---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001580642-26-003214"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NMFC"
cik: "0001496099"
company_name: "New Mountain Finance Corp"
filed_at: "2026-05-15T20:16:34+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T20:25:49.869942+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NMFC stockholders elect three directors and ratify Deloitte as auditor at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- Stockholders elected Rome G. Arnold III, Daniel B. Hébert, and Steven B. Klinsky as directors for three-year terms ending 2029.
- Vote totals: Arnold 31.8M for/8.2M withheld; Hébert 38.5M for/1.5M withheld; Klinsky 33.3M for/6.7M withheld.
- Broker non-votes of 33.7M shares on director elections reflect shares not voted on the proposal.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for FY2026 passed with 72.0M for, 1.2M against, 513,579 abstained.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001580642-26-003214
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NMFC
- cik: 0001496099
- company_name: New Mountain Finance Corp
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T20:16:34+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496099/000158064226003214/0001580642-26-003214-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496099/000158064226003214/nmfc_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  New Mountain Finance Corp shareholders approved Election of three nominees for director, each to serve for a three-year term to expire at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: Election of Directors: Stockholders of NMFC elected three nominees for director, each to serve for a three-year term to expire at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders based on the following votes: Name FOR WITHHELD BROKER NON-VOTES Rome G. Arnold III 31,775,941 8,216,335 33,707,302 Daniel B. Hébert 38,469,408 1,522,868 33,707,302 Steven B. Klinsky 33,307,243 6,685,033 33,707,302
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496099/000158064226003214/0001580642-26-003214-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  New Mountain Finance Corp shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as NMFC’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as NMFC’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026: Stockholders of NMFC ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as NMFC’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 based on the following votes: FOR AGAINST ABSTAINED BROKER NON-VOTES 71,984,085 1,201,914 513,579 -0-
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496099/000158064226003214/0001580642-26-003214-index.htm

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