entities.FSKR. Mr. Pietrzak joined KKR Credit

Advisors (US), LLC (“KKR Credit”) in 2016 and is a Membermember of KKR. Mr. Pietrzak is a portfolio manager for KKR Credit’s private credit funds and portfolios and a member of the Global Private Credit Investment Committee, Europe Direct Lending Investment Committee and KKR Credit Portfolio Management Committee. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Pietrzak was a Managing Directormanaging director and theCo-Headco-head of Deutsche Bank’s Structured Financestructured finance business across the Americas and Europe. Previously, Mr. Pietrzak was based in New York and held various roles in the structured finance and credit businesses of Société Générale and CIBC World Markets. Mr. Pietrzak started his career at Price Waterhouse in New York and is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Pietrzak holds an M.B.A. in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Accounting from Lehigh University.

Steven Lilly has served as the chief financial officer of the Company since November 2019 and also serves as chief financial officer of FSKR. He joined FS Investments in October 2019 as a managing director. Mr. Lilly has a wealth of experience in the BDC space and most recently served as chief financial officer and secretary of Triangle Capital Corporation (“Triangle”) and as a member of its board of directors from 2006 and as its chief compliance officer from 2007, prior to Triangle’s sale to Benefit Street Partners and Barings, LLC in 2018. From 2005 to 2006, Mr. Lilly served as chief financial officer of Triangle Capital Partners, LLC. At Triangle, he built the company’s financial and operating infrastructure, oversaw listings on the Nasdaq and NYSE in 2007 and 2010, respectively, and led all corporate M&A and strategic processes. Prior to joining Triangle, Mr. Lilly spent seven years as senior vice president of finance & treasurer at SpectraSite Communications, a publicly traded wireless tower company, which was sold to American Tower Corporation in 2005. He began his career in the media and communications capital markets group at First Union, now part of Wells Fargo. Mr. Lilly earned a B.A. in History from Davidson College and completed the Executive Education Program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He currently serves on the board of trustees of UNC/Rex Healthcare, Episcopal High School, Saint Mary’s School, and Historic Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, NC. He is also a director at America First Multifamily Investors, LP, a publicly traded mortgage real estate investment trust, where he serves as chairman of the audit committee.

Stephen S. Sypherd has served as our secretary of the Company since January 2013 and as ourits general counsel since April 2018. He previously served as ourthe Company’s vice president. Mr. Sypherd also currently serves as the general counsel and secretary of FSKR and secretary, general counsel, vice president treasurer and/or secretarytreasurer of certain of the Other Advised Entities and the other funds sponsored by FS Investments. Mr. Sypherd has also served in various senior officer capacities for FS Investments and its affiliated investment advisers, including as senior vice president from December 2011 to August 2014, general counsel since January 2013 and managing director since August 2014. He is responsible for legal and compliance matters across all entities and investment products of FS Investments. Prior to joining FS Investments, Mr. Sypherd served for eight years as an attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he practiced corporate and securities law. Mr. Sypherd received his B.A. in Economics from Villanova University and his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an executive editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. He serves on the board of trustees of the University of the Arts where he is also the chairman of the audit committee (and on the advancementexecutive and governance committees of that board).

William Goebel has served as chief accounting officer of the Company since October 2019. Previously, Mr. Goebel served as the Company’s treasurer from April 2018 to June 2020 and the Company’s chief financial officer from July 2011 to September 2014 and from September 2016 to October 2019. Mr. Goebel also serves as chief accounting officer of FSKR and as chief financial officer of other funds sponsored by FS Investments. Prior to joining FS Investments, Mr. Goebel held a senior manager audit position with Ernst & Young LLP in the firm’s asset management practice from 2003 to January 2011, where he was responsible for the audits of regulated investment companies, private investment partnerships, investment advisers and broker-dealers. Mr. Goebel began his career at a regional public accounting firm, Tait, Weller and Baker LLP in 1997. Mr. Goebel received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds the CFA Institute’s Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Mr. Goebel serves on the board of directors of Philadelphia Reads (and serves as treasurer and chairs the audit committee of that board).

James F. Volk has served as our chief compliance officer since April 2015. Mr. Volk also serves as the chief compliance officer of certain of the Other Advised EntitiesFSKR and the other funds sponsored by FS Investments. He is responsible for all compliance and regulatory issues affecting the Company and the foregoing companies. Before joining FS Investments and its affiliated investment advisers in October 2014, Mr. Volk was the chief compliance officer, chief accounting officer and head of traditional fund operations at SEI Investment Company’s Investment Manager Services market unit. Mr. Volk was also formerly the assistant chief accountant at the SEC’s Division of Investment Management and a senior manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Volk graduated from the University of Delaware with a B.S. in Accounting.

Zachary KlehrDrew O’Toole has served as our executive vice presidentthe co-chief operating officer of the Company since our inception in January 2013. Mr. KlehrOctober 2019 and also currently serves as executive vice presidentthe co-chief operating officer of certainFSKR. He is a managing director of FS Investments, which he joined in April 2014. Previously, Mr. O’Toole was a director of corporate strategy at FS Investments. His responsibilities were primarily focused on the design, analysis and implementation of key firm strategic initiatives. Prior to FS Investments, he worked in various roles at Cambridge Associates LLC, an institutional investment advisory and consulting firm. Mr. O’Toole graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh with degrees in Finance and Business Management. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Ryan Wilson has served as the co-chief operating officer of the Other Advised EntitiesCompany since October 2019 and also serves as the co-chief operating officer of FSKR. He joined KKR Credit in 2006 and he is currently a managing director of KKR and the other funds sponsored by FS Investments.chief operating officer of KKR Private Credit. Mr. KlehrWilson served as CCT’s chief operating officer prior to its merger with FSK and has held various roles across KKR Credit. Prior to joining KKR Credit, Mr. Wilson was with PricewaterhouseCoopers, serving a variety of clients across industries. Mr. Wilson holds a B.A. in Economics with honors from Wilfrid Laurier University and a MAcc in Accounting from the University of Waterloo. He also is a CFA charterholder, Chartered Professional Accountant and a Chartered Accountant.

