---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-065888"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BCSF"
cik: "0001655050"
company_name: "Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T11:45:34.659740+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BCSF stockholders re-elect 3 directors, renew below-NAV sale authority at annual meeting

## Summary
- Amy Butte, Thomas A. Hough, and Clare S. Richer elected as Class I directors to serve until 2026; each received over 22.4M votes for.
- Renewal of authorization to sell shares below net asset value passed with 30,447,392 votes for, 1,881,884 against, 630,128 abstain.
- 64,562,265 shares outstanding as of record date April 10, 2023; meeting held May 25, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-065888
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BCSF
- cik: 0001655050
- company_name: Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655050/000110465923065888/0001104659-23-065888-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655050/000110465923065888/tm2317130d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. shareholders approved Renewal of authorization to sell shares of common stock at a price below net asset value at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Proposal II: By the vote shown below, the stockholders renewed the Company’s authorization, with approval from the Company’s Board of Directors, to sell shares of the Company’s common stock at a price below the then-current net asset value per share, subject to certain limitations. Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 30,447,392 1,881,884 630,128 Not applicable
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655050/000110465923065888/0001104659-23-065888-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Amy Butte, Thomas A. Hough, and Clare S. Richer as Class I Directors at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Proposal I: By the vote shown below, the stockholders elected Amy Butte, Thomas A. Hough, and Clare S. Richer, each as a Class I Director, all of whom will serve until the 2026 annual meeting of the stockholders or until their respective successor is duly elected and qualified. The election of each nominee required a majority of the votes cast by all stockholders present, in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting. Name Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote Amy Butte 22,460,214 9,923,436 575,754 Not applicable Thomas A. Hough 22,504,603 9,907,057 547,744 Not applicable Clare S. Richer 22,486,093 9,898,175 575,136 Not applicable
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655050/000110465923065888/0001104659-23-065888-index.htm

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