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

FS Investment Corporation III

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

None

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

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On September 28, 2018, Center City Funding LLC (“Center City Funding”), a wholly-owned financing subsidiary of FS Investment Corporation III, entered into an eleventh amendment and restatement of the confirmation letter agreement (the “Amended and Restated Confirmation”) governing its total return swap (the “TRS”) for senior secured floating rate loans with Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”). Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Confirmation, the date that Citibank may terminate the TRS was changed from any time on or after September 30, 2018 to any time on or after December 31, 2018 (the “Citibank Optional Termination Date”).

The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Confirmation is a summary only and is qualified in all respects by the provisions of the Amended and Restated Confirmation, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Effective September 28, 2018, FS Investment Corporation III (the “Company”) decreased the price at which it issues shares under its distribution reinvestment plan (the “DRP”) from $8.20 per share to $8.10 per share. As previously disclosed by the Company, the price at which shares are issued under the DRP is determined by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) or a committee thereof, in its sole discretion, and is (i) not less than the net asset value per share determined in good faith by the Board or a committee thereof, in its sole discretion, immediately prior to the payment of the distribution (the “NAV Per Share”) and (ii) not more than 2.5% greater than the NAV Per Share as of such date. The purpose of this decrease was to ensure that the Company did not issue shares under the DRP at a price per share that was more than 2.5% greater than the NAV Per Share.

(d) Exhibits

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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