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 28, 2017
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
PennantPark Investment Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 814-00736 | 20-8250744 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 590 Madison Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY | 10022 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
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 28, 2017, PennantPark Investment Corporation (the “Company”) held a reconvened annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) and submitted one matter to the vote of stockholders. The proposal is 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, 71,060,836 shares of common stock were eligible to vote. A summary of the matter voted upon by the stockholders is set forth below.
Proposal 1. The Company’s stockholders elected two Class I directors of the Company, who will each serve until the 2020 Annual Meeting and until his successor is duly elected and qualifies.
The voting results as of February 28, 2017, as certified by the inspector of election, are set forth below:
| Name |
For | Withheld | Broker Non Vote |
|||||||||
| Marshall Brozost |
36,055,544 | 3,605,359 | 31,399,933 | |||||||||
| % of Shares Voted |
90.91 | % | 9.09 | % | N/A | |||||||
| Samuel L. Katz |
37,775,111 | 1,885,792 | 31,399,933 | |||||||||
| % of Shares Voted |
95.25 | % | 4.75 | % | N/A | |||||||
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 Investment Corporation | ||||||
| Date: March 3, 2017 |
/s/ Aviv Efrat | |||||
| Aviv Efrat Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer | ||||||