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): July 27, 2017

FS Investment Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

814-00757

(Commission

File Number)

 

26-1630040

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

         

201 Rouse Boulevard

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

(Address of principal executive offices)

     

19112

(Zip Code)

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

FS Investment Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 14, 2017. On June 14, 2017, the Company adjourned the Annual Meeting with respect to the Share Issuance Proposal (as defined below) to permit additional time to solicit stockholder votes for such proposal. The first reconvened meeting (the “First Reconvened Meeting”) was held on July 12, 2017. On July 12, 2017, the Company adjourned the First Reconvened Meeting with respect to the Share Issuance Proposal to permit additional time to solicit stockholder votes for such proposal. The second reconvened meeting (the “Second Reconvened Meeting”) was held on July 27, 2017. As of April 20, 2017, the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Second Reconvened Meeting, 245,153,010 shares of common stock were eligible to be voted in person or by proxy. Of the eligible shares of common stock to be voted, 126,004,265 were voted in person or by proxy at the Second Reconvened Meeting. Stockholders were asked to consider and act upon the following proposal, which was described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2017 (the “Proxy Statement”):

  Proposal – to authorize flexibility for the Company, with the approval of the Company’s board of directors, to offer and sell shares of the Company’s common stock during the 12 months following stockholder approval, at a price below the then-current net asset value per share, subject to certain limitations described in the Proxy Statement (the “Share Issuance Proposal”).

The Share Issuance Proposal was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the Second Reconvened Meeting.  The votes for, votes against, abstentions and broker non-votes are set forth below:

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
101,999,186 16,808,072 7,197,007 0

 

 
 

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 Investment Corporation
   
   
Date:     July 27, 2017   By:   /s/ Stephen S. Sypherd
      Stephen S. Sypherd
      Vice President