---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001535778-23-000068"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSIF"
cik: "0001535778"
company_name: "MSC INCOME FUND, INC."
filed_at: "2023-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T14:18:24.553758+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSC Income Fund declares $0.175 quarterly dividend; share repurchase offer for 90% of DRIP proceeds

## Summary
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.175 per share payable Nov 1, 2023, record date Sep 29, 2023.
- Board approved repurchase offer for 90% of shares issued in lieu of cash distributions from the Nov 1 dividend to DRIP participants.
- Annual meeting results: all four director nominees elected with 26.5-26.6M votes; Grant Thornton LLP ratified as auditor.
- Dividend tax attributes for 2023 expected to include ordinary income, qualified dividends, and possibly capital gains and return of capital.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001535778-23-000068
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSIF
- cik: 0001535778
- company_name: MSC INCOME FUND, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535778/000153577823000068/0001535778-23-000068-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535778/000153577823000068/msif-20230810.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  MSC INCOME FUND, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-08-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-10
  source text: A proposal to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 40,482,903 481,350 875,219
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535778/000153577823000068/0001535778-23-000068-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MSC INCOME FUND, INC. shareholders approved Election of four directors for a one-year term at the 2023-08-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-10
  source text: A proposal to elect each of the four members of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) for a term of one year: Nominee Votes For Authority Withheld or Abstained from Voting Robert L. Kay 26,531,612 1,514,403 John O. Niemann, Jr. 26,551,783 1,494,232 Jeffrey B. Walker 26,574,855 1,471,160 Dwayne L. Hyzak 26,588,432 1,457,583
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535778/000153577823000068/0001535778-23-000068-index.htm

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