Current Report Filing (8-k)
October 21 2016 - 4:35PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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)
October
21, 2016 (October 19, 2016)
Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate
Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Delaware
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001-35999
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61-1713295
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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777 West Putnam Avenue, 3rd Floor, Greenwich, CT
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06830
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrant's telephone number, including
area code:
(203) 681-3600
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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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.
On October 19, 2016, the Board of Directors of Fifth Street
Senior Floating Rate Corp. (the “Company”)
increased its size by one director
and filled the vacancy created by such increase by appointing James Castro-Blanco to serve on the Board of Directors. Mr. Castro-Blanco
will serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the Company’s 2019 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 has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Fifth Street Finance
Corp. (“FSC”) since August 2014. FSC is a specialty finance company that provides custom-tailored financing solutions
to small and mid-sized companies, primarily in connection with investments by private equity sponsors, and shares an investment
adviser with the Company. 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 the
Company and Mr. Castro-Blanco or his immediate family members that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-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.
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FIFTH STREET SENIOR FLOATING RATE CORP.
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Date: October 21, 2016
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By:
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/s/ Kerry Acocella
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Name: Kerry Acocella
Title: Chief Compliance Officer
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