UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

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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): April 12, 2018

 

FS Investment Corporation

 

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland	814-00757	26-1630040
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

 

201 Rouse Boulevard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Address of principal executive offices)

19112 (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 495-1150

 

None

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01

Other Events.

 

On April 12, 2018, the board of directors (the “Board”) of FS Investment Corporation (the “Company”), as a result of new industry guidelines set forth by Standard & Poor’s on April 3, 2018, determined to no longer modify, beginning March 29, 2019 (one year from prior Board determination), the asset coverage requirement for senior securities applicable to the Company under Section 61(a)(2) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended by the Small Business Credit Availability Act. As a result, the Company’s asset coverage requirement for senior securities remains and is expected to remain at 200% instead of 150%.

 

 

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.

 

 

	FS Investment Corporation
Date: April 13, 2018	By:	/s/ Stephen S. Sypherd
		Stephen S. Sypherd
		General Counsel