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FS Investment Corporation
201 Rouse Boulevard
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112
January 18, 2018April 21, 2020
Dear Fellow Stockholder:
You are cordially invited to attend a Specialthe 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of FS Investment CorporationKKR Capital Corp. (the “Company”) to be held on March 26, 2018June 23, 2020 at 2:301:00 p.m., Eastern Time at the offices of the(the “Annual Meeting”). The Company locatedintends to hold its annual meeting in person at 201 Rouse Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112 (the “Special Meeting”)19112. However, the Company is sensitive to the public health and travel concerns our stockholders may have and recommendations that public health officials may issue in light of the evolving coronavirus(COVID-19) situation. As a result, the Company might hold a virtual only meeting instead of holding the meeting in Philadelphia, PA. In that event, the Annual Meeting will be conducted solely virtually, on the above date and time, via live audio webcast, and you or your proxyholder could participate, vote, and examine our stockholder list at the virtual annual meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FSK2020 and using the16-digit control number included with this proxy statement. The Company intends to announce any such updates on the Investor Relations portion of the Company’s website atwww.fskkrcapitalcorp.com.Please note that you will only be able to participate in the Annual Meeting electronically if the Company decides to hold a virtual meeting, instead of holding anin-person meeting in Philadelphia, PA.
Your vote is very important! Your immediate response will help avoid potential delays.delays and may save the Company significant additional expenses associated with soliciting stockholder votes.
The Notice of SpecialAnnual Meeting of Stockholders and proxy statement accompanying this letter provide an outline of the business to be conducted at the SpecialAnnual Meeting. At the SpecialAnnual Meeting, you will be asked to:
(i) approveelect the following individuals as Class A Directors, each of whom has been nominated for election for a new investment advisory agreement, bythree-year term expiring at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders: (a) Elizabeth J. Sandler, (b) Michael J. Hagan, (c) Jeffrey K. Harrow and between the Company and FB Income Advisor, LLC (“FB Income Advisor”) (the “FB Income Advisor InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreement”), and a new investment advisory agreement, by and between the Company and KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC (“KKR Credit”) (the “KKR InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreement” and, together with the FB Income Advisor InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreement, the “InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements”), pursuant to which FB Income Advisor and KKR Credit will act as investmentco-advisers to the Company;(d) James H. Kropp; and
(ii) approve a new investment advisory agreement, by and betweenproposal to allow the Company in future offerings to sell its shares below net asset value per share in order to provide flexibility for future sales.
In addition to these proposals, you may be asked to consider any other matters that properly may be presented at the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements of the Annual Meeting, including proposals to adjourn the Annual Meeting with respect to proposals for which insufficient votes to approve were cast, and, FS/KKR Advisor, LLC, a newly-formed investment adviser jointly operatedwith respect to such proposals, to permit further solicitation of additional proxies by an affiliate of Franklin Square Holdings, L.P. (“FS Investments”) and KKR Credit (the “Joint Advisor”) (the “Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement”), pursuant to which the Joint Advisor will act as investment adviser to the Company.
You are being asked to approve both the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement because there are different conditions that must be satisfied before either the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement can go into effect. The InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement would not be in effect simultaneously, and the Company ultimately intends to receive investment advisory services from the Joint Advisor pursuant to the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement. If approved by the Company’s stockholders and the other conditions described in the enclosed proxy statement are satisfied or (to the extent permitted) waived, the Company plans to enter into the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements, and the Company will receive investment advisory services in accordance with the terms of such agreements pending receipt of exemptive relief from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to permit the Company, following the effectiveness of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement, toco-invest in privately negotiated investment transactions with certain accounts managed by KKR Credit (“Exemptive Relief”) and satisfaction of the other conditions to the effectiveness of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement. If Exemptive Relief is obtained and the other conditions to effectiveness of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement are satisfied or (to the extent permitted) waived, the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements will terminate and the Company will receive investment advisory services in accordance with the terms of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement. The Company’s stockholders are not being asked to vote on Exemptive Relief or the Company’s decision to seek Exemptive Relief. Exemptive Relief is related to the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement and is an integral part of the effectiveness of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement.
The Company’s board of directors unanimously recommends that you vote FOR each of the proposals to be considered and voted on at the Special Meeting.No other business will be presented at the SpecialAnnual Meeting.
It is important that your shares be represented at the SpecialAnnual Meeting. If you are unable to attend the SpecialAnnual Meeting in person, I urge you to complete, date and sign the enclosed proxy card and promptly return it in the envelope provided. If you prefer, you can save time by voting through the Internet or by telephone as described in the proxy statement and on the enclosed proxy card.
Your vote and participation in the governance of the Company is very important.
Sincerely yours,
Michael C. Forman
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
FS INVESTMENT CORPORATIONKKR CAPITAL CORP.
201 Rouse Boulevard
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112
NOTICE OF SPECIALANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To Be Held On March 26, 2018June 23, 2020
To the Stockholders of FS Investment Corporation:KKR Capital Corp.:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Special2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of FS Investment Corporation,KKR Capital Corp., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), will be held on June 23, 2020 at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Time (the “Annual Meeting”), for the following purposes:
1. | to elect the following individuals as Class A Directors, each of whom has been nominated for election for a three-year term expiring at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders: (a) Elizabeth J. Sandler, (b) Michael J. Hagan, (c) Jeffrey K. Harrow and (d) James H. Kropp; and |
2. | to approve a proposal to allow the Company in future offerings to sell its shares below net asset value per share in order to provide flexibility for future sales. |
The Company intends to hold its annual meeting in person at 201 Rouse Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112, on March 26, 2018 at 2:30 p.m., Eastern Time (the “Special Meeting”), for the following purpose:
You are being asked to approve both the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement because there are different conditions that must be satisfied before either the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement can go into effect. The InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement would not be in effect simultaneously, and19112. However, the Company ultimatelyis sensitive to the public health and travel concerns our stockholders may have and recommendations that public health officials may issue in light of the evolving coronavirus(COVID-19) situation. As a result, the Company might hold a virtual only meeting instead of holding the meeting in Philadelphia, PA. In that event, the Annual Meeting will be conducted solely virtually, on the above date and time, via live audio webcast, and you or your proxyholder could participate, vote, and examine our stockholder list at the virtual annual meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FSK2020 and using the16-digit control number included with this proxy statement. The Company intends to receive investment advisory services fromannounce any such updates on the Joint Advisor pursuant to the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement. If approved byInvestor Relations portion of the Company’s stockholders and the other conditions describedwebsite atwww.fskkrcapitalcorp.com.Please note that you will only be able to participate in the enclosed proxy statement are satisfied or (to the extent permitted) waived,Annual Meeting electronically if the Company plansdecides to enter into the Investmenthold a virtual meeting, instead of holding anCo-Advisoryin-person Agreements, and the Company will receive investment advisory servicesmeeting in accordance with the terms of such agreements pending receipt of exemptive relief from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to permit the Company, following the effectiveness of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement, toco-invest in privately negotiated investment transactions with certain accounts managed by KKR Credit (“Exemptive Relief”) and satisfaction of the other conditions to the effectiveness of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement. If Exemptive Relief is obtained and the other conditions to effectiveness of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement are satisfied or (to the extent permitted) waived, the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements will terminate and the Company will receive investment advisory services in accordance with the terms of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement. The Company’s stockholders are not being asked to vote on Exemptive Relief or the Company’s decision to seek Exemptive Relief. Exemptive Relief is related to the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement and is an integral part of the effectiveness of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement.
The Company’s board of directors unanimously recommends that you vote FOR each of the proposals to be considered and voted on at the Special Meeting.Philadelphia, PA.No other business will be presented at the Special Meeting.
The Company’s board of directors has fixed the close of business on January 18, 2018April 20, 2020 as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the SpecialAnnual Meeting and at any adjournments or postponements thereof.
Important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the Special Meeting. The Company’s proxy statement the Notice of Special Meeting of Stockholders and the proxy card are available at www.proxyvote.com.
www.proxyvote.com. If you plan on attending the SpecialAnnual Meeting and voting your shares of common stock in person, you will need to bring photo identification in order to be admitted to the SpecialAnnual Meeting. If your shares are held through a broker and you attend the Annual Meeting in person, please bring a letter from your broker identifying you as the beneficial owner of the shares and authorizing you to vote your shares at the Annual Meeting. To obtain directions to the SpecialAnnual Meeting, please call the Company at (844)358-7276(877) 628-8575. and select Option 1.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Stephen S. Sypherd
Vice President, TreasurerGeneral Counsel and Secretary
January 18, 2018April 21, 2020
Stockholders are requested to promptly authorize a proxy over the Internet or by telephone, or execute and return promptly the accompanying proxy card, which is being solicited by the board of directors of the Company. You may authorize a proxy over the Internet or by telephone by following the instructions in the proxy card. You may execute the proxy card using the methods described in the proxy card. Authorizing aExecuting the proxy card is important to ensure a quorum at the SpecialAnnual Meeting. Stockholders also have the option to authorize their proxies by telephone or through the Internet by following the instructions printed on the proxy card. Proxies may be revoked at any time before they are exercised by submitting a written notice of revocation or a subsequently executed proxy, or by attending the SpecialAnnual Meeting and voting in person.
FS INVESTMENT CORPORATIONKKR CAPITAL CORP.
201 Rouse Boulevard
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112
SPECIALANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To Be Held On March 26, 2018June 23, 2020
PROXY STATEMENT
INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPECIAL MEETING AND THE VOTEGENERAL
The questions and answers below highlight only selected information from this document. They do not contain all of the information that may be important to you. You should carefully read this entire document to fully understand the proposals and the voting procedures for the Special Meeting.
Why am I receiving these materials?
FS Investment Corporation (the “Company”)This proxy statement is furnishing these materialsfurnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) of FS KKR Capital Corp., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), for use at the Special2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held at 2:301:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on March 26, 2018, at 201 Rouse Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112,June 23, 2020 and any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Special“Annual Meeting”). We intend to hold our annual meeting in person at 201 Rouse Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112. However, we are sensitive to the public health and travel concerns our stockholders may have and recommendations that public health officials may issue in light of the evolving coronavirus(COVID-19 situation). As a result, we might hold a virtual only meeting instead of holding the meeting in Philadelphia, PA. In that event, the Annual Meeting will be conducted solely virtually, on the above date and time, via live audio webcast, and you or your proxyholder could participate, vote, and examine our stockholder list at the virtual annual meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FSK2020. The Company intends to announce any such updates on the Investor Relations portion of the Company’s website atwww.fskkrcapitalcorp.com.Please note that you will only be able to participate in the Annual Meeting electronically if the Company decides to hold a virtual meeting, instead of holding anin-person meeting in Philadelphia, PA.This proxy statement and the accompanying materials are being mailed on or about January 25, 2018April 27, 2020 to stockholders of record described below and are available atwww.proxyvote.com. In addition,
All properly executed proxies representing shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company filed(the “Shares”) received prior to the Annual Meeting will be voted in accordance with the U.S. Securitiesinstructions marked thereon. If no specification is made, the Shares will be voted FOR:
(i) the election of the following individuals as Class A Directors, each of whom has been nominated for election for a three-year term expiring at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders: (a) Elizabeth J. Sandler, (b) Michael J. Hagan, (c) Jeffrey K. Harrow and Exchange Commission (“SEC”(d) James H. Kropp (the “Director Election Proposal”) on December 11; and
(ii) the proposal to allow the Company in future offerings to sell its Shares below net asset value per Share in order to provide flexibility for future sales (the “Share Issuance Proposal”).
