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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001849089-24-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001849089"
company_name: "Lafayette Square USA, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T21:42:07.286928+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lafayette Square USA shareholders elect directors and ratify auditor at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- Damien Dwin elected Class I director with 12,548,432 votes for, 356 against, 1,444 abstentions.
- Levee Brooks elected Class I director with 12,545,589 votes for, 2,843 against, 1,800 abstentions.
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal 2024 with 12,547,033 votes for.
- Annual meeting held May 15, 2024; 21,584,341 shares of common stock outstanding on March 28 record date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001849089-24-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001849089
- company_name: Lafayette Square USA, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+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/1849089/000184908924000021/0001849089-24-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849089/000184908924000021/ls-20240515.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001849089-24-000021.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 54460c31956e99c80a85569b922d203c69a3df1a
  claim: Lafayette Square USA, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 2: By the vote shown below, the stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. Approval of Proposal 2 required a majority of the votes by all stockholders present, virtually or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 12,547,033 2,843 356
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849089/000184908924000021/0001849089-24-000021-index.htm
- claim_id: 7edd4102e06ea813695803f12d8c10884201b345
  claim: Lafayette Square USA, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class I director Levee Brooks at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 1: By the vote shown below, the stockholders elected the nominees for Class I director. Both Class I directors will serve until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successor is duly elected and qualified. The election of the nominees required a majority of the votes cast by all stockholders present, virtually or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting. Under the Company’s bylaws, a majority of votes cast means that the number of votes cast “for” a director’s election exceeds the number of votes cast “against” that director’s election (with “abstentions” and “broker non-votes” not counted as a vote cast either “for” or “against” that director’s election). Name Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non Vote Damien Dwin 12,548,432 356 1,444 0 Levee Brooks 12,545,589 2,843 1,800 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849089/000184908924000021/0001849089-24-000021-index.htm
- claim_id: fc8ec8601f202945136390fe217972945952bae5
  claim: Lafayette Square USA, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class I director Damien Dwin at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 1: By the vote shown below, the stockholders elected the nominees for Class I director. Both Class I directors will serve until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successor is duly elected and qualified. The election of the nominees required a majority of the votes cast by all stockholders present, virtually or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting. Under the Company’s bylaws, a majority of votes cast means that the number of votes cast “for” a director’s election exceeds the number of votes cast “against” that director’s election (with “abstentions” and “broker non-votes” not counted as a vote cast either “for” or “against” that director’s election). Name Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non Vote Damien Dwin 12,548,432 356 1,444 0 Levee Brooks 12,545,589 2,843 1,800 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849089/000184908924000021/0001849089-24-000021-index.htm

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