---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001379785-24-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBDC"
cik: "0001379785"
company_name: "Barings BDC, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T17:11:34.726001+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Barings BDC Q1 NII $0.28/shr, NAV $11.44; declares $0.26 dividend

## Summary
- Net investment income $29.4M ($0.28/shr), down from $33.4M ($0.31) in Q4 2023.
- NAV per share $11.44, up from $11.28; driven by $36.1M net unrealized appreciation.
- Quarterly dividend $0.26/shr payable June 12, 2024 (record June 5).
- Annual meeting adjourned on below-NAV share issuance proposal; reconvened July 2, 2024.
- Board authorized $30M share repurchase program (Mar 2024 – Mar 2025).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001379785-24-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBDC
- cik: 0001379785
- company_name: Barings BDC, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379785/000137978524000042/0001379785-24-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379785/000137978524000042/bbdc-20240507.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001379785-24-000042
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001379785-24-000042.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001379785-24-000042.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Barings BDC, Inc. reported financial results for first quarter of 2024.
  - Period: first quarter of 2024
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 7, 2024, Barings BDC, Inc. (the “Company” or “Barings BDC”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379785/000137978524000042/0001379785-24-000042-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Barings BDC, Inc. shareholders approved Election of three Class III directors at the 2024-05-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-07
  source text: All director nominees listed in the Director Election Proposal were elected by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting as Class III directors to serve until the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. The final voting results for each director nominee are set forth below: Director For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes David Mihalick 57,545,088 2,692,472 1,563,801 — Thomas W. Okel 50,998,191 9,157,643 1,645,527 — Jill Olmstead 50,923,256 9,283,027 1,595,078 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379785/000137978524000042/0001379785-24-000042-index.htm

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