UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A

PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

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Fifth Street Finance Corp.
 
Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp.
  
777 West Putnam Avenue, 3^rd Floor
Greenwich, CT 06830
February 5, 2015

To the Stockholders:

You are cordially invited to attend the 2015 Joint Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Fifth Street Finance Corp. (“FSC”) and Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. (“FSFR” and FSC each, a “Company” and together, the “Companies”) to be held at the principal executive offices of the Companies, 777 West Putnam Avenue, 3^rd Floor, Greenwich, CT 06830 on March 18, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., local time (the “Annual Meeting”). Only stockholders of record at the close of business on January 21, 2015 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

Details of the business to be conducted at the meeting are given in the accompanying Notice of Joint Annual Meeting and 2015 Joint Proxy Statement. As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, we are also pleased to be furnishing our proxy materials to stockholders primarily over the Internet. We believe this process expedites stockholders’ receipt of the materials, lowers the costs of our Annual Meeting and conserves natural resources. As a result, we will mail our stockholders (other than those who previously requested electronic or paper delivery) a notice containing instructions on how to access our 2015 Joint Proxy Statement and 2014 Annual Reports and vote online. The notice will also include instructions on how you can receive a paper copy of the proxy materials, including the Notice of Joint Annual Meeting, 2015 Joint Proxy Statement and proxy card(s). If you elect to receive your proxy materials by mail, the Notice of Joint Annual Meeting, 2015 Joint Proxy Statement, and proxy card(s) from our Board(s) of Directors will be enclosed. If you elect to receive your proxy materials via e-mail, the e-mail will contain voting instructions and links to the 2015 Joint Proxy Statement and applicable 2014 Annual Report on the Internet.

It is important that your shares be represented at the meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we hope you will vote as soon as possible. You may vote over the Internet, as well as by telephone, or, if you requested to receive printed proxy materials, by mailing a proxy or voting instruction form. Please review the instructions on each of your voting options described in the 2015 Joint Proxy Statement, as well as in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials you received in the mail. Returning the proxy does not deprive you of your right to attend the meeting and to vote your shares in person.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting. Your vote and participation is very important to us.

Sincerely,

/s/ Todd G. Owens

Todd G. Owens
FSC Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Ivelin M. Dimitrov

Ivelin M. Dimitrov
FSFR Chief Executive Officer

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Annual Meeting of Stockholders to Be Held on March 18, 2015.

Our 2015 Joint Proxy Statement and Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2014 are available at the following cookies-free website that can be accessed anonymously: www.proxyvote.com.

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777 West Putnam Avenue, 3^rd Floor
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830

NOTICE OF 2015 JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
 
To be Held at
 
the Principal Executive Offices of
 
Fifth Street Finance Corp. and Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp.
 
777 West Putnam Avenue, 3^rd Floor
Greenwich, CT 06830
March 18, 2015, 10:00 a.m., local time

To the Stockholders:

The 2015 Joint Annual Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of Stockholders of Fifth Street Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“FSC”) and of Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp., a Delaware corporation (“FSFR” and FSC each, a “Company” and together, the “Companies”), will be held at the principal executive offices of the Companies, 777 West Putnam Avenue, 3^rd Floor, Greenwich, CT 06830 on March 18, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., local time. At the Annual Meeting, our stockholders will consider and vote on:

The nominees of the Board of Directors for election as directors of each Company are listed in the accompanying Joint Proxy Statement. We are not aware of any other business, or any other nominees for election as directors, that may properly be brought before the Annual Meeting.

Holders of record of FSC’s and FSFR’s common stock as of the close of business on January 21, 2015, the record date for the Annual Meeting, are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting. Whether or not you expect to be present in person at the Annual Meeting, please sign and return the accompanying proxy card(s), or vote in advance via the Internet or telephone. Instructions are shown on the proxy card(s).

Thank you for your support of Fifth Street Finance Corp. and/or Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp.

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EACH COMPANY’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, INCLUDING THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” EACH OF THE PROPOSALS.

By order of the Boards of Directors,

BERNARD D. BERMAN
FSC and FSFR Chairman

Greenwich, Connecticut
February 5, 2015

This is an important meeting. To ensure proper representation at the Annual Meeting, please complete, sign, date and return the accompanying proxy card(s), or vote your shares electronically through the Internet or by telephone. Please see the Joint Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy card(s) for details about electronic voting. Even if you vote your shares prior to the Annual Meeting, you still may attend the Annual Meeting and vote your shares in person.

