---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-22-071796"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KBDC"
cik: "0001747172"
company_name: "Kayne Anderson BDC, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T20:46:06.304343+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kayne Anderson BDC elects Rhonda Smith as independent director

## Summary
- Board elected Rhonda Smith as independent director effective November 8, 2022.
- Smith will serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
- Smith is CFO and Deputy Director of Houston Police Dept, overseeing $1B budget.
- Over 30 years finance, accounting, and compliance experience; former executive director of HMEPS pension system.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-22-071796
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KBDC
- cik: 0001747172
- company_name: Kayne Anderson BDC, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1747172/000121390022071796/0001213900-22-071796-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1747172/000121390022071796/ea168578-8k_kayne.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-22-071796
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-22-071796.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-22-071796.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rhonda Smith was elected as Director at Kayne Anderson BDC, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 8, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Kayne Anderson BDC, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Rhonda Smith as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1747172/000121390022071796/0001213900-22-071796-index.htm

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