Any stockholder who has given a proxy has the right to revoke it at any time prior to its exercise. Any stockholder who executes a proxy may revoke it with respect to any proposal by attending the Annual Meeting and 12, 2017, and January 10, 2018, Definitive Additional Materials on Schedule 14A (the “Definitive Additional Materials”) relatingvoting his or her Shares in person, or by submitting a letter of revocation or a later-dated proxy to the proposals to be considered and voted onCompany at the Specialabove address prior to the date of the Annual Meeting. Accordingly, stockholders
Quorum
Stockholders of the Company are encouragedentitled to read thisone vote for each Share held. Under the Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Company,one-third of the number of Shares entitled to cast votes, present in person or by proxy, statement andconstitutes a quorum for the accompanying materials in conjunction with such Definitive Additional Materials carefully and in their entirety.
What itemstransaction of business. Abstentions will be considered and voted ontreated as Shares that are present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum for transacting business at the Special Meeting?
At the Special Meeting, you will be asked to:
You are being asked to approve both the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement because there are different conditions that must be satisfied before either the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement can go into effect. The InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement would not be in effect simultaneously, and the Company ultimately intends to receive investment advisory services from the JointAnnual Meeting.
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Advisor pursuantAdjournments
In the event that a quorum is not present at the Annual Meeting, the chairman of the Annual Meeting shall have the power to adjourn the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement. Annual Meeting from time to time to a date not more than 120 days after the original record date without notice, other than the announcement at the Annual Meeting to permit further solicitation of proxies. Any business that might have been transacted at the Annual Meeting originally called may be transacted at any such adjourned session(s) at which a quorum is present.
If approvedit appears that there are not enough votes to approve any proposal at the Annual Meeting, the chairman of the Annual Meeting may adjourn the Annual Meeting from time to time to a date not more than 120 days after the record date originally fixed for the Annual Meeting without notice, other than announcement at the Annual Meeting, to permit further solicitation of proxies. The persons named as proxies will vote those proxies for such adjournment.
If sufficient votes in favor of one or more proposals have been received by the Company’s stockholders and the other conditions described herein are satisfied or (to the extent permitted) waived, the Company plans to enter into the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements, and the Company will receive investment advisory services in accordance with the terms of such agreements pending receipt of Exemptive Relief (as defined herein) from the SEC to permit the Company, following the effectivenesstime of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement,Annual Meeting, the proposals will be acted upon and such actions will be final, regardless of any subsequent adjournment toco-invest in privately negotiated investment transactions with certain accounts managed by KKR Credit consider other proposals.
Record Date
The Board has fixed the close of business on April 20, 2020 as the record date (the “Record Date”) for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and satisfactionto vote at, the Annual Meeting and adjournments or postponements thereof. As of the other conditions toRecord Date, there were 495,032,065 Shares outstanding.
Required Vote
Director Election Proposal. Each director nominee shall be elected if such director nominee receives the effectivenessaffirmative vote of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement. If Exemptive Relief is obtained and the other conditions to effectiveness of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement are satisfied or (to the extent permitted) waived, the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements will terminate and the Company will receive investment advisory services in accordance with the terms of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement. The Company’s stockholders are not being asked to vote on Exemptive Relief or the Company’s decision to seek Exemptive Relief. Exemptive Relief is related to the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement and is an integral part of the effectiveness of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement.
Why am I being asked to approve the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal?
The Company currently receives investment advisory and administrative services from FB Income Advisor pursuant to the (i) Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement, dated July 17, 2014, by and between the Company and FB Income Advisor (the “Current Investment Advisory Agreement”) and (ii) Administration Agreement, dated April 16, 2014, by and between the Company and FB Income Advisor (the “Administration Agreement”). GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC (“GDFM”) acts as the Company’s investmentsub-adviser pursuant to the InvestmentSub-Advisory Agreement, dated April 3, 2008, by and between GDFM and FB Income Advisor (the “Current InvestmentSub-Advisory Agreement”).
As the Company announced on December 11, 2017, GDFM intends to resign as the investmentsub-adviser to the Company and terminate the Current InvestmentSub-Advisory Agreement effective April 9, 2018 (the date of such termination, the “GDFM End Date”). In connection with GDFM’s resignation as the investmentsub-adviser to the Company, FS Investments and KKR Credit desire to enter into a relationship whereby FS Investments and KKR Credit will create a premier alternative lending platform for certain business development companies (“BDCs”) sponsored, advised and/orsub-advised by them. Accordingly, the FS Advisor Entities (as defined herein) and KKR Credit and certain other parties have entered into a master transaction agreement (the “Master Transaction Agreement”) setting out the terms of the relationship between FB Income Advisor and KKR Credit. In furtherance thereof, the Company desires to enter into a new investment advisory relationship with KKR Credit pursuant to the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements or with the Joint Advisor pursuant to the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement. In addition, other BDCs that FS Investments sponsors, FS Investment Corporation II (“FSIC II”), FS Investment Corporation III (“FSIC III”) and FS Investment Corporation IV (“FSIC IV”), and other BDCs that KKR Credit advises orsub-advises, Corporate Capital Trust, Inc. (“CCT”) and Corporate Capital Trust II (“CCT II”), are each seeking stockholder approval to enter into a new investment advisory relationship with affiliates of FS Investments, KKR Credit and the Joint Advisor, as applicable. The Board, including a majority of the memberstotal votes cast for and affirmatively withheld as to such director nominee at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, provided that a quorum is present. Abstentions will not be included in determining the number of votes cast and, as a result, will not have any effect on the result of the Board whovote with respect to the Director Election Proposal. There will be no cumulative voting with respect to the Director Election Proposal. Cumulative voting in an election of directors entitles stockholders to cast a total number of votes equal to the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of the stockholder’s shares and to cast all of their votes for a single director nominee or such other number of nominees as the stockholder chooses. Because the Company’s stockholders do not have cumulative voting rights, stockholders holding a majority of the voting power of the Shares outstanding will be able to elect all of the Company’s directors.
Share Issuance Proposal. The approval of the Share Issuance Proposal requires the affirmative vote of the stockholders holding (1) a majority of the outstanding Shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and (2) a majority of outstanding Shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting that are not parties toheld by affiliated persons of the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement, or “interested persons,” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) ofCompany. Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), of any such party, has approved the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement, and has deemed entry into such agreements to be in the best interestsa majority of the Company and its stockholders. The Boardoutstanding Shares is seeking, as required by the 1940 Act, the approval by the stockholderslesser of: (1) 67% of the CompanyShares at the Annual Meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the Investmentoutstanding Shares are present or represented by proxy or (2) more than 50% of the outstanding Shares. Abstentions will not count as affirmative votes cast and will therefore have the same effect as votes against the Share Issuance Proposal.
BrokerCo-AdvisoryNon-Votes
Shares for which brokers have not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner of the Shares and do not have, or choose not to exercise, discretionary authority to vote the Shares on certain proposals (which are considered “brokernon-votes” Agreementswith respect to such proposals) will be treated as Shares present for quorum purposes. Because the Director Election Proposal and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory AgreementShare Issuance Proposals arenon-routine matters, brokers will not have discretionary authority to vote on the matter. Brokernon-votes are not considered votes cast and thus have no effect on the Director Election Proposal.
In order to transition Brokernon-votes will not count as affirmative votes cast and will therefore have the Company’s advisory services, FB Income Advisor, GDFM and certain of their affiliates have entered into a Transition Agreement, dated December 10, 2017 (the “Transition Agreement”), which provides that GDFM will continue to actsame effect as votes against the investmentsub-adviser to the Company through theShare Issuance Proposal.
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GDFM End Date and will cooperate with FB Income AdvisorHouseholding
Mailings for multiple stockholders going to a single household are combined by delivering to that address, in implementing the transition of investment advisory services from GDFM for the Company and several other BDCs. GDFM has also agreed to restrictions on its ability to acquire the Company’s Shares (as defined herein) and take certain other actions in respecta single envelope, a copy of the Company. In addition, GDFM has agreed (i)documents (annual reports, proxy statements, etc.) or other communications for all stockholders who have consented or are deemed to votehave consented to receiving such communications in such manner in accordance with the Shares ofrules promulgated by the Company beneficially owned by GDFM, or over which GDFM has voting control, in favor of the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements ProposalU.S. Securities and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal and (ii)Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). If you do not want to transfer the Shares of the Company beneficially owned by GDFM until after the approval of the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal. GDFM will continue to receive fees under the Current InvestmentSub-Advisory Agreement through the GDFM End Date. GDFM will alsocombined mailings of Company communications and would prefer to receive an additional $582.5 million from FS Investments or oneseparate mailings of its affiliates (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company FSIC II, FSIC III or FSIC IV) as consideration for entering into the Transition Agreementcommunications, and agreeing to certain obligations thereunder.
FS Investments and its affiliates (including FB Income Advisor) and KKR Credityou are committed to seamlessly transitioninga registered stockholder, please contact the Company’s advisory services as described above. To helptransfer agent, DST Systems, Inc. by phone at(877) 628-8575 or by mail to FS KKR Capital Corp., c/o DST Systems, Inc., 430 W. 7th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105-1594. If you are a beneficial stockholder, you may contact the FS Investments and FB Income Advisor teams duringbroker or bank where you hold the transition, KKR Credit will provide certain administrative servicesaccount to the FS Advisor Entities and KKR Credit’s broker-dealer affiliate will provide certain sourcing and other services to the FS Advisor Entities, in each case, pursuant to a Sourcing and Administrative Services Agreement (the “Sourcing Agreement”). The Sourcing Agreement will terminate with respect to FB Income Advisor on the earlierdiscontinue combined mailings of the effective date of the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement.Company communications.
What will happen if the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal are each approved?
If the stockholders of the Company approve the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal, FB Income Advisor and KKR Credit would serve as investmentco-advisers to the Company pursuant to the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements effective as of the later of the date of such approval and the Closing Date (as defined in the next sentence). The “Closing Date” means the first day of the month following the occurrence of the last of the following:
Under no scenario can the Closing Date occur without the approval by the stockholders of FSIC II of both the FSIC II Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement and the FSIC II InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements unless such condition is (to the extent permitted) waived.
If the stockholders of the Company approve the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal, then the Joint Advisor would serve as investment adviser to the Company pursuant to the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement from and after the Joint Advisor Effective Date (as defined in the next sentence). The “Joint Advisor Effective Date” means such date that (i) the stockholders of the Company, FSIC II,
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FSIC III, FSIC IV, CCT, and CCT II each approve their respective investment advisory agreements with the Joint Advisor, and (ii) Exemptive Relief has been obtained. Furthermore, if the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements are in effect and the Joint Advisor Effective Date does not occur, either because Exemptive Relief has not been obtained or because any other condition to the Joint Advisor Effective Date is not satisfied or (to the extent permitted) waived, the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements will remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.
