---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-164432"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FDUS"
cik: "0001513363"
company_name: "FIDUS INVESTMENT Corp"
filed_at: "2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T03:48:30.923739+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fidus Investment announces annual meeting results; directors elected, share issuance authority approved

## Summary
- Class III directors Raymond L. Anstiss, Jr. (11,069,527 for) and Edward H. Ross (12,135,221 for) elected to serve until 2026.
- Stockholders approved authority to sell common shares below NAV, up to 25% of outstanding, subject to board approval.
- Share issuance proposal passed with 10,110,300 for, 2,285,569 against, 407,077 abstain; also approved by non-affiliated holders.
- Annual meeting held June 8, 2023 at company offices in Evanston, IL.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-164432
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FDUS
- cik: 0001513363
- company_name: FIDUS INVESTMENT Corp
- filed_at: 2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1513363/000119312523164432/0001193125-23-164432-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1513363/000119312523164432/d508657d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  FIDUS INVESTMENT Corp shareholders approved Election of Class III Directors at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: Proposal 1 — Election of Class III Directors The following individuals, constituting all the nominees named in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”), were elected as the Class III directors to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. The following votes were taken in connection with this proposal: FOR WITHHELD Raymond L. Anstiss, Jr. 11,069,527 1,733,427 Edward H. Ross 12,135,221 667,733
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1513363/000119312523164432/0001193125-23-164432-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FIDUS INVESTMENT Corp shareholders approved Approval to Sell or Otherwise Issue Shares of Common Stock Below Net Asset Value at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: Proposal 2 — Approval to Sell or Otherwise Issue Shares of Common Stock Below Net Asset Value A proposal to authorize the Company, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of the Company, to sell or otherwise issue shares of its common stock during the next year at a price below the Company’s then current net asset value per share, subject to certain conditions as set forth in the Proxy Statement (including that the cumulative number of shares sold pursuant to such authority does not exceed 25% of its then outstanding common stock immediately prior to each such sale) was approved. The following votes were taken in connection with this proposal: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 10,110,300 2,285,569 407,077
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1513363/000119312523164432/0001193125-23-164432-index.htm

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