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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001379785-22-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBDC"
cik: "0001379785"
company_name: "Barings BDC, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-06-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T21:56:36.859763+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Barings BDC shareholders approve below-NAV share issuance at reconvened annual meeting

## Summary
- Proposal passed with 54,197,606 votes for, 7,847,791 against, 2,698,789 abstain.
- Authorization allows issuance of common stock below net asset value for 12 months.
- Issuance limited to 30% of then-outstanding shares per offering.
- Also approved by a majority of non-affiliated stockholders (40,057,343 for).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001379785-22-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBDC
- cik: 0001379785
- company_name: Barings BDC, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-06-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379785/000137978522000026/0001379785-22-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379785/000137978522000026/belownav8k.htm

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