---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-011967"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TCPC"
cik: "0001370755"
company_name: "BlackRock TCP Capital Corp."
filed_at: "2024-03-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T01:18:55.251022+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TCPC and BCIC shareholders approve merger with >90% votes in favor

## Summary
- Shareholders of TCPC (NASDAQ: TCPC) and BCIC (NASDAQ: BKCC) each voted >90% in favor of the merger at March 7 special meetings.
- TCPC vote count: 23,624,895 For, 2,282,218 Against, 717,609 Abstain; no broker non-votes.
- Merger expected to close as soon as practicable; surviving entity will be an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of TCPC.
- Rajneesh Vig (TCPC CEO) and James Keenan (BCIC Interim CEO) highlighted strategic growth for BlackRock’s BDC platform.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-011967
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TCPC
- cik: 0001370755
- company_name: BlackRock TCP Capital Corp.
- filed_at: 2024-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370755/000114036124011967/0001140361-24-011967-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370755/000114036124011967/ef20023530_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-011967.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. shareholders approved Approval of issuance of additional shares of common stock pursuant to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger at the 2024-03-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: merger approval
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-07
  source text: Proposal. TCPC’s stockholders approved the issuance of additional shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of TCPC to be issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 10, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370755/000114036124011967/0001140361-24-011967-index.htm

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