The Company ultimately intends to receive investment advisory services from the Joint Advisor pursuant to the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement. However, due to the various conditions required for the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement to each become effective, the Company is seeking, as required by the 1940 Act, stockholder approval of each of the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement in order to ensure the continuous provision of investment advisory services to the Company by FB Income Advisor, KKR Credit and/or the Joint Advisor, as applicable. If the Joint Advisor Effective Date occurs on the same day as or prior to the Closing Date, then the Joint Advisor would serve as investment adviser to the Company pursuant to the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement and the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements would not become effective. If the Joint Advisor Effective Date occurs after the Closing Date, then FB Income Advisor and KKR Credit would serve as investmentco-advisers to the Company pursuant to the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements from the later of the date approval of such agreements is obtained and the Closing Date until the Joint Advisor Effective Date, and the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements would automatically terminate upon the effectiveness of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement. Accordingly, the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement would not be simultaneously effective at any time.
In order for FB Income Advisor and KKR Credit to serve as investmentco-advisers to the Company pursuant to the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements, the stockholders of the Company must approve the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and the other conditions to the Closing Date, including approval by the stockholders of FSIC II of the FSIC II InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the FSIC II Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement, must be satisfied or (to the extent permitted) waived prior to the Joint Advisor Effective Date. In order for the Joint Advisor to serve as investment adviser to the Company pursuant to the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement, the stockholders of the Company must approve the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal and the other conditions to the Joint Advisor Effective Date, including approval by the stockholders of FSIC II, FSIC III, FSIC IV, CCT and CCT II of their respective investment advisory agreements with the Joint Advisor, must be satisfied or (to the extent permitted) waived. As such, even if the Company’s stockholders approve the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement, such agreements will not go into effect unless the stockholders of certain other BDCs sponsored, advised and/orsub-advised by FS Investments and KKR Credit also approve their respective
investment advisory agreements with affiliates of FS Investments, KKR Credit and/or the Joint Advisor, as applicable.
FB Income Advisor, together with FSIC II Advisor, FSIC III Advisor and FSIC IV Advisor, LLC, the investment adviser to FSIC IV (collectively, the “FS Advisor Entities”), and KKR Credit have agreed to coordinate their activities during the period in which the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement would be in effect to avoid duplication of efforts and ensure a balanced and effective allocation of responsibilities and net fee revenue earned by the FS Advisor Entities, KKR Credit and the Joint Advisor, and efficiency in the provision of the required services to the Company thereunder. In addition, the FS Advisor Entities and KKR Credit anticipate that in the event the Closing Date occurs prior to the approval of the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal, then the Company may enter into an interim investment advisory agreement pursuant to Rule15a-4 of the 1940 Act with KKR Credit (an “Interim Investment Advisory Agreement”).
Because the Company ultimately intends to receive advisory services from the Joint Advisor pursuant to the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement and considering the length of time that it may take for such
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agreement to become effective, the Company expects that the approval by its stockholders of the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and/or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal will remain valid indefinitely. However, even if the Company’s stockholders have approved the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal, FS Investments, together with the FS Advisor Entities, and KKR Credit will each have the right to terminate the Master Transaction Agreement and the proposed relationship described herein if the Closing Date does not occur by January 10, 2019.
What will happen if the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and/or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal are not approved?
The InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal are not contingent on one another. However, if the stockholders of the Company do not approve both the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal, then the Board will consider and evaluate its options to determine what alternatives are in the Company’s best interests and that of the Company’s stockholders, such as resubmitting the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and/or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal for approval by the Company’s stockholders or entering into an Interim Investment Advisory Agreement. GDFM intends to resign as the Company’s investmentsub-adviser effective as of the GDFM End Date regardless of whether the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal is approved, and the Company would continue to receive its investment advisory services from FB Income Advisor pursuant to the Current Investment Advisory Agreement and/or from KKR Credit pursuant to an Interim Investment Advisory Agreement. FB Income Advisor intends to obtain services from KKR Credit’s broker-dealer affiliate pursuant to the Sourcing Agreement, such as identifying new investment opportunities for FB Income Advisor, prior to the Company’s entry into any advisory agreement with KKR Credit or one of its affiliates, including the Joint Advisor.
How does the Board recommend voting on the proposals at the Special Meeting?
The Board unanimously recommends that you vote “FOR” the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and “FOR” the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal.
Will the base management fee and the incentive fee that the Company pays under the Current Investment Advisory Agreement change under the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement?
The base management fee will be reduced from 1.75% under the Current Investment Advisory Agreement to 1.50% under the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements (in the aggregate) and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement. While the Current Investment Advisory Agreement provides that the base management fee is 2.0%, effective October 1, 2017 and through September 30, 2018, FB Income Advisor contractually agreed to permanently waive 0.25% of the base management fee so that the fee received equals 1.75% of the average value of the Company’s gross assets.
Under the Current Investment Advisory Agreement, (i) the hurdle rate is 1.875% per quarter and (ii) the“catch-up” feature begins at 2.34375%. Under the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements (in the aggregate) and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement, (i) the hurdle rate will be reduced to 1.75% per quarter and (ii) the“catch-up” feature will be reduced to begin at 2.1875%. See “Proposal 1—Terms of the FB Income Advisor InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreement—Fees and Expenses,” “Proposal 1—Terms of the KKR InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreement—Fees and Expenses”, “Proposal 2—Terms of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement—Fees and Expenses” and the corresponding Exhibits A, B and C hereto, respectively. As a result of the reduction to the hurdle rate, the payment by the Company of the subordinated incentive fee on income will be triggered at a lower threshold (i.e., upon the Company earning a lower amount of“pre-incentive fee net investment income”) than under the Current Investment Advisory Agreement.
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Will the composition of the Board change following entry into the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and/or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement?
On the date that is the later of the Closing Date and the date on which the stockholders of the Company approve either or both the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal (such applicable date, the “Board Appointment Date”), then, subject to nomination by and approval of the Board, FB Income Advisor (acting collectively with the other FS Advisor Entities) and KKR Credit have agreed that they will each be entitled to recommend the appointment of one “interested” director to the Board, to the extent that the applicable party does not have an appointee on the Board at such time. In the event that either FB Income Advisor (acting collectively with the other FS Advisor Entities) or KKR Credit has more than one appointee serving as an “interested” director to the Board, such party will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the resignation of such excess number of its appointed “interested” directors as promptly as practicable, but no later than twelve months following the Board Appointment Date. In addition, FB Income Advisor has agreed that KKR Credit will be entitled to recommend, subject to approval by the Board, the appointment of one “independent” director to the Board on the Board Appointment Date. If such appointments are approved by the Board and such resignations become effective, then the composition of the Board will change, which the Company expects will result in approximately 22% of the directors serving on the Board being “interested” as compared to approximately 36% of the directors serving on the Board being “interested” as of the date of this proxy statement.
Will the officers change on the GDFM End Date or following entry into the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and/or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement?
Brad Marshall, the Company’s senior portfolio manager, intends to resign from his position on the GDFM End Date. The officers of the Company are not expected to change following entry into the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and/or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement.
What is the “Record Date” and what does it mean?
The record date for the Special Meeting is the close of business on January 18, 2018 (the “Record Date”). The Record Date is established by the Board, and only holders of record of the Company’s shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to receive notice of the Special Meeting and vote at the Special Meeting and at any adjournments or postponements thereof. As of the Record Date, there were 245,725,416 Shares outstanding.
How many votes do I have?
Each Share held by a holder of record as of the Record Date has one vote on each matter considered at the Special Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof.
How do I vote?Voting
You may vote in person at the SpecialAnnual Meeting or by proxy in accordance with the instructions provided below. You may also authorize a proxy by telephone or through the Internet using the toll-free telephone number or web address printed on your proxy card. Authorizing a proxy by telephone or through the Internet requires you to input the control number located on your proxy card. After inputting the control number, you will be prompted to direct your proxy to vote on each proposal. You will have an opportunity to review your directions and make any necessary changes before submitting your directions and terminating the telephone call or Internet link. Stockholders of the Company are entitled to one vote for each Share held.
When voting by proxy and mailing your proxy card, you are required to:
indicate your instructions on the proxy card;
date and sign the proxy card;
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What if a stockholder does not specify a choice for a matter when authorizing a proxy?
All properly executed proxies representing Shares received prior to the Special Meeting will be voted in accordance with the instructions marked thereon. If a proxy card is signedpromptly in the envelope provided, which requires no postage if mailed in the United States; and returned without any instructions marked,
allow sufficient time for the Shares willproxy card to be voted “FOR”received on or before 1:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 23, 2020.
The Company’s proxy statement and the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and “FOR” the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal.
How can I change my vote or revoke a proxy?
You may revoke your proxy and change your vote before the proxiescard are votedavailable at the Special Meeting. www.proxyvote.com. If you have executed a proxy, you may revoke it with respect to any proposal byplan on attending the SpecialAnnual Meeting and voting your Shares in person, or by submitting a letter of revocation or a later-dated proxyyou will need to bring photo identification in order to be admitted to the Company at the following address prior to the date of the Special Meeting: FS Investment Corporation, 201 Rouse Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112, Attention: Stephen S. Sypherd, Secretary.
Annual Meeting. If myyour Shares are held through a broker and you attend the Annual Meeting in person, please bring a broker-controlled account by my broker, will my broker vote my Shares for me?
No. You should follow the instructions provided byletter from your broker on your voting instruction form. It is important to note that your broker will vote your Shares only ifidentifying you provide instructions on how you would like your Shares to be voted at the Special Meeting.
What constitutes a “quorum”?
Under the Company’s Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement and Second Amended and Restated Bylaws,one-third of the number of Shares entitled to be cast, present in person or by proxy, constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
Abstentions will be treated as Shares that are present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum for transacting business at the Special Meeting.
A “brokernon-vote” with respect to a matter occurs when a broker, bank or other institution or nominee holding shares on behalf of a beneficial owner and present (in person or by proxy) at a meeting for purposes of voting on a routine proposal (or anon-routine proposal for which it has received instructions from the beneficial owner) has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares on a particular proposalShares and does not have, or chooses not to exercise, discretionary authorityauthorizing you to vote the shares on such proposal. If a beneficial owner does not instruct its broker, bank or other institution or nominee holding itsyour Shares on its behalf with respect to either the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal, the Shares will not be treated as present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum for transacting business at the SpecialAnnual Meeting. If a beneficial owner instructs its broker, bank or other institution or nominee holding its Shares on its behalf with respect to one or both of the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal, the Shares will be treated as present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum for transacting business at the Special Meeting.
In the event that a quorum is not present at the Special Meeting, the chairman of the Special Meeting shall have the power to adjourn the Special Meeting from time to time to a date not more than 120 days after the
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Record Date originally fixed for the Special Meeting without notice, other than the announcement at the Special Meeting, to permit further solicitation of proxies. Any business that might have been transacted at the Special Meeting originally called may be transacted at any such adjourned session(s) at which a quorum is present.
