---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001396440-24-000073"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MAIN"
cik: "0001396440"
company_name: "Main Street Capital CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T17:16:36.190820+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Main Street Capital shareholders elect all director nominees and ratify auditor at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- All six director nominees elected: Griffin, Jackson, Lane, Shive, Solcher, Foster, Hyzak each received >22.6M votes for.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as auditor for FY 2023 passed with 54.9M for vs 0.6M against.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved with 21.0M for vs 2.4M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001396440-24-000073
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MAIN
- cik: 0001396440
- company_name: Main Street Capital CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396440/000139644024000073/0001396440-24-000073-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396440/000139644024000073/main-20240506.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001396440-24-000073
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001396440-24-000073.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001396440-24-000073.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Main Street Capital CORP shareholders approved Election of directors at the 2024-05-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-06
  source text: 1. A proposal to elect each of the members of Main Street’s Board of Directors for a term of one year: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes J. Kevin Griffin 23,453,191 419,762 274,139 31,786,169 John E. Jackson 23,460,682 402,377 284,038 31,786,164 Brian E. Lane 22,661,358 1,200,502 285,233 31,786,168 Dunia A. Shive 23,350,493 517,643 278,965 31,786,160 Stephen B. Solcher 23,540,508 319,165 287,424 31,786,164 Vincent D. Foster 22,833,602 1,022,678 290,817 31,786,164 Dwayne L. Hyzak 22,861,624 1,005,661 279,810 31,786,166
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396440/000139644024000073/0001396440-24-000073-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Main Street Capital CORP shareholders approved Ratify appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2024-05-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-06
  source text: 2. A proposal to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as Main Street’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 54,898,097 576,314 458,850
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396440/000139644024000073/0001396440-24-000073-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Main Street Capital CORP shareholders approved Advisory approval of named executive officer compensation at the 2024-05-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-06
  source text: 3. A proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Main Street’s named executive officers: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 20,956,747 2,383,431 806,909 31,786,174
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396440/000139644024000073/0001396440-24-000073-index.htm

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