Zach Chalfant has served in various senior officer capacities foras the treasurer of the Company since June 2020 and also serves as the treasurer of FSKR. He is an executive director of FS Investments, and its affiliated investment advisers. In this role,which he focuses on fund administration,joined in September 2012. Previously, Mr. Chalfant was a director of portfolio management fund operations, technologyat FS Investments, where his responsibilities were focused on reporting and client relations.liability management. Prior to joining FS Investments, Mr. Klehr servedChalfant worked in various roles as JPMorgan Chase and City of London Investment Management. Mr. Chalfant holds a vice president at Versa Capital Management, or Versa, a private equity firm with approximately $1 billionB.S. in assets under management, from July 2007 to February 2011. At Versa, he sourced, underwrote, negotiated, structured and managed investments in middle market distressed companies, special situations and distressed debt. Prior to Versa, Mr. Klehr spent five years at Goldman, Sachs & Co., starting as an analyst in the Investment Banking Division, then in the executive office working on firm-wide strategy covering hedge funds and other complex multi-faceted clients of the firm. Later, he joined the Financial Sponsors Group as an associate where he focused on leveraged buyouts, acquisitions and equity and debt financings for private equity clients. Mr. Klehr received his M.B.A., with honors, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his B.A., cum laude, alsoFinance from the University of Pennsylvania. He is active in his community and served on the board of trustees of The Philadelphia School where he was a member of the executive, governance, advancement, finance and investment committees.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, the Company’s directors and executive officers, and any persons holding more than 10% of the Company’s shares of common stock (“Shares”), are required to report their beneficial ownership and any changes therein to the SEC and the Company. Specific due dates for those

reports have been established, and the Company is required to report herein any failure to file such reports by those due dates. Based on the Company’s review of Forms 3, 4 and 5 filed by such persons and information provided by the Company’s directors and officers, the Company believes that during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to such persons were timely filed.Maryland.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

The Company has adopted a code of business conduct and ethics (as amended and restated, the “Code of Business Conduct and Ethics”) pursuant to Rule17j-1 promulgated under the 1940 Act, which applies to, among others, its officers, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as well as the members of the Board. The Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics can be accessed on the Investor RelationsCorporate governance portion of the Company’s website at www.fsinvestmentcorp.comwww.fskkradvisor.com/fsk/. In addition, the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Internet site at www.sec.gov. Stockholders may also obtain a copy of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the followinge-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the SEC’s Public Reference Section at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549.publicinfo@sec.gov. The Company intends to disclose any amendments to or waivers of required provisions of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics on Form8-K, as required by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Corporate Governance Guidelines

The Company has adopted corporate governance guidelines pursuant to Section 303A.09 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual, which can be accessed via the Investor RelationsCorporate governance portion of the Company’s website at www.fsinvestmentcorp.comwww.fskkradvisor.com/fsk/..

Audit Committee

The Board has established an Audit Committee that operates pursuant to a charter and consists of three members, including a Chairman of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee members are Messrs. ChandlerFord (Chairman), FrankKropp and Hughes,Imasogie, each an Independent Director. The Board has determined that Messrs. ChandlerFord and HughesKropp are “audit committee financial experts” as defined by Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of RegulationS-K promulgated under the Exchange Act. The primary function of the Audit Committee is to oversee the integrity of the Company’s accounting policies, financial reporting process and system of internal controls regarding finance and accounting policies. The Audit Committee is responsible for selecting, engaging and discharging the Company’s independent accountants, reviewing the plans, scope and results of the audit engagement with the Company’s independent accountants, approving professional services provided by the Company’s independent accountants (including compensation therefor) and reviewing the independence of the Company’s independent accountants. The Audit Committee charter can be accessed on the Investor RelationsCorporate governance portion of Company’s website atwww.fsinvestmentcorp.comwww.fskkradvisor.com/fsk/..

Compensation Committee

The Board has established a Compensation Committee that operates pursuant to a charter and consists of three members, including a Chairman of the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee members are Messrs. ChandlerFord (Chairman), FrankKropp and Hughes,Imasogie, each of whom is an Independent Director. The Compensation Committee is responsible for determining, or recommending to the Board for determination, the compensation, if any, of the Company’s chief executive officer and all other executive officers of the Company. Currently none of the Company’s executive officers are compensated by the Company and, as a result, the Compensation Committee does not produce and/or review reports on executive compensation practices. The Compensation Committee is also responsible for reviewing on an annual basis the Company’s reimbursement to the Advisor of the allocable portion

of the cost of the Company’s executive officers and their respective staffs made pursuant to the administration agreement between the Company and the Advisor, dated as of April 9, 2018 or the FS/KKR administration agreement.(the “Administration Agreement”). The Compensation Committee has the authority to engage compensation consultants following consideration of certain factors related to such consultants’ independence.

The Compensation Committee charter is available on the Investor RelationsCorporate governance portion of the Company’s website at www.fsinvestmentcorp.com.www.fskkradvisor.com/fsk/.

 

Item 11.

Executive Compensation.

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

The Company’s executive officers do not receive any direct compensation from the Company. The Company does not currently have any employees and does not expect to have any employees. As an externally managed business development company, or BDC, services necessary for the Company’s business are provided by individuals who are employees of the Advisor or its affiliates or by individuals who were contracted by the Company, the Advisor or their respective affiliates to work on behalf of the Company, pursuant to the terms of the amended and restated investment advisory agreement between the Company and the Advisor, dated April 9,December 20, 2018 or the FS/KKR investment advisory agreement,(the “Investment Advisory Agreement”) and the FS/KKR administration.Administration Agreement. Each of the Company’s executive officers is an employee of the Advisor or its affiliates or an outside contractor, and theday-to-day investment operations and administration of the Company’s portfolio are managed by the Advisor. In addition, the Company will reimburse the Advisor for the Company’s allocable portion of expenses incurred by the Advisor in performing its obligations under the FS/KKR investment advisory agreementInvestment Advisory Agreement and the FS/KKR administration agreement. Historically,Administration Agreement.

The Investment Advisory Agreement and the Administration Agreement provide that the Advisor (and its officers, managers, partners, members (and their members, including the owners of their members), agents, employees, controlling persons and any other person or entity affiliated with, or acting on behalf of, the Advisor) shall be entitled to indemnification (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and amounts reasonably paid in settlement) for any liability or loss suffered by the Advisor, and the Advisor shall be held harmless for any loss or liability suffered by the Company, reimbursed FB Income Advisor, LLC,arising out of the performance of any of its duties or FB Income Advisor, pursuant to an amended and restated investment advisory agreement betweenobligations under the Company and FB Income Advisor, dated July 17, 2014,Investment Advisory Agreement or the FB IncomeAdministration Agreement, respectively, or otherwise as the Company’s investment adviser or administrator, respectively; provided, however, that the Advisor investment advisory agreement,cannot be indemnified for any liability arising out of willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence in the performance of the Advisor’s duties or by reason of the reckless disregard of the Advisor’s duties and an administration agreement betweenobligations under the Company and FB Income Advisor, dated April 16, 2014,Investment Advisory Agreement or the FB Income Advisor administration agreement. The FB Income Advisor investment advisory agreement was replaced by the FS/KKR investment advisory agreement and the FB Income Advisor administration agreement was replaced by the FS/KKR administration agreement.Administration Agreement, as applicable.

Director Compensation

The Company does not pay compensation to its directors who also serve in an executive officer capacity for the Company or the Advisor. Directors who do not also serve in an executive officer capacity for the Company or the Advisor are entitled to receive annual cash retainer fees fees for participating in quarterly Board and Board committee meetings and certain other Board and Board committee meetings and annual fees for serving as a committee chairperson. These directors are Mses. Adams and Sandler and Messrs. Chandler, Frank, Hagan, Ford, Harrow, Hughes, RamosHopkins, Kropp, Imasogie and Ujobai.Goldstein. Mr. Hagan also receives an annual retainer for his service as lead Independent Director.independent director.

Amounts payable under these fee arrangements for the director fees arrangementCompany are determined and paid quarterly in arrears as follows:set forth below and are shared pro rata by the Fund Complex based on assets under management (“Fund Complex” means the Company and FSKR):

 

  Amount(1)   Amount(1) 

Annual Board Retainer

  $100,000   $160,000 

Annual Lead Independent Director Retainer

  $25,000   $30,000 

Board Meeting Fees

  $2,500 

Annual Committee Chair Retainers

  

Annual Committee Chair Retainers(1)

  

Audit Committee

  $20,000   $25,000 

Valuation Committee

  $20,000   $25,000 

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

  $15,000   $15,000 

Committee Meeting Fees

  $1,000 

 

(1)

The Company does not pay compensation to directors for their service as compensation committee members.

The Company will also reimbursesreimburse each of the above directors for all reasonable and authorized business expenses in accordance with its policies as in effect from time to time, including reimbursement of reasonableout-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending eachin-person Board meeting and eachin-person Board committee meeting not held concurrently with a Board meeting.

The table below sets forth the compensation received by each current director from (i) the Company and (ii) all of the Company’s directorscompanies in the Fund Complex, including the Company, and FSKR in the aggregate, in each case, for service during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017:2020. Our directors do not receive any retirement benefits from us.

 

Name of Director

  Fees Earned
or Paid in Cash
by the Company
  Total Compensation
from the
Company

David J. Adelman(1)

    —       —   

Todd Builione(2)

    —       —   

Gregory P. Chandler

    $144,000     $144,000 

Michael C. Forman

    —       —   

Barry H. Frank

    $141,500     $141,500 

Thomas J. Gravina(1)

    $115,000     $115,000 

Michael J. Hagan

    $140,500     $140,500 

Jeffrey K. Harrow

    $133,000     $133,000 

Michael J. Heller(1)

    $119,000     $119,000 

Philip E. Hughes, Jr.

    $120,000     $120,000 

Pedro Ramos

    $122,000     $122,000 

Joseph P. Ujobai

    $119,000     $119,000 

Name of Director

  Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash
by the Company
   Total Compensation
from the Company
   Total
Compensation
from the
Fund
Complex
 

Michael C. Forman

   —      —      —   

Todd Builione

   —      —      —   

Barbara Adams

  $160,000   $160,000   $160,000 

Brian R. Ford

  $185,000   $185,000   $185,000 

Richard Goldstein

  $160,000   $160,000   $160,000 

Michael J. Hagan

  $190,000   $190,000   $190,000 

Jeffrey K. Harrow

  $175,000   $175,000   $175,000 

Jerel A. Hopkins

  $160,000   $160,000   $160,000 

James H. Kropp

  $185,000   $185,000   $185,000 

Osagie Imasogie

  $160,000   $160,000   $160,000 

Elizabeth Sandler

  $160,000   $160,000   $160,000 

 

(1)

Messrs. Adelman, GravinaForman and Heller each resigned, effective as of April 9, 2018.

