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): June 13, 2016 (June 10, 2016)

 

 

Fifth Street Asset Management Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 001-36701 46-5610118
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) 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
 
 

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

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On June 10, 2016, Fifth Street Asset Management Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  Set forth below are the two proposals voted upon by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting, as set forth in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2016, together with the voting results for each such proposal. As of April 15, 2016, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 5,798,614 shares of Class A common stock and 42,856,854 shares of Class B common stock eligible to vote.

 

Proposal 1. The Company’s stockholders elected the following seven individuals as directors of the Company, each of whom will serve until the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The tabulation of votes was:

 

Name

Votes For

Votes Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Michael W. Arthur 217,127,437 656,743 1,980,335
Nathaniel August 216,857,808 926,372 1,980,335
Thomas H. Brandt 217,030,914 753,266 1,980,335
Alexander C. Frank 216,219,639 1,564,541 1,980,335
Thomas L. Harrison 216,917,385 866,795 1,980,335
Leonard M. Tannenbaum 216,354,039 1,430,141 1,980,335
James F. Velgot 216,444,914 1,339,266 1,980,335

 

Proposal 2. The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, as set forth below:

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstain

219,714,060 49,932 523

 

 

 

 

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.

  

    FIFTH STREET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
     
     
Date: June 13, 2016   By:  /s/ Kerry S. Acocella
      Name: Kerry S. Acocella
      Title: Secretary