---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-025717"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GECC"
cik: "0001675033"
company_name: "Great Elm Capital Corp."
filed_at: "2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T09:28:09.447347+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Great Elm Capital Corp. announces annual meeting voting results; director election and auditor ratification approved

## Summary
- Stockholders elected Mark Kuperschmid with 4,291,928 votes for and 279,697 withheld; Richard Cohen with 4,285,234 for and 286,391 withheld.
- Broker non-votes on director elections totaled 1,642,798 for each nominee.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for FY 2023 passed with 6,164,988 votes for, 43,715 against, 5,720 abstentions.
- No other matters were submitted to a vote at the June 1, 2023 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-025717
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GECC
- cik: 0001675033
- company_name: Great Elm Capital Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1675033/000095017023025717/0000950170-23-025717-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1675033/000095017023025717/gecc-20230601.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Great Elm Capital Corp. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: On June 1, 2023, Great Elm Capital Corp. (the "Company") held the 2023 annual meeting of its stockholders (the "Annual Meeting").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1675033/000095017023025717/0000950170-23-025717-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Great Elm Capital Corp. shareholders approved Election of director: Mark Kuperschmid at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: On June 1, 2023, Great Elm Capital Corp. (the "Company") held the 2023 annual meeting of its stockholders (the "Annual Meeting").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1675033/000095017023025717/0000950170-23-025717-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Great Elm Capital Corp. shareholders approved Election of director: Richard Cohen at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: On June 1, 2023, Great Elm Capital Corp. (the "Company") held the 2023 annual meeting of its stockholders (the "Annual Meeting").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1675033/000095017023025717/0000950170-23-025717-index.htm

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