Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. (NASDAQ:FSFR) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain OfficersItem 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On April 5, 2017, the Board of Directors of Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. (the “Company “) appointed Bernard D. Berman as Chief Executive Officer, effective as of such date. Mr. Berman was also appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Fifth Street Finance Corp. (“FSC”), effective as of April 4, 2017.
Mr. Berman, 46, has served as a director of the Company since May 2013 and as Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors since January 2014. Mr. Berman also served as president of the Company from May 2013 to January 2014. Mr. Berman has also been a member of the board of directors of FSC since February 2009 and the chairman of FSC’s board since September 2014. He was also FSC’s president from February 2010 to September 2014, secretary from October 2007 to September 2014, and chief compliance officer from April 2009 to May 2013. From September 2014 until his resignation in June 2015, Mr. Berman served on the board of directors of Fifth Street Asset Management Inc. (“FSAM”), the publicly traded asset manager that indirectly owns Fifth Street Management LLC (“Fifth Street Management”), the Company’s investment adviser. Mr. Berman also serves as the co-president and chief compliance officer of FSAM. Mr. Berman also serves as the president of Fifth Street Management and serves on its executive committee. Prior to joining the group of affiliated companies, including the Company’s investment adviser in 2004, Mr. Berman was a corporate attorney from 1995 to 2004, during which time he negotiated and structured a variety of investment transactions. Mr. Berman received a J.D. from Boston College Law School and a B.S. in Finance from Lehigh University.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Berman and any other persons to which he was selected as an officer. There are no current or proposed transactions between the Company and Mr. Berman or his immediate family members that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Company issued a press release on April 5, 2017 to announce Mr. Berman’s appointment as Chief Executive Officer, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press release dated April 5, 2017
About Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. (NASDAQ:FSFR)
Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. The Company operates as a specialty finance company. The Company’s investment objective is to maximize its portfolio’s total return by generating current income from its debt investments while seeking to preserve its capital. The Company invests in portfolio companies primarily in the form of senior loans. The Company invests in senior secured loans, including first lien, unitranche and second lien debt instruments. The Company may also invest in unsecured loans, including subordinated loans, issued by private middle market companies, and senior and subordinated loans issued by public companies and equity investments. The senior loans that the Company targets have final maturities of 4 to 7 years. The Company seeks to invest in senior loans made primarily to private middle market companies. Fifth Street Management LLC is the investment advisor of the Company. Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. (NASDAQ:FSFR) Recent Trading Information
Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. (NASDAQ:FSFR) closed its last trading session down -0.40 at 8.18 with 128,858 shares trading hands.