Current Report Filing (8-k)

 

 

 

 

 

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): March 19, 2020

 

Great Elm Capital Corp.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Maryland	814-01211	81-2621577
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
800 South Street, Suite 230, Waltham, MA		02453
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: [phone]

 

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:

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.01 par value	GECC	Nasdaq Global Market
6.50% Notes due 2022	GECCL	Nasdaq Global Market
6.75% Notes due 2025	GECCM	Nasdaq Global Market
6.50% Notes due 2024	GECCN	Nasdaq Global Market

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

 

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On March 19, 2020, the registrant issued the press release furnished as exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

The foregoing information (including the exhibit hereto) is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On March 4, 2020, our Board approved monthly distributions for the second quarter of 2020 at a rate of $0.083 per share per month.  The distributions will be paid in cash or shares of the Company’s common stock at the election of the shareholders, although the total amount of cash to be distributed to all shareholders will be limited to approximately 20% of the total distributions to be paid to all shareholders.  The remainder of the distributions (approximately 80%) will be paid in the form of shares of the Company’s common stock. These distributions are being made in accordance with certain applicable Treasury regulations and private letter rulings on cash/stock dividends issued by the IRS over the years that allow a publicly-traded regulated investment company to satisfy its distribution requirements from distributions paid partly in common stock provided that at least 20% of the distributions are payable in cash and certain other requirements are satisfied.

 

The schedule of distribution payments is as follows:

 

Month		Rate		Record Date		Payable Date
April		$0.083		April 30, 2020		May 15, 2020
May		$0.083		May 29, 2020		June 15, 2020
June		$0.083		June 30, 2020		July 15, 2020

 

 Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

The following exhibit is furnished with this report but shall not be deemed filed:

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press release, dated March 19, 2020.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

		GREAT ELM CAPITAL CORP.
Date:  March 19, 2020		/s/  Keri A. Davis
		By:		Keri A. Davis
		Title:		Chief Financial Officer