Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On December 9, 2022, Prospect Capital Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders virtually (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s common and preferred stockholders voted on one proposal. The proposal is described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 13, 2022.
As of September 12, 2022, the record date (“Record Date”), 394,796,549 shares of the Company's common stock (“Common Stock”) were eligible to vote, which included 108,316,455 shares of Common Stock owned by affiliates. Additionally, as of the Record Date, 30,064,070 shares of the Company’s 5.50% Series A1 Preferred Stock, 187,000 shares of the Company’s 5.50% Series A2 Preferred Stock, 6,000,000 shares of the Company’s 5.35% Series A Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and 3,839,828 shares of the Company’s 5.50% Series M1 Preferred Stock, or altogether 40,090,898 shares of the Company’s preferred stock (“Preferred Stock”), were eligible to vote, which included 1,146 shares of Preferred Stock owned by affiliates. Each share of Common Stock was entitled to one vote on each matter to be voted on by holders of the Common Stock at the Annual Meeting, and each share of Preferred Stock was entitled to one vote on each matter to be voted on by holders of the Preferred Stock at the Annual Meeting. The final voting results from the Annual Meeting were as follows:
Proposal 1. The Company’s stockholders elected two directors of the Company. Each of John F. Barry III and Eugene S. Stark shall serve as a Class III director until the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company in 2025 and until his successor is duly elected and qualifies or until his earlier resignation, removal from office, death or incapacity. The directors were re-elected pursuant to the voting results set forth below:
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Name | | For | | Against | | Abstained | | Broker Non-Votes |
John F. Barry III | | 234,010,489 | | 14,574,164 | | 4,364,039 | | - |
Eugene S. Stark | | 20,271,009 | | 329,126 | | 1,038,220 | | - |