GOLUB CAPITAL BDC, Inc 8-K, filed Feb 25, 2025
GOLUB CAPITAL BDC, Inc. (GBDC)
About this 8-K
GOLUB CAPITAL BDC, Inc filed this 8-K on February 25, 2025, reporting on events of February 21, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 5.03: Charter or bylaw amendment, or fiscal year change
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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| Item 5.03. | Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On February 21, 2025, Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (the “Company”) filed an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of capital stock of the Company from 351,000,000 shares to 501,000,000 shares, consisting of 500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Certificate of Incorporation Amendment”). The Certificate of Incorporation Amendment became immediately effective upon filing.
The Certificate of Incorporation Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1.
| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On February 21, 2025, the Company reconvened its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Reconvened Annual Meeting”), which was initially held on February 3, 2025 and adjourned to February 21, 2025 with respect to Proposal 3. The issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Company entitled to vote at the Reconvened Annual Meeting consisted of 264,277,128 shares of common stock outstanding on the record date, December 5, 2024.
The following matter was submitted at the reconvened Annual Meeting to stockholders for consideration:
Proposal 3. To approve an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of capital stock from 351,000,000 shares to 501,000,000 shares, consisting of 500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Certificate of Incorporation Amendment Proposal”).
At the Reconvened Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved Proposal 3. The final voting results from the Reconvened Annual Meeting were as follows:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain | ||
| 133,231,161 | 5,136,703 | 5,905,010 |
The results of the votes held on February 3, 2025 were previously reported on the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2023.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits:
| 3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of Golub Capital BDC, Inc. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Golub Capital BDC, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| GOLUB CAPITAL BDC, INC. | ||
| Date: February 25, 2025 | By: | /s/ Christopher C. Ericson |
| Name: | Christopher C. Ericson | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
GOLUB CAPITAL BDC, INC.
Golub Capital BDC, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”),
DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
FIRST: That the Board of Directors of the Corporation, acting in accordance with Sections 141 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, adopted resolutions proposing and declaring advisable the following amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation:
RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of the Corporation deems it advisable and in the Corporation’s best interest and recommends that the authorized capital of the Corporation be increased to 501,000,000 shares, consisting of 500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, and that the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation be amended to effect such change in the Corporation’s authorized capital by deleting the first paragraph of Article IV thereof in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
“4.1 Authorized Stock. The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 501,000,000 of which 500,000,000 shares shall be common stock having a par value of $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) and 1,000,000 shares shall be preferred stock having a par value of $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).”
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the foregoing proposed increase of the Corporation’s authorized capital and the amendment of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation to effect such change be submitted for consideration by the stockholders of the Corporation (the “Stockholders”); and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that, upon approval and adoption by the Stockholders of the proposed increase of the Corporation’s authorized capital and the amendment of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation to effect such increase, the officers of the Corporation be, and each of them hereby is, authorized, empowered and directed to execute and file a Certificate of Amendment of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation effecting such increase of authorized capital with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
SECOND: That thereafter, pursuant to resolution of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, the annual meeting of the Stockholders was duly called and held upon notice in accordance with Section 222 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware at which meeting the necessary number of shares as required by statute were voted in favor of the amendment.
THIRD: That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
FOURTH: That this Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation shall be effective upon filing.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Amendment as of the 21st day of February, 2025.
| GOLUB CAPITAL BDC, INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ David Golub | ||
| Name: | David B. Golub | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||