UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): May 19, 2015
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 814-01044 | 46-3082016 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 2755 Sand Hill Road, Suite 150 Menlo Park, California |
94025 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 854-2090
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a) The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (the “Company”) was held on May 19, 2015, at which 14,675,751 shares of the Company’s common stock were represented in person or by proxy representing approximately 89.20% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote.
(b) At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (i) elected two Class I directors below to serve on the Company’s board of directors until the Company’s 2018 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified and (ii) ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s 2015 Proxy Statement. The final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below.
(i) The voting results with respect to the election of each Class I director were as follows:
| Name |
Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Sajal K. Srivastava |
7,367,398 | 26,030 | 7,282,323 | |||
| Stephen A. Cassani |
7,369,252 | 24,176 | 7,282,323 |
(ii) The voting results with respect to the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 were as follows:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 14,616,262 |
52,157 | 7,332 | 0 |
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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.
| TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. | ||||||
| May 22, 2015 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ James P. Labe | |||||
| James P. Labe | ||||||
| Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board | ||||||
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