---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-149425"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GSBD"
cik: "0001572694"
company_name: "Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T19:47:07.705143+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GSBD stockholders elect Ross J. Kari as Class III director and ratify PwC as auditor

## Summary
- Ross J. Kari elected as Class III director with 27,272,405 votes for, 1,261,029 against; 46,339,254 broker non-votes.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for FY2023: 74,172,507 for, 579,504 against, 378,835 abstentions.
- Meeting held May 17, 2023; record date March 31, 2023 with 109,463,144 shares outstanding.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-149425
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GSBD
- cik: 0001572694
- company_name: Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1572694/000119312523149425/0001193125-23-149425-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1572694/000119312523149425/d506455d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class III director at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: On May 17, 2023, Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1572694/000119312523149425/0001193125-23-149425-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal 2: By the vote shown below, the stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1572694/000119312523149425/0001193125-23-149425-index.htm

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