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 (Date of earliest event reported):June 13, 2016 (June 10, 2016) |
Fifth Street Asset Management Inc. |
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
| Delaware | 001-36701 | 46-5610118 |
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer |
| of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
777 West Putnam Avenue, 3rd Floor Greenwich, CT 06830 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) |
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| 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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 10, 2016, Fifth Street Asset Management Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). Set forth below are the two proposals voted upon by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting, as set forth in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2016, together with the voting results for each such proposal. As of April 15, 2016, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 5,798,614 shares of Class A common stock and 42,856,854 shares of Class B common stock eligible to vote.
Proposal 1. The Company’s stockholders elected the following seven individuals as directors of the Company, each of whom will serve until the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The tabulation of votes was:
Name | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes |
| Michael W. Arthur | 217,127,437 | 656,743 | 1,980,335 |
| Nathaniel August | 216,857,808 | 926,372 | 1,980,335 |
| Thomas H. Brandt | 217,030,914 | 753,266 | 1,980,335 |
| Alexander C. Frank | 216,219,639 | 1,564,541 | 1,980,335 |
| Thomas L. Harrison | 216,917,385 | 866,795 | 1,980,335 |
| Leonard M. Tannenbaum | 216,354,039 | 1,430,141 | 1,980,335 |
| James F. Velgot | 216,444,914 | 1,339,266 | 1,980,335 |
Proposal 2. The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, as set forth below:
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain |
| 219,714,060 | 49,932 | 523 |
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.
| | | FIFTH STREET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. |
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| Date: June 13, 2016 | | By: | /s/ Kerry S. Acocella |
| | | | Name: | Kerry S. Acocella |
| | | | Title: | Secretary |
