---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-093591"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WHF"
cik: "0001552198"
company_name: "WhiteHorse Finance, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T06:11:21.834105+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WhiteHorse Finance issues $30M of 7.875% notes due 2028 in public offering

## Summary
- $30M aggregate principal amount of 7.875% notes due 2028 issued via underwriting agreement with Oppenheimer & Co.
- Offering made under effective shelf registration; expected close on August 24, 2023.
- Notes represent a direct financial obligation; use of proceeds not specified in filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-093591
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WHF
- cik: 0001552198
- company_name: WhiteHorse Finance, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1552198/000110465923093591/0001104659-23-093591-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1552198/000110465923093591/tm2324075d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-093591
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-093591.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-093591.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  WhiteHorse Finance, Inc. incurred senior notes of $30.0 million with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. at 7.875% maturing 2028.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $30.0 million
  - Counterparty: Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
  - Rate: 7.875%
  - Maturity: 2028
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: LLC and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., as representative of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto, in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company of $30.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 7.875% notes due 2028 (the “Notes”), in a registered public offering (the “Offering”). The Offering was made pursuant to the
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1552198/000110465923093591/0001104659-23-093591-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  WhiteHorse Finance, Inc. entered into Underwriting Agreement with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. valued at $30.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 7.875% notes due 2028 (effective 2023-08-17).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: underwriting
  - Counterparty: Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
  - Value: $30.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 7.875% notes due 2028
  - Effective: 2023-08-17
  source text: On August 17, 2023, WhiteHorse Finance, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company, H.I.G. WhiteHorse Advisers, LLC, H.I.G. WhiteHorse Administration, LLC and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., as representative of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto, in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company of $30.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 7.875% notes due 2028 (the “Notes”), in a registered public offering (the “Offering”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1552198/000110465923093591/0001104659-23-093591-index.htm

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