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 

FS Energy and Power Fund

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 495-1150

None

(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:

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Item 2.02.

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On March 9, 2015, the board of trustees (the “Board”) of FS Energy and Power Fund (the “Company”) declared regular weekly cash distributions for April 2015 through June 2015.  The regular weekly cash distributions, each in the amount of $0.013625 per share, will be payable monthly to shareholders of record as of the weekly record dates set forth below.

Certain Information About Distributions

The determination of the tax attributes of the Company’s distributions will be made annually as of the end of the Company’s fiscal year based upon its taxable income and distributions paid, in each case, for the full year. Therefore, a determination as to the tax attributes of the distributions made on a quarterly basis may not be representative of the actual tax attributes for a full year. The Company intends to update shareholders quarterly with an estimated percentage of its distributions that resulted from taxable ordinary income. The actual tax characteristics of distributions to shareholders will be reported to shareholders annually on Form 1099-DIV. The payment of future distributions on the Company’s common shares is subject to the discretion of the Board and applicable legal restrictions and, therefore, there can be no assurance as to the amount or timing of any such future distributions.

The Company may fund its cash distributions to shareholders from any sources of funds legally available to it, including expense reimbursements from Franklin Square Holdings, L.P., as well as offering proceeds, borrowings, net investment income from operations, capital gains proceeds from the sale of assets, non-capital gains proceeds from the sale of assets and dividends or other distributions paid to it on account of preferred and common equity investments in portfolio companies. The Company has not established limits on the amount of funds it may use from available sources to make distributions. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to pay distributions at a specific rate or at all.

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On March 9, 2015, the Board appointed Richard I. Goldstein as lead independent trustee, effective immediately. The lead independent trustee, among other things, works with the chairman of the Board in the preparation of the agenda for each Board meeting and in determining the need for special meetings of the Board, chairs any meeting of the independent trustees in executive session, facilitates communications between other members of the Board and the chairman of the Board and/or the chief executive officer and otherwise consults with the chairman of the Board and/or the chief executive officer on matters relating to corporate governance and Board performance. Mr. Goldstein will receive an annual retainer of $25,000, paid quarterly in arrears, as compensation for his appointment as lead independent trustee. Mr. Goldstein has served as an independent trustee on the Board since June 2011.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K may contain certain forward-looking statements, including statements with regard to the future performance and operations of the Company.  Words such as “believes,” “expects,” “projects” and “future” or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  These forward-looking statements are subject to the inherent uncertainties in predicting future results and conditions.  Certain factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements, and some of these factors are enumerated in the filings the Company makes with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.