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
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 12, 2019 |
FS Energy and Power Fund
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
814-00841 (Commission File Number) |
27-6822130 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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201 Rouse Boulevard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Address of principal executive offices) |
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19112 (Zip Code) |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 495-1150 |
None
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
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).
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
FS Energy and Power Fund (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on December 12, 2019. As of October 14, 2019, the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting, 434,739,617 common shares of beneficial interest were eligible to be voted, and 179,187,640 of those shares were voted in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. Shareholders were asked to consider and act upon the following proposals, each of which was described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 21, 2019:
| • | Proposal No. 1 – to elect the eight members of the board of trustees named in the Company's proxy statement to serve as trustees of the Company until the 2020 annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; and |
| • | Proposal No. 2 – to ratify the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. |
All trustee nominees listed in the Company’s 2019 proxy statement were elected by the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting. The votes for, votes withheld and broker non-votes for each trustee nominee are set forth below:
| Trustee Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes |
| Sidney R. Brown | 47,047,691 | 2,927,711 | 129,212,238 |
| Stephen T. Burdumy | 46,976,831 | 2,998,571 | 129,212,238 |
| Gregory P. Chandler | 46,990,566 | 2,984,836 | 129,212,238 |
| Michael C. Forman | 47,093,505 | 2,881,897 | 129,212,238 |
| Richard I. Goldstein | 46,939,235 | 3,036,167 | 129,212,238 |
| Charles P. Pizzi | 46,924,482 | 3,050,920 | 129,212,238 |
| Pedro A. Ramos | 46,962,355 | 3,013,047 | 129,212,238 |
| R. Blair Thomas | 46,964,356 | 3,011,046 | 129,212,238 |
The proposal to ratify the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019 was also approved by the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting. The votes for, votes against, abstentions and broker non-votes are set forth below:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
| 177,215,281 | 1,075,773 | 896,586 | – |
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.
| FS Energy and Power Fund | |||
| Date: December 13, 2019 | By: | /s/ Stephen S. Sypherd | |
| Stephen S. Sypherd | |||
| General Counsel | |||