secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GOLUB CAPITAL BDC, Inc. (GBDC)
CIK:        0001476765
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-01-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-24-004323
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

GBDC announces merger with GBDC 3, reduces incentive fees, raises dividend
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- Merger with GBDC 3 expected to close H1 2024; pro forma total assets of $8.5B and over 340 portfolio companies.
- Incentive fee reduced from 20.0% to 15.0% permanently at close; waiver effective Jan 1, 2024.
- Quarterly base distribution increased by >5% to $0.39/share, payable March 29, 2024; special $0.15/share distributions planned.
- Transaction expected to be immediately accretive to NII per share; GAAP leverage to decrease from 1.24x to ~1.10x.
- GBDC 3 stockholders to receive GBDC shares based on NAV-for-NAV or premium-based exchange ratio capped at 3% of GBDC 3 NAV.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476765/000110465924004323/0001104659-24-004323-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476765/000110465924004323/tm243315d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-004323

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