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):
June 24, 2015 (June 24, 2015)
TICC CAPITAL CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 000-50398 | 20-0188736 |
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| of incorporation) |
8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255
Greenwich, CT 06830
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 983-5275
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers |
On June 24, 2015, the Board of Directors of TICC Capital Corp. (“TICC”) appointed Gerald Cummins as the Chief Compliance Officer of TICC, in place of Patrick F. Conroy, who previously served in such position. Patrick F. Conroy will continue to serve as TICC’s Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. In connection with the appointment of Mr. Cummins as TICC’s Chief Compliance Officer, TICC entered into an agreement with Alaric Compliance Services LLC (“Alaric”), a compliance consulting firm.
Mr. Cummins has been a Director of Alaric since June 2014. Prior to joining Alaric, Mr. Cummins was a consultant for Barclays Capital Inc. from 2012 to 2013, where he participated in numerous compliance projects on pricing and valuation, compliance assessments, and compliance policy and procedure development. Prior to his consulting work at Barclays, Mr. Cummins was from 2010 to 2011 the COO and the CCO for BroadArch Capital and from 2009 to 2011 the CFO and CCO to its predecessor New Castle Funds, a long-short equity asset manager. Prior to that, Mr. Cummins spent 25 years at Bear Stearns Asset Management (BSAM), where he was a Managing Director and held senior compliance, controllers and operations risk positions. Mr. Cummins graduated with a B.A. in Mathematics from Fordham University.
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: June 24, 2015 | TICC CAPITAL CORP. | |
| By: | /s/ Saul B. Rosenthal | |
| Saul B. Rosenthal | ||
| President | ||