---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-186158"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FDUS"
cik: "0001513363"
company_name: "FIDUS INVESTMENT Corp"
filed_at: "2022-06-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T21:59:41.848737+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Appoints Kelly McNamara Corley as Class I Director effective July 1, 2022

## Summary
- Kelly McNamara Corley appointed as Class I director for term expiring at 2024 annual meeting.
- Board determined she is not an 'interested person' under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
- Added to the Audit & Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
- Ms. Corley is Principal and Co-Founder of The Red Bee Group and former Chief Legal Officer of Discover Financial Services.
- No family relationships or transactions requiring disclosure under Reg S-K Item 404(a).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-186158
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FDUS
- cik: 0001513363
- company_name: FIDUS INVESTMENT Corp
- filed_at: 2022-06-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1513363/000119312522186158/0001193125-22-186158-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1513363/000119312522186158/d376388d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-186158.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-186158.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kelly McNamara Corley was appointed as Class I Director at FIDUS INVESTMENT Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I Director
  source text: On June 29, 2022, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Fidus Investment Corp. (the “Company”) appointed Kelly McNamara Corley as a Class I director of the Company for a term expiring at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of the stockholders, effective July 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1513363/000119312522186158/0001193125-22-186158-index.htm

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