(2)Mr. Builione joined the Board in 2018 and doesdo not receive fees.

Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

Security Ownership of Management and Certain Beneficial Owners

The following table sets forth, as of April 26, 2018,1, 2021, the beneficial ownership of each current director, the Company’s executive officers, each person known to the Company to beneficially own 5% or more of the outstanding Shares, and all of the Company’s executive officers and directors as a group.

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with Rule13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and includes voting or investment power with respect to the Shares. There are no Shares subject to options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of April 26, 2018.1, 2021.

 

   Shares Beneficially Owned as
of April 26, 20181, 2021

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)

  Number of
Shares
 Percentage (%)(2)

Interested Directors:

    

Michael C. Forman(3)

   1,202,633293,985    *

Todd Builione

   —  3,125    —  *

Independent Directors:

    

Gregory P. ChandlerBarbara Adams(4)

   18,9713,100    *

Barry H. Frank(5)Brian R. Ford

   100,8784,375    *

Michael J. Hagan

   70,00028,025    *

Jeffrey K. Harrow

   27,5399,739    *

Philip E. Hughes, Jr.Jerel A. Hopkins.

   5,260*

Pedro A. Ramos(6)

2,150*

Joseph P. Ujobai

—  
    —  

James H. Kropp.

8,019    —  *

Richard I. Goldstein (4)

14,275*

Osagie Imasogie

8,663*

Elizabeth Sandler

890*

Executive Officers:

    

William Goebel.Brian Gerson.

   5,000*

Zachary Klehr

19,904*

Daniel Pietrzak

—  
    —  

Daniel Pietrzak(5)

12,500*

Steven Lilly

    —  

Stephen S. Sypherd

   1784,246    *

William Goebel

1,250*

James F. Volk

   560308    *

All Directors and Executive Officers as a group (14(17 persons)

   1,451,749392,500    *

 

*

Less than one percent.

(1)

The address of each of the beneficial owners set forth above is c/o FS Investment Corporation,KKR Capital Corp., 201 Rouse Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112.

(2)

Based on a total of 243,451,089123,755,965 Shares issued and outstanding on April 26, 2018.1, 2021.

(3)242,455 Shares held in trust; 924,609 Shares

49,499 shares held by MCFDA SCV LLC, a wholly-owned special purpose financing vehicle of which The 2011 Forman Investment Trust is a member and Michael C. Forman is the manager; 231,152 shares held by FSH Seed Capital Vehicle I LLC, a wholly-owned special purpose financing subsidiary of FS Investments; 12,952 Shares4,856 shares held by spouse in trust; 3,256 Sharesspouse; 1,221 shares held for the benefit of minor children in trust; 11,491 Shares4,308 shares held in a 401(k) account; and 7,8702,950 shares held in an IRA.

(4)

All Shares held in an IRA account.

(4)14,473 Shares held in a 401(k) account; 2,208 Shares held by spouse; 483 Shares held by spouse as UTMA custodian for minorchild-1; and 483 Shares held by spouse as UTMA custodian for minorchild-2.IRA.

(5)Includes 33,831

10,000 Shares held in IRA account and 56,367 Shares held by spouse.an IRA.

(6)Includes 490 shares held in IRA account.

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions(dollar amounts in thousands, excluding per share amounts, unless otherwise noted)

The Company has procedures in place for the review, approval and monitoring of transactions involving the Company and certain persons related to the Company. For example, the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics generally prohibits any employee, officer or director from engaging in any transaction where there is a conflict between such individual’s personal interest

and the interests of the Company. Waivers to the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for any executive officer or member of the Board must be approved by the Board and are publicly disclosed as required by applicable law and regulations. In addition, the Audit Committee is required to review and approve all transactions with related persons (as defined in Item 404 of RegulationS-K promulgated promulgated under the Exchange Act). All future transactions with affiliates of the Company will be on terms no less favorable than could be obtained from an unaffiliated third party and must be approved by a majority of the Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors.

Compensation of the Investment AdviserAdvisory Agreement and Administration Agreement

Historically, the Company received investment advisory services from FB Income Advisor pursuant to the FB Income Advisor investment advisory agreement, and administrative services pursuant to the FB Income Advisor administration agreement. The FB Income Advisor investment advisory agreement was replaced by the FS/KKR investment advisory agreement. The FB Income Advisor administration agreement was replaced by the FS/KKR administration agreement. FB Income Advisor previously engaged GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC (“GDFM”) to act as the Company’s investmentsub-adviser pursuant to the investmentsub-advisory agreement between FB Income Advisor and GDFM, dated April 13, 2008, or the GDFMsub-advisory agreement. GDFM resigned as the Company’s investmentsub-adviser and terminated the investmentsub-advisory agreement effective April 9, 2018.

Pursuant to the FS/KKR investment advisory agreement,Investment Advisory Agreement, the Advisor is entitled to an annuala base management fee based oncalculated at an annual rate of 1.50% of the average weekly value of the Company’s gross assets (equal toexcluding cash and cash equivalents (gross assets equal the total assets of the Company as set forth on the Company’s consolidated financial statements)balance sheets) and an incentive fee based on the Company’s performance. TheEffective June 15, 2019, in connection with stockholder approval of the modification of the asset coverage requirement applicable to senior securities from 200% to 150%, the Advisor reduced (by permanent waiver) the annual base management fee is calculated at an annual rate ofpayable under the Investment Advisory Agreement from 1.5% of the average weekly value of the Company’s gross assets.to 1.0% on all assets financed using leverage over 1.0x debt-to-equity. The base management fee is payable quarterly in arrears and is calculated based on the average weekly value of the Company’s gross assets during the most recently completed calendar quarter.