If it appears that there are not enough votes to approve any proposal at the Special Meeting, the chairman of the Special Meeting may adjourn the Special Meeting from time to time to a date not more than 120 days after the Record Date originally fixed for the Special Meeting without notice, other than announcement at the Special Meeting, to permit further solicitation of proxies.
If sufficient votes in favor of one proposal have been received by the time of the Special Meeting, such proposal will be acted upon and such actions will be final, regardless of any subsequent adjournments to consider the other proposal.
What vote is required to approve the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement?Other Information Regarding This Solicitation
The affirmative vote by the stockholders of the Company holding a majority of the outstanding voting securities is necessary for approval of each InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreement and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement. The 1940 Act, defines “a majority of outstanding voting securities” of the Company as the lesser of: (1) 67% or more of the voting securities present at the Special Meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Company are present or represented by proxy; or (2) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Company. Abstentions and brokernon-votes (with respect to any proposal for which a beneficial owner does not instruct its broker, bank or other institution or nominee holding its Shares on its behalf) will not count as affirmative votes cast and will therefore have the same effect as votes against each of the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal.
How will the final voting results be announced?
Preliminary voting results regarding the Company and, to the extent available, FSIC II, FSIC III, FSIC IV, CCT and CCT II, will be announced at the Special Meeting. Final voting results regarding the Company will be published in a current report on Form8-K within four business days after the date of the Special Meeting. Final voting results for FSIC II, FSIC III, FSIC IV, CCT and CCT II will be published when available after the date of the special meeting of the stockholders of each of FSIC II, FSIC III, FSIC IV, CCT and CCT II.
Will you incur expenses in soliciting proxies?
FB Income Advisor and KKR Credit, as participants in the solicitation of the approvals sought pursuant to this proxy statement, will bear the expense of the solicitation of proxies for the SpecialAnnual Meeting, including the cost of preparing, printing and mailing this proxy statement, the accompanying Notice of SpecialAnnual Meeting of Stockholders and the proxy card. FB Income Advisor has retained Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions, Inc. to assist in the solicitation of proxies for an estimated fee of approximately $300,000, plusout-of-pocket expenses.
The Company has requested that brokers, nominees, fiduciaries and other persons holding Shares in their names, or in the name of their nominees, which are beneficially owned by others, forward the proxy materials to, and obtain proxies from, such beneficial owners. FB Income Advisor and KKR CreditThe Company will reimburse such persons for their reasonable expenses in so doing.
In addition to the solicitation of proxies by mail, proxies may be solicited in person and by telephone or facsimile transmission by directors, officers or regular employees of the Company and its affiliates (without special compensation therefor), as applicable.. The Company has also retained Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions, Inc. to assist in the solicitation of proxies for an estimated fee of approximately $200,000, plusout-of-pocket
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What does it mean if I receive more than oneexpenses. Any proxy card?
Some of your Sharesgiven pursuant to this solicitation may be registered differently or heldrevoked by notice from the person giving the proxy at any time before it is exercised. Any such notice of revocation should be provided in a different account. You should authorize a proxy to votewriting and signed by the Shares in each of your accounts by mail, by telephone or via the Internet. If you mail proxy cards, please sign, date and return each proxy card to guarantee that all of your Shares are voted. If you hold your Shares in registered form and wish to combine your stockholder accounts in the future, you should call the Company at (877)628-8575. Combining accounts reduces excess printing and mailing costs, resulting in cost savings to us that benefit yousame manner as a stockholder.
Are the proxy materials available electronically?
In accordance with regulations promulgated by the SEC, the Company has made this proxy statement, the Notice of Special Meeting of Stockholdersbeing revoked and the proxy card availabledelivered to stockholders on the Internet. Stockholders may (i) access and review the Company’s proxy materials, (ii) authorize their proxies, as described in “How do I Vote,” and/or (iii) electtabulator.
Annual Reports
The Company will furnish to receive future proxy materials by electronic delivery, via the Internet address provided below.
This proxy statement, the Noticeits stockholders, free of Special Meetingcharge, a copy of Stockholdersits most recent annual and the proxy card are available at www.proxyvote.com.
Pursuantquarterly reports upon request to the rules adopted by the SEC, the Company furnishes proxy materials by email to those stockholders who have elected to receive their proxy materials electronically. While the Company encourages stockholders to take advantage of electronic delivery of proxy materials, which helps to reduce the environmental impact of special meetings and the cost associated with the physical printing and mailing of materials, stockholders who have elected to receive proxy materials electronically by email, as well as beneficial owners of Shares held by a broker or custodian, may request a printed set of proxy materials.
Will my vote make a difference?
Yes. Your vote is needed to ensure the proposals can be acted upon. Your vote is very important. Your immediate response will help avoid potential delays and may save significant additional expenses associated with soliciting stockholder votes.FS KKR Capital Corp., Attn: Investor Relations, 201 Rouse Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19112.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTSSECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
This proxy statement may contain certain “forward-looking” statementsThe following table sets forth, as that term is defined in Section 27A of the Securities ActRecord Date, the beneficial ownership of 1933,the Company’s current directors, 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 amended, and Section 21E ofa group.
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance withRule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including statements and includes voting or investment power with regardrespect to future eventsthe Shares. There are no Shares subject to options that are currently exercisable or the future performance or financial conditionexercisable within 60 days of the Company. The forward-looking statements contained in this proxy statement may include statements as to:Record Date. Ownership information for those persons who beneficially own 5% or more of the Shares is based upon information furnished by the Company’s transfer agent and other information provided by such persons, if available.
Shares Beneficially Owned as of April 20, 2020 | ||||||||
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) | Number of Shares | Percentage (%)(2) | ||||||
Interested Directors | ||||||||
Michael C. Forman(3) | 1,404,797 | * | ||||||
Todd Builione | 60,328 | * | ||||||
Independent Directors | ||||||||
Barbara Adams | 4,000 | * | ||||||
Brian R. Ford | 9,500 | * | ||||||
Richard I. Goldstein(4) | 47,100 | * | ||||||
Michael J. Hagan | 112,100 | * | ||||||
Jeffrey K. Harrow | 27,539 | * | ||||||
Jerel A. Hopkins | — | — | ||||||
James H. Kropp | 14,965 | * | ||||||
Osagie Imasogie | 34,658 | * | ||||||
Elizabeth J. Sandler | 3,560 | * | ||||||
Executive Officers | ||||||||
Brian Gerson | 100,000 | * | ||||||
Daniel Pietrzak(5) | 145,328 | * | ||||||
Steven Lilly | — | — | ||||||
Stephen S. Sypherd | 16,985 | * | ||||||
William Goebel | 5,000 | * | ||||||
James F. Volk | 1,140 | * | ||||||
All directors and executive officers as a group (17 persons) | 1,987,000 | * |
In addition, words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect” and “intend” indicate a forward-looking statement, although not all forward-looking statements include these words. The forward-looking statements contained in this proxy statement involve risks and uncertainties. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those implied or expressed in the forward-looking statements for any reason, including the factors set forth in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include:
* | Less than one percent. |
(1) | The address of each of the beneficial owners set forth above is c/o FS KKR Capital Corp., 201 Rouse Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112. |
(2) | Based on a total of 495,032,065 Shares issued and outstanding on April 20, 2020. |
(3) | 400,902 Shares held by The 2011 Forman Investment Trust; 197,998 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; 924,609 Shares held by FSH Seed Capital Vehicle I LLC, a wholly-owned special purpose financing subsidiary of Franklin Square Holdings, L.P. (“FS Investments”); 17,377 Shares held by spouse; 4,368 Shares held for the benefit of children in trust; 15,416 Shares held in a 401(k) account; and 10,559 Shares held in an IRA. |
(4) | All Shares held in an IRA. |
(5) | 30,000 Shares held in an IRA. |
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The Company has based the forward-looking statements included in this proxy statement on information available to the Company as of the date of this proxy statement. Except as required by the federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Shareholders are advised to consult any additional disclosures that the Company may make directly to shareholders or through reports that the Company may file in the future with the SEC, including annual reports on Form10-K, quarterly reports on Form10-Q and current reports onForm 8-K.
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The following table sets forth, as of April 20, 2020, the dollar range of the Company’s equity securities that are beneficially owned by each member of the Board, based on the closing price of the Shares as reported on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) on April 20, 2020.
Name of Director | Dollar Range of Equity Securities Beneficially Owned(1)(2) | |||
Interested Directors: | ||||
Michael C. Forman | Over $100,000 | |||
Todd Builione | Over $100,000 | |||
Independent Directors: | ||||
Barbara Adams | $10,001-$50,000 | |||
Brian R. Ford | $10,001-$50,000 | |||
Richard I. Goldstein | Over $100,000 | |||
Michael J. Hagan | Over $100,000 | |||
Jeffrey K. Harrow | $50,001-$100,000 | |||
Jerel A. Hopkins | None | |||
James H. Kropp | $50,001-$100,000 | |||
Osagie Imasogie | Over $100,000 | |||
Elizabeth J. Sandler | $10,001-$50,000 |
(1) | Beneficial ownership has been determined in accordance with Rule16a-1(a)(2) promulgated under the Exchange Act. |
(2) | The dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned are: None,$1-$10,000,$10,001-$50,000,$50,001-$100,000 or over $100,000. |
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PROPOSAL 1: APPROVALELECTION OF INVESTMENTCO-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS PROPOSALDIRECTOR NOMINEES
Background
The Company currently receives investment advisory and administrative services from FB Income Advisor pursuantPursuant to the Current Investment Advisory Agreement and the Administration Agreement. GDFM acts as the Company’s investmentsub-adviser pursuant to the Current InvestmentSub-Advisory Agreement. Asbylaws of the Company, announced on December 11, 2017, GDFM intends to resign as the investmentsub-adviser to the Company and terminate the Current InvestmentSub-Advisory Agreementnumber of directors on the GDFM End Date. In connection with GDFM’s resignation as the investmentsub-adviser to the Company, FS Investments and KKR Credit desire to enter into a relationship whereby FS Investments and KKR Credit will create a premier alternative lending platform for certain BDCs sponsored, advised and/orsub-advised by them. Accordingly, the FS Advisor Entities and KKR Credit and certain other parties have entered into the Master Transaction Agreement setting out the terms of the relationship between FB Income Advisor and KKR Credit whereby FB Income Advisor, KKR Credit and/or the Joint Advisor (as applicable) would provide certain advisory services to the Company pursuant to the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and/or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement. In addition, the FS Advisor Entities and KKR Credit agreed to form the Joint Advisor for the purpose of advising the Company pursuant to the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement.
To effectuate the proposed investment advisory relationships with KKR Credit, the Company is seeking,Board may not be fewer than one, as required by the 1940 Act, stockholder approvalMaryland General Corporation Law, or greater than twelve. The Board is currently comprised of 11 directors, each of whom will hold office for the term to enterwhich he or she was elected and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
The directors of the Company are divided into three classes, designated Class A, Class B and Class C. Each class of directors holds office for a three-year term. The current Class A directors hold office for a term expiring at the InvestmentAnnual Meeting. The current Class B directors hold office for a term expiring at the 2021 annual meeting. The current Class C directors hold office for a term expiring at the 2022 annual meeting.
