WhiteHorse Finance, Inc 8-K, filed Aug 5, 2025
WhiteHorse Finance, Inc. (WHF)
About this 8-K
WhiteHorse Finance, Inc filed this 8-K on August 5, 2025, reporting on events of July 30, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On July 30, 2025, WhiteHorse Finance, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved two proposals. The issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Company entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting consisted of 23,243,088 shares of common stock outstanding on the record date, June 6, 2025. The final voting results from the Annual Meeting were as follows:
Proposal 1. To elect two (2) Class I directors of the Company who will each serve until the 2028 annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualifies.
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G. Stacy Smith |
| 4,653,996 | 799,821 | 86,623 | 7,352,120 | |||
John P. Volpe |
| 4,688,765 | 740,748 | 110,927 | 7,352,120 |
Proposal 2. To ratify the selection of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
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12,339,932 |
| 365,357 |
| 187,271 | ||||||||
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements other than statements of historical facts included in this Current Report on Form 8-K may constitute forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made herein. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
SIGNATURE
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.
Dated: August 5, 2025 | WHITEHORSE FINANCE, INC. | |
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| By: | /s/ Joyson C. Thomas |
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| Joyson C. Thomas |
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| Chief Financial Officer |