The incentive fee consists of two parts. The firstarrears. All or any part of the incentivebase management fee which is referrednot taken as to any quarter will be deferred without interest and may be taken in such other quarter as the Advisor determines.

Pursuant to the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Advisor may also be entitled to receive a subordinated incentive fee on income. The subordinated incentive fee on income under the Investment Advisory Agreement, which is calculated and payable quarterly in arrears, equals 20.0% ofthe Company’s “pre-incentive fee net investment income” for the immediately preceding quarter and is subject to a hurdle rate, expressed as a rate of return on the value of the Company’s net assets, equal to 1.75% per quarter, or an annualized hurdle rate of 7.0%. As a result, the Advisor will not earn this incentive fee for any quarter untilthe Company’s pre-incentive fee net investment income for such quarter exceeds the hurdle rate of 1.75%. Oncethe Company’s pre-incentive fee net investment income in any quarter exceeds the hurdle rate, the Advisor will be entitledto a “catch-up” fee equal to the amount ofthe Company’s pre-incentive fee net investment income in excess of the hurdle rate, untilthe Company’s pre-incentive fee net investment income for such quarter equals 2.1875%, or 8.75% annually, of the value of the Company’s net assets. Thereafter, the Advisor will be entitled to receive 20.0% of theCompany’s pre-incentive fee net investment income.

The subordinated incentive fee on income is subject to a cap equal to (i) 20.0% of the per “per sharepre-incentive fee fee returnreturn” for the then-current and eleven preceding calendar quartersminusthe cumulative per“per share incentive feesfees” accrued and/or payable for the eleven preceding calendar quartersmultiplied by(ii) the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the calendar quarter (or any portion thereof) for which the subordinated incentive fee on income is being calculated. For the foregoing purpose, theThe definitions of “per sharepre-incentive fee return” for any calendar quarter is equal to (i) the sum of the Company’spre-incentive fee net investment income for the

calendar quarter, realized gains and losses for the calendar quarter and unrealized appreciation and depreciation of the Company’s investments for the calendar quarter and, for any calendar quarter ending prior to January 1, 2018, and base management fees for the calendar quarter,divided by(ii) the weighted average number of shares outstanding during such calendar quarter. In addition, the “per share incentive fee” forfees” under the Investment Advisory Agreement take into account the historic per share pre-incentive fee return of both the Company and CCT, together with the historic per share incentive fees paid by both the Company and CCT. For the purpose of calculating the “per share pre-incentive fee return,” any calendar quarter is equal to (i) the incentive fee accrued and/unrealized appreciation or payable for such calendar quarter divided by (ii) the weighted average number of shares outstanding during such calendar quarter.

The second partdepreciation recognized as a result of the incentive fee, whichpurchase accounting for the Company’s acquisition of CCT is referredexcluded.

Pursuant to as the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement, an incentive fee on capital gains is determined and payable in arrears as of the end of each calendar year (or upon termination of the FS/KKR investment advisory agreement)Investment Advisory Agreement). This fee equals 20.0% of the Company’s incentive fee capital gains, which equalsshall equal both CCT’s and the Company’s realized capital gains (without duplication) on a cumulative basis from inception, calculated as of the end of the applicable period,each calendar year, computed net of all realized capital losses and unrealized capital depreciation (without duplication) on a cumulative basis, less the aggregate amount of any capital gain incentive fees previously paid capital gains incentive fees. Theby CCT and the Company. On a quarterly basis, the Company accrues for the capital gains incentive fee which,by calculating such fee as if earned, is paid annually.it were due and payable as of the end of such period. The Company accruesincludes unrealized gains in the calculation of the capital gains incentive fee expense and related accrued capital gains incentive fee. This accrual reflects the incentive fee on capital gains based on net realized and unrealized gains; however, the feefees that would be payable to the Advisor if the Company’s entire portfolio was liquidated at its fair value as of the balance sheet date even though the Advisor is based on realized gains and no suchnot entitled to an incentive fee is payable with respect to unrealized gains unless and until such gains are actually realized.

Pursuant to the FS/KKR administration agreement,Administration Agreement, the Advisor oversees the Company’sday-to-day operations, operations, including the provision of general ledger accounting, fund accounting, legal services, investor relations, certain government and regulatory affairs activities, and other administrative services. The Advisor also performs, or oversees the performance of, the Company’s corporate operations and required administrative services, which includes being responsible for the financial records that the Company is required to maintain and preparing reports for the Company’s stockholders and reports filed with the SEC. In addition, the Advisor assists the Company in calculating the its net asset value, overseeing the preparation and filing of tax returns and the printing and dissemination of reports to the Company’s stockholders, and generally overseeing the payment of ourthe Company’s expenses and the performance of administrative and professional services rendered to usthe Company by others.

Pursuant to the FS/KKR administration agreement,Administration Agreement, the Company reimburses the Advisor for expenses necessary to perform services related to the Company’sits administration and operations, including the Advisor’s allocable portion of the compensation and related expenses of certain personnel of FS Investments and KKR Credit providing administrative services to usthe Company on behalf of the Advisor. The Company reimburses the Advisor no less than quarterly for all costs and expenses incurred by the Advisor in performing its obligations and providing personnel and facilities under the FS/KKR administration agreement.Administration Agreement. The Advisor allocates the cost of such services to the Company based on factors such as total assets, revenues, time allocations and/or other reasonable metrics. The BoardCompany’s board of directors reviews the methodology employed in determining how the expenses are allocated to the Company and the proposed allocation of administrative expenses among the Company and certain affiliates of the Advisor. The BoardCompany’s board of directors then assesses the reasonableness of such reimbursements for expenses allocated to the Companyit based on the breadth, depth and quality of such services as compared to the estimated cost to the Company of obtaining similar services from third-party service providers known to be available. In addition, the BoardCompany’s board of directors considers whether any single third-party service provider would be capable of providing all such services at comparable cost and quality. Finally, the BoardCompany’s board of directors compares the total amount paid to the Advisor for such services as a percentage of the Company’s net assets to the same ratio as reported by other comparable BDCs.

Historically, pursuant to the FB Income Advisor investment advisory and administrative services agreement, FB Income Advisor was entitled to an annual base management fee of 1.75% of the average value of the Company’s gross assets and an incentive fee based on the Company’s performance. FB Income Advisor agreed, effective October 1, 2017, to (a) waive a portion of the base management fee to which it was entitled under the FB Income Advisor investment advisory agreement so that the fee received equaled 1.50% of the average value of the Company’s gross assets and (b) continue to calculate the subordinated incentive fee on income to which it was entitled under the FB Income Advisor investment advisory agreement as if the base management fee was 1.75% of the average value of our gross assets. The investmentsub-advisory agreement provided that GDFM was entitled to receive 50% of all management and incentive fees payable to FB Income Advisor under the FB Income Advisor investment advisory agreement with respect to each year.

Pursuant to the FB Income Advisor administration agreement, the Company also reimbursed FB Income Advisor and GDFM for expenses necessary to perform services related to the Company’s administration and operations, including FB Income Advisor’s allocable portion of the compensation and related expenses of certain personnel of FS Investments providing administrative services to the Company on behalf of FB Income Advisor. FB Income Advisor allocated the cost of such services to the Company based on factors such as assets, revenues, time allocations and/or other reasonable metrics.

The following table describes the fees and expenses the Company accrued under the FB Income Advisor investment advisory agreementInvestment Advisory Agreement and FB Income Advisor administrative services agreementthe Administration Agreement during the yearsyear ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:2020 (dollars in millions):

 

         Year Ended
December 31,
 

Related Party

  

Source Agreement

  

Description

  2017   2016 

FB Income Advisor

  FB Income Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement  Base Management Fee(1)  $70,222   $71,280 

FB Income Advisor

  FB Income Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement  Capital Gains Incentive Fee(2)  $—     $—   

FB Income Advisor

  FB Income Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement  Subordinated Incentive Fee on Income(3)  $50,297   $51,830 

FB Income Advisor

  FB Income Advisor Administrative Services Agreement  Administrative Services Expenses(4)  $3,051   $3,475 

Related Party

  

Source Agreement

  

Description

  Year Ended
December 31,
2020
 

The Advisor

  Investment Advisory Agreement  Base Management Fee(1)  $106 

The Advisor

  Administration Agreement  Administrative Services Expenses(2)  $7 

 

(1)FB Income Advisor agreed, effective October 1, 2017, to waive a portion of the base management fee to which it was entitled under the FB Income Advisor investment advisory agreement so that the fee received equaled 1.50% of the average value of the Company’s gross assets. For

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the amount shown is net of waivers of $2,575. During the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, $72,794 and $71,673, respectively,2020, $111 in base management fees were paid to FB Incomethe Advisor. As of December 31, 2017, $15,4502020, $25 in base management fees were payable to FB Incomethe Advisor.

(2)The Company paid FB Income Advisor no capital gains incentive fees during the year ended December 31, 2017. As of December 31, 2017, no capital gains incentive fees were accrued.
(3)During the year ended December 31, 2017, $50,311 of subordinated incentive fees on income were paid to FB Income Advisor. As of December 31, 2017, a subordinated incentive fee on income of $12,871 was payable to FB Income Advisor.
(4)During the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, $2,796 and $3,194, respectively, of administrative services expenses related to the allocation of costs of administrative personnel for services rendered to the Company by FB Income Advisor and the remainder related to other reimbursable expenses. The Company paid $3,273 and $3,905, respectively, in administrative services expenses to FB Income Advisor during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

Exemptive Relief

As a BDC, the Company is subject to certain regulatory restrictions in making its investments. For example, BDCs generally are not permitted toco-invest with certain affiliated entities in transactions originated by the BDC or its affiliates in the absence of an exemptive order from the SEC. However, BDCs are permitted to, and may, simultaneouslyco-invest in transactions where price is the only negotiated term. In an order dated April 3, 2018, the SEC granted exemptive relief permitting the Company, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, toco-invest in certain privately negotiated investment transactions, including investments originated and directly negotiated by the Advisor or KKR Credit, with certain affiliatesAllocation of the Advisor, or the Company’sco-investment affiliates. The Company believes this relief will enhance its ability to further its investment objectives and strategy. The Company believes this relief may also increase favorable investment opportunities for it, in part, by allowing it to participate in larger investments, together with the Company’sco-investment affiliates, than would be available to the Company if such relief had not been obtained. The Company had previously relied on an order dated June 4, 2013, pursuant to which the SEC granted exemptive relief permitting the Company, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, toco-invest in certain privately negotiated investment transactions with certain affiliates of FB Income Advisor.

