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): March 18, 2015
Fifth Street Finance Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-33901 | 26-1219283 |
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| of incorporation) |
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
Not Applicable
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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 March 18, 2015, Fifth Street Finance Corp. (the “Company”) jointly held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) with Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved two proposals. The proposals are described in detail in the joint proxy statement of the Company and Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. dated February 5, 2015. As of January 21, 2015, the record date, 153,340,371 shares of common stock were eligible to vote.
Proposal 1. The Company’s stockholders elected three directors of the Company, each of whom will serve until the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The tabulation of votes was:
| Name | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
| Bernard D. Berman | 39,869,912 | 3,659,796 | 615,769 | 77,554,569 |
| James Castro-Blanco | 39,931,672 | 3,750,745 | 463,060 | 77,554,569 |
| Sandeep K. Khorana | 38,738,624 | 4,944,450 | 462,403 | 77,554,569 |
Proposal 2. The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, as set forth below:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain |
| 118,133,063 | 2,635,792 | 931,191 |
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: March 18, 2015 | FIFTH STREET FINANCE CORP. |
| By: /s/ David H. Harrison | |
| Name: David H. Harrison | |
| Title: Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary |