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): March 1, 2017 (February 16, 2017)

 

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)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

777 West Putnam Avenue, 3rd Floor, Greenwich, CT	06830
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (203) 681-3600

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

Fifth Street Finance Corp. (the “Company”) previously disclosed that it had been named as a defendant in consolidated securities class actions filed on behalf of stockholders of the Company and pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York under the caption In re Fifth Street Finance Corp. Securities Litigation, No. 15-cv-7759 (LAK), for which the court entered a proposed settlement order on November 9, 2016. A fairness hearing was held on February 16, 2017 and the proposed settlement was approved.

 

As a result of the aforementioned approval, the Company is not currently a party in any litigation proceedings.

 

 

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.

 

		FIFTH STREET FINANCE CORP.
Date: March 1, 2017		By:	/s/ Kerry S. Acocella
			Name: Kerry S. Acocella Title: Chief Compliance Officer