Potential Conflicts of InterestAdvisor’s Time

The members of the senior management and investment teams of the Advisor serve or may serve as officers, directors or principals of entities that operate in the same or a related line of business as the Company

does, or of investment vehicles managed by the same personnel. For example, the Advisor is the investment adviser to the Other Advised Entities, and the officers, managers and other personnel of the Advisor may serve in similar or other capacities for the investment advisers to future investment vehicles affiliated with FS Investments or KKR Credit. In serving in these multiple and other capacities, they may have obligations to other clients or investors in those entities, the fulfillment of which may not be in the Company’s best interests or in the best interest of the Company’s stockholders. The Company’s investment objectives may overlap with the investment objectives of such investment funds, accounts or other investment vehicles. For example, the Company relies on the Advisor to manage itsthe Company’s day-to-day activities activities and to implement its investment strategy.strategies. The Advisor, FS Investments, KKR Credit and certain of their affiliates are presently, and plan in the future to continue to be, involved with activities whichthat are unrelated to the Company. As a result of these activities, the Advisor, FS Investments, KKR Credit their employees and certain of their affiliates will have conflicts of interest in allocating their time between the Company and other activities in which they are or may become involved, including the management of FSKR. The Advisor, FS Investments, KKR Credit and their employees will devote only as much of its or their time to the Other Advised Entities.Company’s business as the Advisor, FS Investments and KKR Credit, in their judgment, determine is reasonably required, which will be substantially less than their full time. Therefore, the Advisor, its personnel and certain affiliates may experience conflicts of interest in allocating management time, services and functions among the Company and any other business ventures in which they or any of their key personnel, as applicable, are or may become involved. This could result in actions that are more favorable to other affiliated entities than to the Company.

However, the Company believes that the members of the Advisor’s management and the other key debt finance professionals have sufficient time to fully discharge their responsibilities to the Company and to the other businesses in which they are involved. The Company believes that its affiliates and executive officers will devote the time required to manage the Company’s business and expect that the amount of time a particular executive officer or affiliate devotes to the Company will vary during the course of the year and depend on the Company’s business activities at the given time. Because many of the operational aspects involved with managing the Company and FSKR are similar, there are significant efficiencies created by the Advisor providing services to such entities. For example, the Advisor has streamlined the structure for financial reporting, internal controls and investment approval processes for the Company and FSKR.

Competition and Allocation of Investment Opportunities

The Advisor and its affiliates are simultaneously providing investment advisory services to other affiliated entities, including the Other Advised Entities.FSKR. The Advisor may determine that it is appropriate for the Company and one or more other investment accounts managed by the Advisor or any of its respective affiliates to participate in an investment opportunity. To the extent the Company is able to makemakes co-investments with with investment accounts managed by the Advisor or its respective affiliates, theseco-investment opportunities opportunities may give rise to conflicts of interest or perceived conflicts of interest among the Company and the other participating accounts. In addition, conflicts of interest or perceived conflicts of interest may also arise in determining which investment opportunities should be presented to the Company and other participating accounts.

To mitigate these conflicts, the Advisor will seek to execute such transactions on a fair and equitable basis and in accordance with its allocation policies, taking into account various factors, which may include: the source of origination of the investment opportunity; investment objectives and strategies; tax considerations; risk, diversification or investment concentration parameters; characteristics of the security; size of available investment; available liquidity and liquidity requirements; regulatory restrictions; and/or such other factors as may be relevant to a particular transaction.

As the Advisor and affiliates of FS Investments and KKR Credit currently serve as the investment adviser to other entities and accounts, it is possible that some investment opportunities will be provided to such other entities and accounts rather than the Company.

Investments

As a BDC, the Company is subject to certain regulatory restrictions in making its investments. For example, BDCs generally are not permitted to co-invest with certain affiliated entities in transactions originated by the BDC or its affiliates in the absence of an exemptive order from the SEC. However, BDCs are permitted to, and may, simultaneously co-invest in transactions where price is the only negotiated term.

In an order dated June 4, 2013 (the “FS Order”), the SEC granted exemptive relief permitting the Company, subject to the Company.satisfaction of certain conditions, to co-invest in certain privately negotiated investment transactions with certain affiliates of our former investment adviser, including FS Energy and Power Fund, FSKR and any future BDCs that are advised by our former investment adviser or its affiliated investment advisers. However, in connection with the investment advisory relationship with the Advisor, and in an effort to mitigate potential future conflicts of interest, the Board authorized and directed that the Company (i) withdraw from the FS Order, except with respect to any transaction in which the Company participated in reliance on the FS Order prior to April 9, 2018, and (ii) rely on an exemptive relief order, dated January 5, 2021, that permits the Company, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, to co-invest in certain privately negotiated investment transactions, including investments originated and directly negotiated by the Advisor or KKR Credit, with certain affiliates of the Advisor.

Director Independence

A majority of the members of the Board are not “interested persons,” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, of the Company or the Advisor, and are “independent” as defined by Rule 303A.00 in the NYSE Listed Company Manual. Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act defines an “interested person” to include, among other things, any person who has, or within the last two years had, a material business or professional relationship with the Company.

The Board is currently comprised of nineeleven directors, sevennine of whom are Independent Directors. The Board has determined that the following directors are Independent Directors: Mses. Adams and Sandler and Messrs. Chandler, Frank,Ford, Hagan, Harrow, Hughes, RamosHopkins, Kropp, Goldstein and Ujobai.Imasogie. Based upon information requested from each director concerning his or her background, employment and affiliations, the Board has affirmatively determined that none of the Independent Directors has, or within the last two years had, a material business or professional relationship with the Company, other than in his or her capacity as a member of the Board or any Board committee or as a stockholder.

Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Fees to Auditors

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

On March 22, 2019, the Company notified RSM US LLP that RSM US LLP, which had acted as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 through 2018, had been dismissed as the Company’s independent public accounting firm. The Audit Committee approved the dismissal of RSM US LLP. The reports of RSM US LLP on the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principle. During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the subsequent interim period through March 22, 2019, there were: (i) no disagreements within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions between the Company and RSM US LLP on any matters of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure which, if not resolved to RSM US LLP’s satisfaction, would have caused RSM US LLP to make reference thereto in their reports; and (ii) no “reportable events” within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K. On March 26, 2019, the Company appointed Deloitte & Touche LLP to act as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

On April 27, 2021, the Company appointed Deloitte & Touche LLP to act as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021. The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP was previously recommended by the Audit Committee. The Company knows of no direct financial or material indirect financial interest of Deloitte & Touche LLP in the Company. A representative of Deloitte & Touche LLP is expected to be available to answer questions during the Annual Meeting and will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she desires to do.

Fees

Set forth in the table below are audit fees, audit-relatedaudit related fees, tax fees and all other fees billed to the Company by RSM USDeloitte & Touche LLP for professional services performed for the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 20172020 and 2016:2019:

 

Fiscal Year

  Audit Fees  Audit-Related Fees(1)  Tax Fees  All Other Fees(2)

2017

   $400,000    $  7,170     —      $30,900 

2016

   $392,500    $70,530     —      $39,200

Fiscal Year

  Audit Fees   Audit-Related Fees(1)   Tax Fees   All Other Fees(2) 

2020

  $880,064   $243,425   $77,644    —   

2019

  $745,794  $166,500  $38,736   —   

 

(1)

“Audit-Related Fees” are those fees billed to the Company by RSM USDeloitte & Touche LLP for services provided by RSM USDeloitte & Touche LLP or fees billed for expenses relating to the review by RSM USDeloitte & Touche LLP of the Company’s registration statements filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).Act.

(2)

“All Other Fees” are those fees, if any, billed to the Company by RSM USDeloitte & Touche LLP in connection with permittednon-auditproducts and services.

Pre-Approval Policies Policies and Procedures

The Company’s Audit Committee reviews, negotiates and approves in advance the scope of work, any related engagement letter and the fees to be charged by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for audit services and permittednon-audit services services for the Company and for permittednon-audit services services for the Advisor and any affiliates thereof that provide services to the Company if suchnon-audit services services have a direct impact on the operations or financial reporting of the Company. Any requests for audit, audit-related, tax and other services that have not received generalpre-approval must must be submitted to the Audit Committee for specificpre-approval in in accordance with itspre-approval policy, policy, irrespective of the amount of fees associated with such services, and cannot commence until such approval has been granted. Normally,pre-approval is is considered at regularly scheduled meetings of the Audit Committee. However, the Audit Committee may delegatepre-approval authority authority to one or more of its members. The member or members to whom such authority is delegated must report anypre-approval decisions decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. The Audit Committee does not delegate its responsibilities topre-approve services services performed by RSM US LLPthe Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to management. All of the audit and permittednon-audit services services described above for which RSM USDeloitte & Touche LLP billed the Company for the fiscal years ended December 31, 20172020 and 2016 2019 werepre-approved by by the Audit Committee.

PART IV

 

Item 15.

Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Amendment:

 

31.1*  Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
31.2*  Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

*

Filed herewith.

Item 16.

Form 10-K Summary

None.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: April 27, 2018

30, 2021
  

/s/S/ MICHAEL C. FORMAN

  Michael C. Forman
Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Date: April 27, 2018

30, 2021
  

/s/S/ MICHAEL C. FORMAN

  

Michael C. Forman

Chief Executive Officer and

Director

Date: April 27, 2018

30, 2021
  

/s/ WSILLIAMTEVEN GLOEBEL        ILLY

  

William Goebel

Steven Lilly

Chief Financial Officer


(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)

Date: April 27, 2018

30, 2021
  

/s/S/ TODD BUILIONE

  Todd Builione
President and Director

Date: April 27, 2018

30, 2021
  

/s/    GREGORYS/ BARBARA P. CAHANDLER        DAMS

  

Gregory P. Chandler

Barbara Adams

Director

Date: April 27, 2018

30, 2021
  

/s/S/ BARRYRIAN H.R. FRANK        ORD

  

Barry H. Frank

Brian R. Ford

Director

Date: April 27, 2018

30, 2021
  

/s/S/ MICHAEL J. HAGAN

  

Michael J. Hagan

Director

Date: April 27, 2018

30, 2021
  

/s/S/ JEFFREY K. HARROW

  

Jeffrey K. Harrow

Director

Date: April 27, 2018

/s/    PHILIP E. HUGHES, JR.        

  

Philip E. Hughes, Jr.

Director

Date: April 27, 2018

30, 2021
  

/s/    PEDROS/ JEREL A. RHAMOS        OPKINS

  

PedroJerel A. Ramos

Hopkins

Director

Date: April 27, 2018

30, 2021
  

/s/S/ JOSEPHAMES P. UH. KJOBAI        ROPP

  James H. Kropp
Director
Date: April 30, 2021

Joseph P. Ujobai/S/ RICHARD I. GOLDSTEIN

Richard I. Goldstein
Director
Date: April 30, 2021

/S/ OSAGIE IMASOGIE

Osagie Imasogie
Director
Date: April 30, 2021

/S/ ELIZABETH J. SANDLER

Elizabeth J. Sandler
Director

 

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