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): September 8, 2017 (September 7, 2017)

Fifth Street Finance Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (203) 681-3600

Not Applicable

(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 September 7, 2017, Fifth Street Finance Corp. (the “Company”) held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). Set forth below are the two proposals voted upon by the Company’s stockholders at the Special Meeting, as set forth in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 25, 2017, together with the voting results for each proposal. As of July 14, 2017, the record date for the Special Meeting, 140,960,651 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote.

Proposal 1. The Company’s stockholders approved an investment advisory agreement by and between the Company and Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Oaktree”), to take effect upon the closing of the transactions (the “Transaction”) contemplated by the asset purchase agreement, dated as of July 13, 2017, by and among Oaktree and Fifth Street Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and, for certain limited purposes, Fifth Street Asset Management Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Fifth Street Holdings L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, pursuant to which Oaktree would replace Fifth Street Management LLC as the Company’s investment adviser, as set forth below:

Proposal 2. Contingent upon the closing of the Transaction, the Company’s stockholders elected the following five nominees to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company, each of whom will serve commencing on the closing of the Transaction and until the annual meeting of stockholders set forth below, or until his successor is duly elected and qualified: John B. Frank, Marc H. Gamsin, Craig Jacobson, Richard G. Ruben and Bruce Zimmerman. The tabulation of votes was:

SIGNATURE

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.