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): May 9, 2023

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Barings BDC, Inc.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (704) 805-7200

 

N/A

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

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

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:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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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The information contained in Item 2.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 1.01.

 

On May 9, 2023, Barings BDC, Inc. (“BBDC”) entered into an amendment (the “Fourth Amendment”) to the Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2019 (as amended by the first amendment thereto, dated as of December 3, 2019, as further amended by the second amendment thereto, dated as of December 29, 2021, as further amended by the third amendment thereto, dated as of February 25, 2022, and as further amended by the Fourth Amendment, the “ING Credit Facility”), among BBDC, as borrower, Energy Hardware Holdings, Inc., Barings BDC Finance I, LLC and Barings BDC Senior Funding I, LLC, as subsidiary guarantors, the lenders party thereto and ING Capital LLC (“ING”), as administrative agent.

Under the Fourth Amendment, among other changes, the maturity date of the ING Credit Facility was extended to February 21, 2026.

The above summary is not complete and is qualified in its entirety to the full text of the Fourth Amendment and related documents, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

* Schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K. The registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of all omitted schedules to the SEC upon its request.

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.

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