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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001476765-26-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GBDC"
cik: "0001476765"
company_name: "GOLUB CAPITAL BDC, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T04:24:00.457123+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stockholders elect two Class I directors and ratify EY at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- David B. Golub elected with 74.7M votes for (19.5M against); 77.8M broker non-votes.
- Anita J. Rival elected with 63.2M votes for (31.0M against); 77.8M broker non-votes.
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal year ending Sep 30, 2026 (169.8M for).
- Meeting held Feb 2, 2026; record date Dec 5, 2025, with 263.5M shares outstanding.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001476765-26-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GBDC
- cik: 0001476765
- company_name: GOLUB CAPITAL BDC, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476765/000147676526000014/0001476765-26-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476765/000147676526000014/gbdc-20260202.htm

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