UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 26, 2014 (November 26, 2014)
Fifth Street Finance Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-33901 | 26-1219283 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
777 West Putnam Avenue, 3rd Floor
Greenwich, CT 06830
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(203) 681-3600
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On November 26, 2014, the Board of Directors of Fifth Street Finance Corp. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board of Directors by one director and filled the vacancy created by such increase by appointing the Company’s President, Todd G. Owens, to the Board of Directors.Mr. Owenswill serve on the Company’s Board of Directors as a Class II interested director from November 26, 2014 until the Company’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Mr. Owensalso serves as President of Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. and as Co-President of Fifth Street Asset Management Inc., a publicly-traded asset manager that partially and indirectly owns the Company’s investment adviser.
Prior to joining Fifth Street, Mr. Owens was a partner at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and held various roles during his 24-year tenure at Goldman Sachs, including Head of the West Coast Financial Institutions Group for 15 years and Head of the Specialty Finance Group for almost a decade.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Owens and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as a director. There are no current or proposed transactions between the Company and Mr. Owens or his immediate family members that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Description |
99.1 | Press Release dated November 26, 2014 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: | November 26, 2014 | FIFTH STREET FINANCE CORP. | |||
By: | /s/ David H. Harrison | ||||
Name: | David H. Harrison | ||||
Title: | Chief Compliance Officer |