At the Annual Meeting, stockholders of the Company are being asked to consider the election of Elizabeth J. Sandler, Michael J. Hagan, Jeffrey K. Harrow and James H. Kropp as Class A directors. Each of Ms. Sandler and Messrs. Hagan, Harrow and Kropp have been nominated forCo-Advisoryre-election Agreementsfor a three-year term expiring at the 2023 annual meeting of the stockholders. Each director nominee has agreed to serve as a director ifre-elected and has consented to being named as a nominee. No person being nominated as a director is being proposed for election pursuant to any agreement or understanding between such person and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement,Company.
A stockholder can vote for, or withhold his or her vote from, any or all of the director nominees. In the absence of instructions to the contrary, it is the intention of the persons named as proxies to vote such proxyFOR the election of each of which would replace the Current Investment Advisory Agreementdirector nominees named above. If any of the director nominees should decline or be unable to serve as a director, the persons named as proxies will vote for such other nominee as may be proposed by the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Board has no reason to believe that any of the Current InvestmentSub-Advisory Agreementpersons named as described herein. In addition, other BDCsdirector nominees will be unable or unwilling to serve.
If the stockholders of the Company do not affirmatively vote for a director nominee such that FS Investments sponsors, including FSIC II, FSIC IIIthe director nominee does not receive the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, such director will continue to serve as a director until his or her successor is duly elected and FSIC IV,qualified.
Information about the Board and other BDCs that KKR Credit advises orsub-advises, including CCT and CCT II, are each seeking stockholder approval to enter into a new investment advisory relationship with affiliates of FS Investments, KKR Credit and the Joint Advisor, as applicable.Director Nominees
The role of the Board including ais 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.
A majority of the members of the Board who are not parties to the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement, or “interested persons,” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, of any such partythe Company or FS/KKR Advisor, LLC, the Company’s investment adviser (the “Independent Directors”“Advisor”), unanimously approved eachand are “independent” as required by Rule 303A.00 in the NYSE Listed Company Manual. These individuals are referred to as the Company’s “independent directors”. Section 2(a)(19) of the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements1940 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 Board is currently comprised of 11 directors, nine of whom are independent directors. The Board has determined that the following directors are independent directors: Messrs. Ford, Goldstein, Hagan, Harrow, Hopkins, Kropp, Imasogie and Mses. Adams and Sandler. Based upon information requested from each director and director nominee 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.
In considering each director and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement,composition of the Board as a whole, the Board seeks a diverse group of experiences, characteristics, attributes and has deemed entry into such agreementsskills, including diversity in gender, ethnicity and race that the
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Board believes enables a director to be inmake a significant contribution to the best interests ofBoard, the Company and its stockholders,stockholders. These experiences, characteristics, attributes and skills, which are more fully described below, include, but are not limited to, management experience, independence, financial expertise and experience serving as directors or trustees of other entities. The Board may also consider such other experiences, characteristics, attributes and skills as it deems appropriate, given the then-current needs of the Board and the Company.
These experiences, characteristics, attributes and skills relate directly to the management and operations of the Company. Success in each of these categories is a key factor in the Company’s overall operational success and creating stockholder value. The Company believes that directors and director nominees who possess these experiences, characteristics, attributes and skills are better able to provide oversight of the Company’s management and the Company’s long-term and strategic objectives. Below is a description of the experience, characteristics, attributes and skills of each director that led the Board to conclude that each such person should serve as a director. The Board also considered the specific experience described in each director’s biographical information, as disclosed below.
The following tables set forth certain information regarding the sections entitled “Board Consideration” and “Factors Considered by the Board” in this Proposal 1 and “Proposal 2: Approval of Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal.”
Concurrently with seeking stockholder approval of the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreementsdirector nominees and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement, KKR Credit is seeking exemptive relief in the form of either interpretive guidance from the SEC confirming that KKR Credit’s currentco-investment relief order will extend toCompany’s other independent directors and interested directors. “Fund Complex” means the Company or a newco-investment exemptive relief order issued by the SEC toand FS KKR Credit that will cover the CompanyCapital Corp. II (“Exemptive Relief”FSK II”), in each case that would permit the Company, following the effectiveness of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement, toco-invest in privately negotiated investment transactions with certain accounts managed by KKR Credit. There can be no assurance of the timing of the approval of the application or whether the requested Exemptive Relief will be granted. As described herein, receipt of Exemptive Relief is one of the conditions to the effectiveness of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement. The Company’s stockholders are not being asked to vote on Exemptive Relief or the Company’s decision to seek the Exemptive Relief. Exemptive Relief is related to the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement and is an integral part of the effectiveness of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement.together.
If the stockholders of the Company approve the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal, FB Income Advisor and KKR Credit would serve as investmentco-advisers to the Company pursuant to the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements from the later of the date of such approval and the Closing Date until the Joint Advisor Effective Date. Under no scenario can the Closing Date occur without the approval by the stockholders of FSIC
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Nominees for Class A Directors—New Term to Expire in 2023 | ||||||||
Name, Address, Age and Position(s) with Company(1) | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(2) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Number of Fund Complex Overseen by Director | Other Public Directorships Held by Director During the Past Five Years† | ||||
Michael J. Hagan Age: 57 Director and Lead Independent Director | Class A Director; Term expires in 2023; Director since 2011 | Michael J. Hagan is 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”) 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. In May 2017, he became a director and majority owner of LifeShield, which he then sold in February 2019 to ADT. Prior to his employment by LifeShield, Mr. Hagan served as chairman of NutriSystem, Inc. (“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”) 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 served on the board of directors of NutriSystem from February 2012 to March 2019. 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, where he currently serves as a Trustee. 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. | Two | Actua, Inc.; Nutrisystem, Inc. |
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Nominees for Class A Directors—New Term to Expire in 2023 | ||||||||
Name, Address, Age and Position(s) with Company(1) | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(2) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Number of Fund Complex Overseen by Director | Other Public Directorships Held by Director During the Past Five Years† | ||||
Jeffrey K. Harrow Age: 63 Director | Class A Director; Term expires in 2023; Director since 2010 | Jeffrey K. Harrow has been chairman of Sparks Marketing Group, Inc. (“Sparks”) since 2001. Mr. Harrow is responsible for both operating divisions of Sparks, which includes Sparks Custom Retail and Sparks Exhibits & Environments, with offices throughout the United States and 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. Harrow 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. Mr. Harrow’s past directorships include service as a director of Cherry Hill National Bank, Hickory Travel Systems, Marlton Technologies 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. | Two | None |
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Nominees for Class A Directors—New Term to Expire in 2023 | ||||||||
Name, Address, Age and Position(s) with Company(1) | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(2) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Number of Fund Complex Overseen by Director | Other Public Directorships Held by Director During the Past Five Years† | ||||
James H. Kropp Age: 71 Director | Class A Director; Term expires in 2023; Director since 2018 | James H. Kropp served as an independent director of Corporate Capital Trust, Inc. (“CCT”) from 2011 until the merger of FSK and CCT and as an independent trustee for Corporate Capital Trust II (“CCT II”) from 2015 until its merger with the Company. 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. | Two | PS Business Parks, Inc.; American Homes 4 Rent | ||||
Elizabeth J. Sandler Age: 49 Director | Class A Director; Term expires in 2023; Director since 2019 | Elizabeth Sandler is the founder and has 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 The Blackstone Group and Chief Operating Officer of its Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies business from September 2016 to August 2018. Prior to joining 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 Risk Division, Structure Finance business and Commercial Real Estate business, among other roles. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, she worked at a number of companies in the financial services industry. Ms. Sandler received a B.A. from Duke University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Sandler’s extensive experience in the financial services industry has provided Ms. Sandler, in the opinion of the Board, with experience and insight which is beneficial to the Company. | Two | None |
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INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS (other than Nominees for Class A Directors) | ||||||||
Name, Address, Age and Position(s) with Company(1) | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(2) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Number of Fund Complex Overseen by Director | Other Public Directorships Held by Director During the Past Five Years† | ||||
Brian R. Ford Age: 71 Director | Class B Director; Term expires in 2021; Director since 2018 | 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 Clearway Energy, Inc. and AmeriGas Propane, Inc. Mr. Ford was previously the chief executive officer of Washington Philadelphia Partners, LP, a real estate investment company, from July 2008 to April 2010. He also serves on the boards of Drexel University and Drexel University College of Medicine since March 2004 and March 2009, respectively. Mr. Ford received his B.S. in Economics from Rutgers University. He is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Ford’s extensive financial accounting experience and service on the boards of public companies, in the opinion of the Board, provides him with insight which is beneficial to the Company. | Two | Clearway Energy, Inc.; AmeriGas Propane, Inc.; FS Energy Total Return Fund; FS Credit Income Fund; FS Multi-Alternative Income Fund | ||||
Richard I. Goldstein Age: 59 Director | Class B Director; Term expires in 2021; Director since 2018 | Richard I. Goldstein is a managing director of Liberty Associated Partners, LP (“LAP”) since 2000 and Associated Partners, LP (“AP”) since 2006, both investment funds that make private and public market investments in communications, media, Internet and energy companies. Prior to joining LAP and AP, Mr. Goldstein was vice president of The Associated Group, Inc. (“AGI”), a multi-billion dollar publicly traded owner and operator of communications-related businesses and assets. While at AGI, he assisted in establishing Teligent, Inc., of which he was a director, and was responsible for operating AGI’s cellular telephone operations. Mr. Goldstein is currently a member of the board of directors of Ubicquia LLC and has counseled many early stage companies. Mr. Goldstein received a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics from Carnegie Mellon University and received training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Management Information Systems. Mr. Goldstein has extensive experience as a senior executive and in negotiating investment transactions in a variety of industries. This experience has provided Mr. Goldstein, in the opinion of the Board, with experience and insight which is beneficial to the Company. | Two | FS Energy and Power Fund |
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II of both the FSIC II Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement and the FSIC II InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements unless such condition is (to the extent permitted) waived.
If the stockholders of the Company approve the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal, then the Joint Advisor would serve as investment adviser to the Company pursuant to the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement from and after the Joint Advisor Effective Date. Furthermore, if the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements are in effect and the Joint Advisor Effective Date does not occur, either because Exemptive Relief has not been obtained or because any other condition to the Joint Advisor Effective Date is not satisfied or (to the extent permitted) waived, the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements will remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.
The Company ultimately intends to receive investment advisory services from the Joint Advisor pursuant to the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement. However, due to the various conditions required for the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement to each become effective, the Company is seeking, as required by the 1940 Act, stockholder approval of each of the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement in order to ensure the continuous provision of investment advisory services to the Company by FB Income Advisor, KKR Credit and/or the Joint Advisor, as applicable. If the Joint Advisor Effective Date occurs on the same day as or prior to the Closing Date, then the Joint Advisor would serve as investment adviser to the Company pursuant to the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement and the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements would not become effective. If the Joint Advisor Effective Date occurs after the Closing Date, then FB Income Advisor and KKR Credit would serve as investmentco-advisers to the Company pursuant to the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements from the later of the date approval of such agreements is obtained and the Closing Date until the Joint Advisor Effective Date, and the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements would automatically terminate upon the effectiveness of the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement. Accordingly, the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement would not be simultaneously effective at any time.
