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 7, 2018

 

 

THL Credit, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   814-00789   27-0344947

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

100 Federal Street, 31st Floor, Boston, MA 02110

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (800) 450-4424

Not Applicable

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 


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

THL Credit, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 7, 2018. There were present at the Annual Meeting, in person or by proxy, stockholders holding an aggregate of 16,863,528 shares of the Company’s common stock, out of a total number of 32,673,590 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. There were no broker non-votes for any of the proposals. Following are descriptions of the matters voted on at the Annual Meeting and the final results of such voting:

Proposal 1 — Election of Directors

The following individuals, constituting all of the nominees named in the Company’s Proxy Statement, were elected as directors to serve until the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The following votes were taken in connection with this proposal:

 

Director

   For      Withheld  

Christopher J. Flynn

     15,926,481        937,045  

Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr.

     15,686,625        1,176,901  

Nancy Hawthorne

     14,755,675        2,107,851  

James D. Kern

     16,014,888        848,638  

Deborah McAneny

     14,889,335        1,974,191  

Jane Musser Nelson

     15,189,080        1,674,446  

Proposal 2 — Approval to Sell Shares Below Net Asset Value

A proposal to authorize the Company to sell or otherwise issue up to 25% of the Company’s outstanding common stock at a price below the Company’s then current net asset value per share was approved. The following votes were taken in connection with this proposal:

Vote With Affiliate Shares

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

12,364,766   4,345,177   153,585

Vote Without Affiliate Shares

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

9,488,354   4,345,177   153,585

Proposal 3 — Approval to Issue Debt with Warrants or Convertible Debt

A proposal to authorize the Company to offer and issue debt with warrants or debt convertible into shares of its common stock at an exercise or conversion price that, at the time such warrants or convertible debt are issued, will not be less than the market value per share but may be below the Company’s then current net asset value in one or more offerings was approved. The following votes were taken in connection with this proposal:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

14,301,294   2,396,131   166,103


Proposal 4 — Approval of Charter Amendment to Allow Stockholders to Amend the Company’s Bylaws

A proposal to approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) to allow the Company’s stockholders to amend the Company’s bylaws was not approved. The following votes were taken in connection with this proposal:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

15,103,330   1,556,623   203,575

Proposal 5 — Approval of Charter Amendment to Remove the Ability of Continuing Directors to Remove a Director for Cause

A proposal to approve an amendment to the Company’s Charter to remove the ability of the continuing directors to remove any director for cause was not approved. The following votes were taken in connection with this proposal:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

15,171,668   1,453,195   238,665


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

   

THL CREDIT, INC.

Date: June 7, 2018     By:   /S/    TERRENCE W. OLSON        
     

Name:

Title:

 

Terrence W. Olson

Chief Financial Officer, Chief

Operating Officer & Treasurer