---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001379785-22-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBDC"
cik: "0001379785"
company_name: "Barings BDC, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-09-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T13:57:35.914879+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Barings BDC appoints Benjamin Tecmire as Chief Compliance Officer, replacing Michael Cowart

## Summary
- Michael Cowart resigned as CCO effective Sept. 16, 2022; resignation not due to any disagreement.
- Benjamin Tecmire appointed CCO effective Sept. 16, 2022; previously assistant general counsel at Barings LLC.
- Tecmire previously served as Senior Counsel at SEC's Division of Investment Management.
- No arrangement or understanding with any person regarding Tecmire's appointment; no reportable transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001379785-22-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBDC
- cik: 0001379785
- company_name: Barings BDC, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-09-07T23:59:59+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/1379785/000137978522000035/0001379785-22-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379785/000137978522000035/bbdc-20220831.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001379785-22-000035
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001379785-22-000035.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001379785-22-000035.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Cowart resigned as Chief Compliance Officer at Barings BDC, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Compliance Officer
  source text: On August 31, 2022, Michael Cowart notified Barings BDC, Inc. (the “Company”) of his resignation as the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer, effective as of the close of business on September 16, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379785/000137978522000035/0001379785-22-000035-index.htm
- Executive change
  Benjamin Tecmire was appointed as Chief Compliance Officer at Barings BDC, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Compliance Officer
  source text: On September 7, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Benjamin Tecmire as Chief Compliance Officer of the Company, effective as of the close of business on September 16, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379785/000137978522000035/0001379785-22-000035-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.