EX-99.(1)

Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. Closes Over-allotment Option

Company Release – April 21, 2015

NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE) — Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. (“GS BDC”) (NYSE: GSBD) announced today that it issued all 900,000 shares of its common stock (the “Common Stock”), pursuant to the over-allotment option granted to the underwriters in connection with GS BDC’s initial public offering of 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock, which closed on March 23, 2015.

BofA Merrill Lynch; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Morgan Stanley; Citigroup; Credit Suisse; and Wells Fargo Securities acted as joint book-running managers and Raymond James and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey acted as co-managers for the public offering.

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS BDC, INC.

GS BDC is an externally managed specialty finance company that is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. GS BDC was formed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“Goldman Sachs”) to invest primarily in middle-market companies in the United States. GS BDC is externally managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P., an SEC-registered investment adviser and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Goldman Sachs. Since it was formed in 2012 through December 31, 2014, GS BDC has originated more than $1.27 billion in aggregate principal amount of debt and equity investments prior to any subsequent exits or repayments. GS BDC seeks to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation through direct originations of secured debt, including first lien, first lien/last-out unitranche and second lien debt, unsecured debt, including mezzanine debt and, to a lesser extent, investments in equities.

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Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc.

Media Contact: Andrea Raphael, 212-902-5400

Investor Contact: Katherine Schneider, 203-983-2529

Source: Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc.