---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001379785-22-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBDC"
cik: "0001379785"
company_name: "Barings BDC, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T04:02:15.711392+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Barings BDC CEO Jonathan Bock steps down; Eric Lloyd appointed as successor

## Summary
- CEO Jonathan Bock resigns effective Dec 16, 2022, to pursue other business opportunities.
- Board appoints Eric Lloyd as CEO, effective as of Dec 16, 2022.
- Bock's resignation is not due to any disagreement with the company's operations, policies, or accounting.
- Bock had served as CEO since August 2022; previously was CFO since 2018.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001379785-22-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBDC
- cik: 0001379785
- company_name: Barings BDC, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379785/000137978522000046/0001379785-22-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379785/000137978522000046/bbdc-20221209.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001379785-22-000046
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001379785-22-000046.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eric Lloyd was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Barings BDC, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On December 14, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Eric Lloyd as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of the close of business on December 16, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379785/000137978522000046/0001379785-22-000046-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jonathan Bock resigned as Chief Executive Officer at Barings BDC, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Jonathan Bock notified Barings BDC, Inc. (the “Company”) that he will step down as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective as of the close of business on December 16, 2022, to pursue other business opportunities.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379785/000137978522000046/0001379785-22-000046-index.htm

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