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
February 7, 2017
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 814-00891 | 27-3794690 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 590 Madison Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY |
10022 (Zip Code) | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | ||||
212-905-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(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 |
On February 7, 2017, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) and submitted two matters to the vote of stockholders. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 2016. As of November 30, 2016, the record date, 26,730,074 shares of common stock were eligible to vote. A summary of the matters voted upon by the stockholders is set forth below.
Proposal 1. The Company’s stockholders elected one Class III director of the Company, who will serve until the 2020 Annual Meeting and until his successor is duly elected and qualifies.
The voting results as of February 7, 2017, as certified by the inspector of election, are set forth below:
| Name |
For | Withheld | Broker Non Vote |
|||||||||
| Arthur H. Penn |
10,019,043 | 219,767 | 12,688,004 | |||||||||
| % of Shares Voted |
97.85 | % | 2.15 | % | N/A | |||||||
Proposal 2. The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of RSM US LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending September 30, 2017.
The voting results as of February 7, 2017, as certified by the inspector of election, are set forth below:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||||||
| 22,608,128 | 234,490 | 84,196 | ||||||||||
| % of Shares Voted |
98.61 | % | 1.02 | % | 0.37 | % | ||||||
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.
| PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. | ||||||
| Dated: February 10, 2017 |
/s/ AVIV EFRAT | |||||
| Aviv Efrat | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer | ||||||