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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 18, 2014 (August 12, 2014)

Fifth Street Finance Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

777 West Putnam Avenue, 3^rd Floor

Greenwich, CT 06830

(Address of principal executive offices and 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 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

The Board of Directors of Fifth Street Finance Corp. (“Fifth Street”) has increased its size to eight members and appointed James Castro-Blanco to serve on the Board of Directors from August 15, 2014 until Fifth Street’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified.

Mr. Castro-Blanco has over 20 years of experience as an attorney in both the private and public sectors. Mr. Castro-Blanco has served as the chief deputy county attorney for Westchester County, where he advises numerous elected officials, boards and commissions and is the lead attorney on high profile matters involving Westchester County since December 2010. Mr. Castro-Blanco also served as counsel with Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP from January 2007 to December 2010, where he provided business and risk management advice to businesses and individuals. In 2006, Mr. Castro-Blanco was appointed a special master by a United States District Court Judge to investigate and report upon alleged financial improprieties in the management of a pension plan where he served until 2009. Mr. Castro-Blanco also served as a former assistant United States attorney from February 1994 to November 1996, Mr. Castro-Blanco investigated and prosecuted individuals and organizations involved in RICO, money-laundering and other financial crimes. Prior to that, he served as an attorney with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP from September 1991 to February 1994, where he worked on antitrust and complex corporate litigation matters.

Mr. Castro-Blanco graduated from Brooklyn Law School where he was the Articles Editor of the Law Review. Mr. Castro-Blanco also holds a B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany. Mr. Castro-Blanco has served on the Board of Trustees for St. John’s Riverside Hospital and is the chair of the Liability Committee, helping guide the institution through the myriad changes in today’s healthcare environment. He has also been a board member of several charities providing scholarship monies to deserving students and has served as the president of the largest Hispanic bar association on the East Coast of the United States.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Castro-Blanco and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as a director. There are no current or proposed transactions between Fifth Street and Mr. Castro-Blanco or his immediate family members that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

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.