In order for FB Income Advisor and KKR Credit to serve as investmentco-advisers to the Company pursuant to the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements, the stockholders of the Company must approve the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and the other conditions to the Closing Date, including approval by the stockholders of FSIC II of the FSIC II InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the FSIC II Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement, must be satisfied or (to the extent permitted) waived prior to the Joint Advisor Effective Date. In order for the Joint Advisor to serve as investment adviser to the Company pursuant to the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement, the stockholders of the Company must approve the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal and the other conditions to the Joint Advisor Effective Date, including approval by the stockholders of FSIC II, FSIC III, FSIC IV, CCT and CCT II of their respective investment advisory agreements with the Joint Advisor, must be satisfied or (to the extent permitted) waived. As such, even if the Company’s stockholders approve the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement, such agreements will not go into effect unless the stockholders of certain other BDCs sponsored, advised and/orsub-advised by FS Investments and KKR Credit also approve their respective investment advisory agreements with affiliates of FS Investments, KKR Credit and/or the Joint Advisor, as applicable.
FB Income Advisor, together with the FS Advisor Entities and KKR Credit have agreed to coordinate their activities during the period in which the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement would be in effect to avoid duplication of efforts and ensure a balanced and effective allocation of responsibilities and net fee revenue earned by the FS Advisor Entities, KKR Credit and the Joint Advisor, and efficiency in the provision of the required services to the Company thereunder. In addition, the FS Advisor Entities and KKR Credit anticipate that in the event the Closing Date occurs prior to the approval of the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal, then the Company may enter into an Interim Investment Advisory Agreement.
INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS (other than Nominees for Class A Directors) | ||||||||
Name, Address, Age and Position(s) with Company(1) | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(2) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Number of Fund Complex Overseen by Director | Other Public Directorships Held by Director During the Past Five Years† | ||||
Osagie Imasogie Age: 58 Director | Class B Director; Term expires in 2021; Director since 2019 | Osagie Imasogie has over 30 years of experience in the field of law, finance, business management, healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry. He is aco-founder and the Senior Managing Partner of PIPV Capital, a Private Equity Firm that is focused on the Life Sciences vertical. Prior toco-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 SVP 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 also 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 opinion of the Board, with insight which is beneficial to the Company. | Two | None |
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In order to transition the Company’s advisory services, FB Income Advisor, GDFM and certain of their affiliates have entered into the Transition Agreement, which provides that GDFM will continue to act as the investmentsub-adviser to the Company through the GDFM End Date and will cooperate with FB Income Advisor in implementing the transition of investment advisory services from GDFM for the Company and several other BDCs. GDFM has also agreed to restrictions on its ability to acquire the Company’s Shares and take certain other actions in respect of the Company. In addition, GDFM has agreed (i) to vote the Shares of the Company beneficially owned by GDFM, or over which GDFM has voting control, in favor of the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal and (ii) not to transfer the Shares of the Company beneficially owned by GDFM until after the approval of the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal. GDFM will continue to receive fees under the Current InvestmentSub-Advisory Agreement through the GDFM End Date. GDFM will also receive an additional $582.5 million from FS Investments or one of its affiliates (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company, FSIC II, FSIC III or FSIC IV) as consideration for entering into the Transition Agreement and agreeing to certain obligations thereunder.
FS Investments and its affiliates (including FB Income Advisor) and KKR Credit are committed to seamlessly transitioning the Company’s advisory services as described herein. To help the FS Investments and FB Income Advisor teams during the transition, KKR Credit will provide certain administrative services to the FS Advisor Entities and KKR Credit’s broker-dealer affiliate will provide certain sourcing and other services to the FS Advisor Entities, in each case, pursuant to the Sourcing Agreement. The Sourcing Agreement will terminate with respect to FB Income Advisor on the earlier of the effective date of the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement.
Because the Company ultimately intends to receive advisory services from the Joint Advisor pursuant to the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement and considering the length of time that it may take for such agreement to become effective, the Company expects that the approval by its stockholders of the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and/or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal will remain valid indefinitely. However, even if the Company’s stockholders have approved the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal, FS Investments, together with the FS Advisor Entities, and KKR Credit will each have the right to terminate the Master Transaction Agreement and the proposed relationship described herein if the Closing Date does not occur by January 10, 2019.
The InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal are not contingent on one another. However, if the stockholders of the Company do not approve both
the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal, then the Board will consider and evaluate its options to determine what alternatives are in the Company’s best interests and that of the Company’s stockholders, such as resubmitting the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal and/or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal for approval by the Company’s stockholders or entering into an Interim Investment Advisory Agreement. GDFM intends to resign as the Company’s investmentsub-adviser effective as of the GDFM End Date regardless of whether the InvestmentCo-Advisory Agreements Proposal or the Joint Advisor Investment Advisory Agreement Proposal is approved, and the Company would continue to receive its investment advisory services from FB Income Advisor pursuant to the Current Investment Advisory Agreement and/or from KKR Credit pursuant to an Interim Investment Advisory Agreement. FB Income Advisor intends to obtain services from KKR Credit’s broker-dealer affiliate pursuant to the Sourcing Agreement, such as identifying new investment opportunities for FB Income Advisor, prior to the Company’s entry into any advisory agreement with KKR Credit or one of its affiliates, including the Joint Advisor.
About FB Income Advisor
FB Income Advisor is a Delaware limited liability company, located at 201 Rouse Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19112, registered as an investment adviser with the SEC under the Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the
INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS (other than Nominees for Class A Directors) | ||||||||
Name, Address, Age and Position(s) with Company(1) | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(2) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Number of Fund Complex Overseen by Director | Other Public Directorships Held by Director During the Past Five Years† | ||||
Barbara Adams Age: 68 Director | Class C Director; Term expires in 2023; Director since 2018 | Barbara Adams served as the executive vice president—legal affairs and general counsel of 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 staff 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 andtax-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 committeeco-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, and a member of the Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers and of the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations. She is a past member of the board and secretary of Philadelphia 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. | Two | None |
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“Advisers Act”). FB Income Advisor is a subsidiary of the Company’s affiliate, FS Investments, a leading asset manager dedicated to helping individuals, financial professionals and institutions design better portfolios. FB Income Advisor is led by substantially the same personnel as the senior management teams of the investment advisers to certain other BDCs, open andclosed-end management investment companies and a real estate investment trust sponsored by FS Investments (the “FSNon-BDC Funds” and together with the BDCs, the “Fund Complex”).
Michael C. Forman, the Company’s chairman and chief executive officer, serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of FB Income Advisor. The Company’s executive vice president, Zachary Klehr, and vice president, treasurer and secretary, Stephen S. Sypherd, are both officers of FB Income Advisor.
FB Income Advisor’s senior management team has significant experience in private lending and private equity investing, and has developed an expertise in using all levels of a firm’s capital structure to produce income-generating investments, while focusing on risk management. The team also has extensive knowledge of the managerial, operational and regulatory requirements of publicly registered alternative asset entities, such as BDCs. The Company believes that the active and ongoing participation by FS Investments and its affiliates in the credit markets, and the depth of experience and disciplined investment approach of FB Income Advisor’s management team, will allow FB Income Advisor to successfully execute the Company’s investment strategies.
Fees Paid in the Most Recent Fiscal Year. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company paid an aggregate of approximately $123.1 million in management and incentive fees to FB Income Advisor pursuant to the Current Investment Advisory Agreement, and $3.2 million in administrative services expenses to FB Income Advisor pursuant to the Administration Agreement.
Because the management and incentive fees under the Current Investment Advisory Agreement are calculated and payable in arrears on either a quarterly or annual basis, as applicable, the aggregate amount paid to FB Income Advisor by the Company during the year ended December 31, 2017 in respect of such fees is inclusive of the amounts accrued and payable to FB Income Advisor as of December 31, 2016 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, but otherwise excludes amounts accrued and payable to FB Income Advisor as of December 31, 2017.
Other than the foregoing fees and expenses, no other material payments were made by the Company to FB Income Advisor or any affiliated person of FB Income Advisor in 2017.
About KKR Credit
KKR Credit is a Delaware limited liability company, located at 555 California Street, 50th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104, registered as an investment adviser with the SEC under the Advisers Act. It had over $41 billion of assets under management as of September 30, 2017 across investment funds, structured finance vehicles, specialty finance companies and separately managed accounts that invest capital in both liquid and illiquid credit strategies on behalf of some of the largest public and private pension plans, global financial institutions, university endowments and other institutional and public market investors. Its investment professionals utilize an industry and thematic approach to investing and benefit from access, where appropriate, to the broader resources and intellectual capital of KKR & Co. L.P. (“KKR & Co.”). KKR Credit is a subsidiary of KKR & Co., a leading global investment firm with over $153 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2017 that manages investments across multiple asset classes including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit and hedge funds. KKR & Co. aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and driving growth and value creation in the assets it manages. KKR & Co. invests its own capital alongside the capital it manages for fund investors and brings debt and equity investment opportunities to others through its capital markets business.
