SEC Company Response from Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp (OCSL) (CIK 0001414932) (OCSL) — Feb 21, 2017
Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp (OCSL) (CIK 0001414932)
Date: Feb. 21, 2017 · CIK: 0001414932 · Accession: 0001144204-17-010144
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File numbers found in text: 814-00755
Referenced dates: February 21, 2017
Letter
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1110
+1 202 261 3300 Main
+1 202 261 3333 Fax
www.dechert.com
William Tuttle
william.tuttle@dechert.com
+1 202 261 3352 Direct
+1 202 261 3009 Fax
February 21, 2017
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Attn: Dominic Minore
Re: Fifth Street Finance Corp.
Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
File Number: 814-00755
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Fifth Street Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), we hereby respond to the comments of the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on the Company’s Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (File No. 814-00755) (the “Proxy Statement”) communicated in a phone call on February 21, 2017 between Dominic Minore of the Staff and William Tuttle of Dechert LLP, outside counsel to the Company. For your convenience, the Staff’s comments are included in this letter, and each comment is followed by the applicable response. Except as provided in this letter, terms used in this letter have the meanings given to them in the Proxy Statement.
1. Please confirm that the proxy holders do not have authority to vote on a proposal that seeks to adjourn the Special Meeting for purposes of soliciting additional proxies.
Response:
The Company confirms that the proxy holders do not have authority to vote on a proposal that seeks to adjourn the Special Meeting for purposes of soliciting additional proxies.
2. We note your proposed disclosure in response to comment 5 in your letter dated February 21, 2017. Please insert “, regardless of whether the hurdle rate is changed,” before “any failure of Fifth Street Management to act in the Company’s best interests would be a breach of its fiduciary duties.”
Dominic Minore
February 21, 2017
Page 2
Response:
As requested, the Company will add the above-referenced disclosure to the Proxy Statement.
3. We note your proposed disclosure in response to comment 9 in your letter dated February 21, 2017. Please revise “The Company also reviewed…” to “The Board also reviewed…”.
Response:
As requested, the Company will revise the above-referenced disclosure.
* * * * * * * * * *
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the undersigned by telephone at 202.261.3352 (or by email at william.tuttle@dechert.com). Thank you for your cooperation and attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
/s/ William J. Tuttle
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1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1110
+1 202 261 3300 Main
+1 202 261 3333 Fax
www.dechert.com
William Tuttle
william.tuttle@dechert.com
+1 202 261 3352 Direct
+1 202 261 3009 Fax
February 21, 2017
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Attn: Dominic Minore
Re:
Fifth Street Finance Corp.
Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
File Number: 814-00755
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Fifth Street Finance
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), we hereby respond to the comments of the staff (the “Staff”)
of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on the Company’s Preliminary Proxy Statement on
Schedule 14A (File No. 814-00755) (the “Proxy Statement”) communicated in a phone call on February 21, 2017
between Dominic Minore of the Staff and William Tuttle of Dechert LLP, outside counsel to the Company. For your convenience, the
Staff’s comments are included in this letter, and each comment is followed by the applicable response. Except as provided
in this letter, terms used in this letter have the meanings given to them in the Proxy Statement.
1. Please confirm that the proxy holders do not have authority to vote on
a proposal that seeks to adjourn the Special Meeting for purposes of soliciting additional proxies.
Response:
The Company confirms that the
proxy holders do not have authority to vote on a proposal that seeks to adjourn the Special Meeting for purposes of soliciting
additional proxies.
2. We note your proposed disclosure in response to comment 5 in your letter
dated February 21, 2017. Please insert “, regardless of whether the hurdle rate is changed,” before “any failure
of Fifth Street Management to act in the Company’s best interests would be a breach of its fiduciary duties.”
Dominic Minore
February 21, 2017
Page 2
Response:
As requested, the Company will
add the above-referenced disclosure to the Proxy Statement.
3. We note your proposed disclosure in response to comment 9 in your letter
dated February 21, 2017. Please revise “The Company also reviewed…” to “The Board also reviewed…”.
Response:
As requested, the Company will
revise the above-referenced disclosure.
* * * * * * * * * *
If you have any questions, please
feel free to contact the undersigned by telephone at 202.261.3352 (or by email at william.tuttle@dechert.com). Thank you for your
cooperation and attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
/s/ William J. Tuttle
William J. Tuttle
cc: Patrick Dalton, Fifth Street
Finance Corp.
Steven Noreika, Fifth Street
Finance Corp.
Kerry Acocella, Fifth Street
Finance Corp.