UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: June 1, 2015
(Date of earliest event reported)
WhiteHorse Finance, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 814-00967 | 45-4247759 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) | ||
1450 Brickell Avenue, 31st Floor Miami, Florida | 33131 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
(305) 381-6999
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02(b). Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On June 1, 2015, Alexander W. Pease, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of WhiteHorse Finance, Inc. (the “Company”), resigned from the Board effective as of June 1, 2015. Mr. Pease has served as an independent director of the Company since 2012, and his term as director was scheduled to expire at the Company’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Prior to his resignation, Mr. Pease also served as the Chairman of the Compensation Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company. Mr. Pease’s decision to resign from the Board was a result of his acceptance of a new position with an employer that prohibits its employees from serving on public boards and was not due to any dispute or disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.
Pursuant to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, a vacancy on the Board may be filled by a majority vote of the remaining directors, and any director elected to fill a vacancy will serve for the remainder of the term. The Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is in the process of identifying a director nominee to replace Mr. Pease.
SIGNATURE
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.
| WHITEHORSE FINANCE, INC. | ||||||
| Dated: June 4, 2015 | By: | /s/ Gerhard Lombard | ||||
| Gerhard Lombard | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer | ||||||