KKR & Co.’s business offers a broad range of investment management services to its fund investors and provides capital markets services to KKR & Co., its portfolio companies and third parties. Throughout KKR &
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Name, Address, Age and Position(s) with Company(1) | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(2) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Number of Fund Complex Overseen by Director | Other Public Directorships Held by Director During the Past Five Years† | ||||
Jerel A. Hopkins Age: 48 Director | Class C Director; Term expires in 2023; Director since 2018 | Jerel A. Hopkins has served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Delaware Management Holdings, Inc., a diversified asset management firm and an affiliate of Macquarie, since November 2004. Prior to joining Delaware Management Holdings, Inc., Mr. Hopkins served as an attorney in the corporate and securities department of the law firm Klehr Harrison from January 2000 to November 2004. Mr. Hopkins served as counsel in the division of enforcement and litigation of the Pennsylvania Securities Commission from August 1997 to December 1999 and as lead counsel of the internet fraud unit from January 1999 to December 1999. In addition, Mr. Hopkins served as special counsel on behalf of the Pennsylvania Securities Commission to the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. from January 1999 to December 1999. Mr. Hopkins has also served on the board of trustees of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine since February 2012. Mr. Hopkins received his B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from Villanova University School of Law. Mr. Hopkins has significant experience in corporate and securities law matters and has served as a member of a number of boards. This experience has provided Mr. Hopkins, in the opinion of the Board, with experience and insight which is beneficial to the Company. | Two | None |
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INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS (other than Nominees for Class A Directors) | ||||||||
Name, Address, Age and Position(s) with Company(1) | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(2) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Number of Fund Complex Overseen by Director | Other Public Directorships Held by Director During the Past Five Years† | ||||
Todd C. Builione(3) Age: 45 President | Class B Director; Term expires in 2021; Director since 2018 | Todd C. Builione serves as the Advisor’s president and, from 2018 through October 2019, served as the Company’s president. Mr. Builione joined KKR Credit Advisors US (LLC) (“KKR Credit”) in 2013 and is a member of KKR Credit and president of KKR Credit and Markets. Mr. Builione also serves on KKR Credit’s Investment Management and Distribution Committee and its Risk and Operations Committee. Prior to joining KKR Credit, Mr. Builione spent nine years at Highbridge Capital Management, serving as president of the firm, chief 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, 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 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 analytics. The Board believes Mr. Builione’s experience and his position as the Advisor’s president makes him a significant asset to the Company. | Two | None |
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INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS (other than Nominees for Class A Directors) | ||||||||
Name, Address, Age and Position(s) with Company(1) | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(2) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Number of Fund Complex Overseen by Director | Other Public Directorships Held by Director During the Past Five Years† | ||||
Michael C. Forman(1) Age: 59 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | Class C Director; Term expires in 2023; Director since 2011 | Michael C. Forman is chairman and chief executive officer of Franklin Square Holdings, L.P. (“FS Investments”) and has 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. 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. | Two | FS Energy and Power Fund; FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund; FS Credit Real Estate Income Trust; FS Credit Income Fund; FS Energy Total Return Fund; FS Series Trust; FS Multi- Alternative Income Fund |
‡ | Includes directorships held in (1) any investment company registered under the 1940 Act, (2) any company with a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act and (3) any company subject to the requirements of Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in each case, other than with respect to companies in the Fund Complex. |
(1) | The address for each director is c/o FS KKR Capital Corp., 201 Rouse Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112. |
(2) | Directors serve until the expiration of their respective term and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. |
(3) | “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. |
Risk Oversight and Board Structure
Board’s Role in Risk Oversight
Through its direct oversight role, and indirectly through its committees, the Board performs a leaderrisk oversight function for the Company consisting of, among other things, the following activities: (1) at regular and special Board meetings, and on an ad hoc basis as needed, receiving and reviewing reports related to the performance and operations of the Company; (2) reviewing and approving, as applicable, its compliance policies and procedures; (3) meeting with the portfolio management team to review investment strategies, techniques and the processes used to manage related
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risks; (4) overseeing the Company’s investment valuation process via its valuation committee that operates pursuant to authority assigned to it by the Board; (5) meeting, or reviewing reports prepared by the representatives of key service providers, including the Company’s investment adviser, administrator, custodian and independent registered public accounting firm, to review and discuss the Company’s activities and to provide direction with respect thereto; (6) reviewing periodically, and at least annually, the Company’s fidelity bond, directors and officers, and errors and omissions insurance policies and such other insurance policies as may be appropriate; (7) overseeing the Company’s accounting and financial reporting processes, including supervision of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to ensure that they provide timely analyses of significant financial reporting and internal control issues; and (8) overseeing the services of the Company’s chief compliance officer to test its compliance procedures and those of its service providers.
The Board also performs its risk oversight responsibilities with the assistance of the Company’s chief compliance officer. The Board receives a quarterly report from the Company’s chief compliance officer, who reports on, among other things, the Company’s compliance with applicable securities laws and its internal compliance policies and procedures. In addition, the Company’s chief compliance officer prepares a written report annually evaluating, among other things, the adequacy and effectiveness of the compliance policies and procedures of the Company and certain of its service providers. The Company’s chief compliance officer’s report, which is reviewed by the Board, addresses at a minimum: (1) the operation and effectiveness of the compliance policies and procedures of the Company and certain of its service providers since the last report; (2) any material changes to such policies and procedures since the last report; (3) any recommendations for changes to such policies and procedures as a result of the Company’s chief compliance officer’s annual review; and (4) any material compliance matters that have occurred since the date of the last report about which the Board would reasonably need to know to oversee the Company’s compliance activities and risks. The Company’s chief compliance officer also meets separately in executive session with the independent directors of the Company at least once each year. In addition to compliance reports from the Company’s chief compliance officer, the Board also receives reports and updates from legal counsel to the Company regarding legal, regulatory and governance matters.
Board Composition and Leadership Structure
Mr. Forman, who is an “interested person” of the Company as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, serves as both the chief executive officer of the Company and chairman of the Board. The Board believes that Mr. Forman, asco-founder and chief executive officer of the Company, is the director with the most knowledge of the Company’s business strategy and is best situated to serve as chairman of the Board. The Company’s charter, as well as regulations governing business development companies (“BDCs”) generally, requires that a majority of the Board be persons who are not “interested persons” of the Company, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.
While the Company currently does not have a policy mandating a lead independent director, the Board believes that having an independent director fill the lead director role is appropriate. Mr. Hagan currently serves as lead independent director. The lead independent director, among other things, works with the chairman of the Board in the private equity industry. KKR & Co. has grown its firm by expanding its geographical presence and building businesses in new areas, such as credit, special situations, hedge funds, collateralized loan obligations, capital markets, infrastructure, energy and real estate. These efforts build on KKR & Co.’s core principles and industry expertise, allowing KKR & Co. to leverage the intellectual capital and synergies in its businesses, and to capitalize on a broader rangepreparation of the opportunitiesagenda for each Board meeting and in determining the need for meetings of the Board, chairs any meeting of the independent directors in executive session, facilitates communications between other members of the Board and the chairman of the Board and/or the chief executive officer and otherwise consults with the chairman of the Board and/or the chief executive officer on matters relating to corporate governance and Board performance.
The Board has concluded that its structure is appropriate given the current size and complexity of the Company and the extensive regulation to which the Company is subject as a BDC and as a company listed on the NYSE.
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Board Meetings and Attendance
On March 14, 2019, Joseph P. Ujobai resigned from the Board. On July 8, 2019, the Board appointed Osagie Imasogie as a new independent member of the Board. On October 30, 2019, the Board appointed Elizabeth Sandler as a new independent member of the Board. On November 26, 2019, Frederick Arnold resigned from the Board.
The Board met 16 times during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, including four regular quarterly meetings. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, each director attended at least 75% of all meetings of the Board and Board committees on which he or she served (held during the period that such director served).The Company does not have a formal policy regarding director attendance at an annual meeting of stockholders. None of the directors then in office attended the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders.
Committees of the Board of Directors
The Board has established four standing committees of the Board, which consist of an Audit Committee, a Valuation Committee, a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and a Compensation Committee. The Board, as a whole, participates in the consideration of director compensation and decisions on director compensation are based on, among other things, a review of data of comparable BDCs. The Board may also engage compensation consultantsfrom time-to-time, following consideration of certain factors related to such consultants’ independence.
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. Ford (Chairman), Kropp and Imasogie, all of whom are independent. The Board has determined that Messrs. Ford and Kropp are “audit committee financial experts” as defined by Item 407(d)(5)(ii) ofRegulation S-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 registered public accounting firm, 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 registered public accounting firm (including compensation therefor) and reviewing the independence of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee held 12 meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. The Audit Committee charter can be accessed on the Investor Relations portion of the Company’s website atwww.fskkrcapitalcorp.com.
Valuation Committee
The Board has established a Valuation Committee that operates pursuant to a charter and the authority assigned to it sources. Additionally, KKR & Co.by the Board and consists of five members, including a Chairman of the Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee members are Ms. Adams and Messrs. Kropp (Chairman), Hopkins, Goldstein and Imasogie, all of whom are independent. The primary function of the Valuation Committee is to establish guidelines and make recommendations to the Board on matters relating to the valuation of the Company’s investments. The Valuation Committee held seven meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
The Board has increasedestablished a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee that operates pursuant to a charter and consists of three members, including a Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee members are Messrs. Harrow (Chairman),
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Hagan and Hopkins, all of whom are independent. The primary function of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is to consider and make recommendations to the Board regarding certain governance matters, including selection of directors for election by stockholders, selection of director nominees to fill vacancies on the Board or a committee thereof, development and revision, as appropriate, of applicable corporate governance documentation and practices and oversight of the evaluation of the Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee held five meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.
When nominating director candidates, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee takes into consideration such factors as it deems appropriate in accordance with its focus on meetingcharter. Among the qualifications considered in the selection of candidates, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers the following attributes and criteria of candidates: experience, including experience with investment companies and other organizations of comparable purpose, skills, expertise, diversity, including diversity of gender, race and national origin, personal and professional integrity, time availability in light of other commitments, conflicts of interest and such other relevant factors that the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers appropriate in the context of the needs of the Board, including, when applicable, to enhance the ability of the Board or committees of the Board to fulfill their duties and/or to satisfy any independence or other applicable requirements imposed by law, rule, regulation or listing standard including, but not limited to, the 1940 Act, rules promulgated by the SEC and the NYSE Listed Company Manual. Each of the director nominees was approved by the members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the entire Board.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers candidates suggested by its existing fund investorsmembers and other Board members, as well as the Company’s management and stockholders. A Company stockholder who wishes to recommend a prospective nominee for the Board must provide notice to the Secretary of the Company in developing relationshipsaccordance with new investors in its funds.
KKR & Co. conducts its business with offices throughout the world, providing it with apre-eminent global platform for sourcing transactions, raising capital and carrying out capital markets activities. KKR & Co.’s growth has been driven by value that it has created through its operationally focused investment approach, the expansion of its existing businesses, its entry into new lines of business, innovationrequirements set forth in the productsCompany’s bylaws, which are described in greater detail under the heading “Submission of Stockholder Proposals.” Nominees for director who are recommended by stockholders will be evaluated in the same manner as any other nominee for director. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee charter can be accessed on the Investor Relations portion of the Company’s website atwww.fskkrcapitalcorp.com.
Compensation Committee
The Board has established a Compensation Committee that it offers investors in its funds,operates pursuant to a charter and consists of three members, including a Chairman of the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee members are Messrs. Ford (Chairman), Kropp and Imasogie all of whom are independent. 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 directly 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 increased focus on providing tailored solutionsannual basis the Company’s reimbursement to its clientsthe Advisor of the allocable portion of the cost of the Company’s executive officers and their respective staffs made pursuant to that certain Administration Agreement, dated April 9, 2018, between the Company and the integrationAdvisor (the “Administration Agreement”). The Compensation Committee has the authority to engage compensation consultants following consideration of capital markets distribution activities.
KKR & Co. has also used its balance sheet as a significant source of capitalcertain factors related to further grow and expand its business, increase its participation in its existing businesses and further align its interests with those of its fund investors and other stakeholders.
Similar Investment Strategy.Below aresuch consultants’ independence. The Compensation Committee held one meeting during the management fee rate and gross assets of two other BDCs advised orsub-advised by KKR Credit, each of which has a similar investment objective to thatfiscal year ended December 31, 2019. The Compensation Committee charter is available on the Investor Relations portion of the Company’s website atwww.fskkrcapitalcorp.com.
Communications Between Interested Parties and the Board
The Board welcomes communications from interested parties. Interested parties may send communications to the Board or to any particular director to the following address: c/o FS KKR Capital Corp., 201 Rouse Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112. Interested parties should indicate clearly the director or directors to whom the communication is being sent so that each communication may be forwarded directly to the appropriate director(s).
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Information about Executive Officers Who Are Not Directors
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the executive officers of the Company who are not directors of the Company. Each executive officer holds his office until his successor is chosen and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal.
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Brian Gerson Age: 53 |
Advisory and Sub-Advisory Fees. From January 1, 2017 until November 14, 2017, the date on which the Investment Advisory Agreement between CCT and KKR Credit (the “Current CCT Investment Advisory Agreement”) became effective, CCT’s previous investment adviser paid an aggregate of approximately $40.3 million in management and incentive fees to KKR Credit pursuant to the investment sub-advisory agreement pursuant to which KKR Credit acted as investment sub-adviser to CCT.
For the period from November 15, 2017 through November 30, 2017, KKR Credit received approximately $2.7 million in management and incentive fees from CCT pursuant to the Current CCT Investment Advisory Agreement. Because the management and incentive fees under the Current CCT Investment Advisory Agreement are calculated and payable in arrears on a monthly basis, the amount of such fees accrued and payable to KKR Credit by CCT for any period following November 30, 2017 is not available as of the date of this proxy statement.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, CCT II’s current investment adviser paid an aggregate of approximately $760,000 in management fees to KKR Credit pursuant to the investment sub-advisory agreement pursuant to which KKR Credit acts as investment sub-adviser to CCT II (the “CCT II Current Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement”). No incentive fees are payable to KKR Credit under the CCT II Current Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement. The amount of management fees payable by CCT II’s current investment adviser to KKR Credit under the CCT II Current Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement for the three months ended December 31, 2017 is not available as of the date of this proxy statement.
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Management of the InvestmentCo-Advisors
The management of the Company’s investment portfolio will be the responsibility of a joint investment committee which will be comprised of three appointees of FS Investments or one of its affiliates (initially Sean Coleman, Brian Gerson and Michael Kelly) and three appointees of KKR Credit (initially Todd Builione, Daniel Pietrzak and Ryan Wilson). A team of dedicated investment professionals consisting of personnel from FB Income Advisor and KKR Credit will provide services to the Company. Below is biographical information relating to certain key personnel involved in rendering such services:
Sean Coleman serves as a managing director of the Company and as managing director of investment management of FS Investments and its affiliated investment advisers. Mr. Coleman also serves on the investment committee of the investment advisers to the funds in the Fund Complex. Mr. Coleman is primarily responsible for reviewing and assessing the fit of potential investments within each fund’s investment portfolio, performing due diligence on the same and monitoring existing investments. Before joining FS Investments and its affiliated investment advisers in October 2013, Mr. Coleman worked at Golub Capital, where he served in various capacities, including as a managing director in the direct lending group and as chief financial officer and treasurer of its BDC. Before he joined Golub Capital in September 2005, Mr. Coleman worked in merchant and investment banking, including at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Wasserstein Perella & Co. Mr. Coleman earned a B.A. in History from Princeton University and an M.B.A. with Distinction from Harvard Business School, where he received the Loeb Award for academic excellence in finance.
Brian Gerson has served as theCo-President of the Company since October 2019 and also serves as theCo-President of FSK II. He joined FS Investments in November 2017 as its Head of Private Credit and has more than 20 years of experience in credit investing and corporatecorporation lending, with specific expertise in lending through BDCs. Mr. Gerson has served on the Advisor’s investment committee since April 2018. Prior to joining FS Investments, he most recently served as Group Head and Managing Director at LStar Capital, the credit affiliate of Lone Star Funds, from April 2015 to November 2017. At LStar, Mr. Gerson 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 founding 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 various credit, origination, management, and 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 Tufts University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics.
Daniel Pietrzak
Age: 45
Todd C. Builioneis a member of the Board of Directors of CCT and CCT’s Chief Executive Officer, and also a trustee of CCT II. Mr. Builione joined KKR & Co. in 2013 and is a Member of KKR & Co. and President of KKR Credit & Capital Markets. Mr. Builione also serves on the KKR Global Risk Committee. Prior to joining KKR &Co., Mr. Builione served as President of Highbridge Capital Management, CEO 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
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financial institutions. He received a B.S., summa cum laude, 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 & Co. 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.
Daniel Pietrzakcurrently serves as CCT’s Chief Investment Officer.Officer of FSK II. Mr. Pietrzak joined KKR Credit in 2016 and is a Member of KKR & Co.Credit and theCo-Head of Private Credit. 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 Credit, Mr. Pietrzak was a Managing Director and theCo-Head of Deutsche Bank’s Structured 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 WaterhousePricewaterhouseCoopers 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.
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Steven Lilly Age: 50 | Chief Financial Officer | Since 2019 | ||||
Stephen S. Sypherd Age: 43 | Secretary, General Counsel | Since 2013 | Stephen S. Sypherd has served as the Secretary of the Company since January 2013 and as the General Counsel since April 2018. He previously served as the Company’s Vice President and Treasurer. Mr. Sypherd also currently serves as | |||
Drew O’Toole Age: 31 | Co-Chief Operating Officer | Since 2019 | Drew O’Toole has served as theCo-Chief Operating Officer of the Company since October 2019 and |
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Ryan Wilson Age: 43 | Co-Chief Operating Officer | Since 2019 | Ryan Wilson has served asthe Co-Chief Operating Officer of the Company since October 2019 and also serves as theCo-Chief Operating Officer of FSK II. He joined KKR Credit in 2006 and he is currently a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Goebel
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James F. Volk Age: 57 | Chief Compliance Officer | Since 2015 | James F. Volk has served as the Chief Compliance Officer of the Company
Code of 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 its Chief Financial Officer, as well as the members of the Board. The Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics can be accessed via the Investor Relations portion of the Company’s website at www.fskkrcapitalcorp.com. 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. 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. 23 Practice and Policies Regarding Personal Trading and Hedging of Company Equity The Company has also established a policy designed to prohibit its officers, directors, and certain employees of the Advisor from purchasing or selling shares of the Company while in possession of material nonpublic information, or otherwise using such information for their personal benefit or in any manner that would violate applicable laws and regulations. The policy also prohibits all directors and officers from engaging in hedging or monetization transactions or similar arrangements with respect to the Company’s securities without prior approval of the Company’s chief compliance officer. 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 Relations portion of the Company’s website atwww.fskkrcapitalcorp.com. 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 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 are contracted by the Advisor, the Company or their respective affiliates to work on behalf of the Company pursuant to the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement, dated December 20, 2018 (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”), between the Company and the Advisor, and the Administration Agreement. Each of the Company’s executive officers is an employee of the Advisor or its affiliates 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 its allocable portion of expenses incurred by the Advisor in performing its obligations under the Investment Advisory Agreement and the 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, arising out of the performance of any of its duties or obligations under the Investment Advisory Agreement or the Administration Agreement, respectively, or otherwise as the Company’s investment adviser or administrator, respectively; provided, however, that the Advisor cannot be indemnified for any liability arising out of willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence in the performance of the Advisor’s duties or by reason of the reckless disregard of the Advisor’s duties and obligations under the Investment Advisory Agreement or the 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. The Company’s 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 and annual fees for serving as a committee chairperson. These directors are Mmes. Adams and Sandler and Messrs. Ford, Goldstein, Hagan, Harrow, Hopkins, Kropp and Imasogie. Mr. Hagan also receives an annual retainer for his service as lead independent director.
24 Amounts payable under these fee arrangements for the Company are determined and paid quarterly in arrears as set forth below and are shared pro rata by the Fund Complex based on assets under management.
The Company will also reimburse 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 and former director from (i) the Company and (ii) all of the companies in the Fund Complex, including the Company, and FS Investment Corporation III, FS Investment Corporation IV and Corporate Capital Trust II (which merged with FSK II) in the aggregate, in each case, for service during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. Our directors do not receive any retirement benefits from us.
Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions 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 25 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 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. Investment Advisory Agreement and Administration Agreement Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Advisor is entitled to a base management fee calculated at an annual rate of 1.50% of the average weekly value of the Company’s gross assets excluding cash and cash equivalents (gross assets equal the total assets of the Company as set forth on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets) and an incentive fee based on the Company’s performance. Effective 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 payable under the Investment Advisory Agreement from 1.5% to 1.0% on all assets financed using leverage over1.0x debt-to-equity. The base management fee is payable quarterly in arrears. All or any part of the base management fee not 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% of the 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 Investment Advisory Agreement or will not earn this incentive fee for any quarter until the Company’spre-incentive fee net investment income for such quarter exceeds the hurdle rate of 1.75%. Once the Company’spre-incentive fee net investment income in any quarter exceeds the hurdle rate, the Advisor will be entitled to a“catch-up” fee equal to the amount of thepre-incentive fee net investment income in excess of the hurdle rate, until the Company’spre-incentive fee net investment income for such quarter equals 2.1875%, or 8.75% annually, of net assets. Thereafter, the Advisor will be entitled to receive 20.0% ofpre-incentive fee net investment income. The subordinated incentive fee on income is subject to a cap equal to (i) 20.0% of the “per sharepre-incentive fee return” for the then-current and eleven preceding calendar quarters minus the cumulative “per share incentive fees” accrued and/or payable for the eleven preceding calendar quarters multiplied 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. The definitions of “per share pre-incentive fee return” and “per share incentive fees” under the Investment Advisory Agreement take into account the historic per sharepre-incentive fee return of both the Company and Corporate Capital Trust, Inc. (“CCT”), together with the historic per share incentive fees paid by both the Company and CCT. For the purpose of calculating the “per sharepre-incentive fee return,” any unrealized appreciation or depreciation recognized as a result of the purchase accounting for the Company’s acquisition of CCT is excluded. Pursuant to 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 investment advisory agreement). This fee equals 20.0% of the Company’s incentive fee capital gains, which shall 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 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 by CCT and the Company. On a quarterly basis, the Company accrues for the capital gains 26 incentive fee by calculating such fee as if it were due and payable as of the end of such period. The Company includes unrealized gains in the calculation of the capital gains incentive fee expense and related accrued capital gains incentive fee. This accrual reflects the incentive fees 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 not entitled to an incentive fee with respect to unrealized gains unless and until such gains are actually realized. Pursuant to the Administration Agreement, the Advisor oversees the Company’sday-to-day 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 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 the Company’s expenses and the performance of administrative and professional services rendered to the Company by others. Pursuant to the Administration Agreement, the Company reimburses the Advisor for expenses necessary to perform services related to its 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 the 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 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 Company’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 Company’s board of directors then assesses the reasonableness of such reimbursements for expenses allocated to it 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 Company’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 Company’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. The following table describes the fees and expenses accrued under the Investment Advisory Agreement and the Administration Agreement during the year ended December 31, 2019 (dollars in millions):
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THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY FS KKR CAPITAL CORP. For All Withhold All For All Except To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All Except” and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below. The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following: ☐ ☐ ☐ 1. Election of Class A Directors Nominees: Class A Directors: 01. Elizabeth J. Sandler 02. Michael J. Hagan 03. Jeffrey K. Harrow 04. James H. Kropp The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal: For Against Abstain 2. To approve the proposal to allow the Company in future offerings to sell its shares below net asset value per share in order to provide flexibility for future sales.☐ ☐ ☐ NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name, by authorized officer. Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owners) Date The Notice and Proxy Statement are available at www.proxyvote.com/FSK. — — — — —
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