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JOINT PROXY STATEMENT
General			1
Annual Meeting Information			1
Date and Location			1
Attendance			1
Availability of Proxy and Annual Meeting Materials			2
Purpose of Annual Meeting			2
Voting Information			2
Record Date and Voting Securities			2
Quorum Required			2
Submitting Voting Instructions for Shares Held Through a Broker, Bank or Other Nominee			2
Authorizing a Proxy for Shares Held in Your Name			3
Revoking Your Proxy			3
Votes Required			3
Information Regarding This Solicitation			3
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT			4
PROPOSAL 1 — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS			6
Director and Executive Officer Information			7
Directors			7
Executive Officers			8
Biographical Information			8
Independent Directors			8
Interested Directors			10
Executive Officers Who Are Not Directors			12
Board Leadership Structure			12
Boards’ Role in Risk Oversight			13
Transactions with Related Persons			14
Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Persons			15
Material Conflicts of Interest			15
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance			16
Corporate Governance			17
Corporate Governance Documents			17
Director Independence			17
Annual Evaluation			17
Board Meetings and Committees			17
Communications with Directors			17
Audit Committee			18
Compensation Committee			18

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Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee			18
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics			20
Executive Compensation			20
Director Compensation			21
PROPOSAL 2 — RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE 2015 FISCAL YEAR			22
Independent Auditor’s Fees			22
Required Vote			23
Audit Committee Report			24
OTHER MATTERS			25
Stockholder Proposals			25
Other Business			25

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Fifth Street Finance Corp.
 
Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp.
  
777 West Putnam Avenue, 3^rd Floor
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830

JOINT PROXY STATEMENT
 
2015 Joint Annual Meeting of Stockholders

General

We are furnishing you this joint proxy statement in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Boards of Directors (each, a “Board” and together, the “Boards”) of Fifth Street Finance Corp. (“FSC”) and Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. (“FSFR” and FSC, each, a “Company” and together, the “Companies,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) for use at the Companies’ 2015 Joint Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). We expect to first furnish this joint proxy statement and the accompanying form of proxy to stockholders on or about February 5, 2015. When we refer to the Companies’ fiscal year, we mean the 12-month period ending September 30 of the stated year (for example, fiscal year 2014 is October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014).

We encourage you to vote your shares, either by voting in person at the Annual Meeting or by granting a proxy (i.e., authorizing someone to vote your shares). If you properly sign and date the accompanying proxy card(s) or otherwise provide voting instructions, either via the Internet or telephone, and the Company receives it in time for the Annual Meeting, the persons named as proxies will vote the shares registered directly in your name in the manner that you specified. If you give no instructions on the proxy card(s), the shares covered by the proxy card(s) will be voted FOR the election of the nominees as directors and FOR the other matters listed in the accompanying Notice of Joint Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Although each Company is a separate business development company and stockholders of each Company will vote separately on the proposals contained herein, the Companies are soliciting votes through this Joint Proxy Statement to reduce expenses to the Companies in connection with soliciting proxies for the Annual Meeting.

Annual Meeting Information

Date and Location

We will hold the Annual Meeting on March 18, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., local time, at the principal executive offices of the Companies, 777 West Putnam Avenue, 3^rd Floor, Greenwich, CT 06830.

Attendance

You are entitled to attend the Annual Meeting only if you were a stockholder of FSC or FSFR as of the record date for the Annual Meeting, or January 21, 2015 (the “Record Date”), or you hold a valid proxy for the Annual Meeting. Since seating is limited, admission to the meeting will be on a first-come, first-served basis. You must present valid photo identification, such as a driver’s license or passport, for admittance. If you are not a stockholder of record of one or both Companies but hold shares as a beneficial owner in street name, in order to attend the Annual Meeting you must also provide proof of beneficial ownership, such as your most recent account statement prior to the Record Date, a copy of the voting instruction form provided by your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee, or other similar evidence of ownership of shares of one or both Companies.

If you do not provide photo identification or comply with the other procedures outlined above, you will not be admitted to the Annual Meeting. For security reasons, you and your bags will be subject to search prior to your admittance to the Annual Meeting.

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Availability of Proxy and Annual Meeting Materials

This proxy statement and the accompanying annual reports on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2014 are also available at the following cookies-free website that can be accessed anonymously at www.proxyvote.com.

Purpose of Annual Meeting

At the Annual Meeting, you will be asked to vote on the following proposals:

Voting Information

Record Date and Voting Securities

You may cast one vote for each share of common stock that you owned as of the Record Date. All shares of each Company’s common stock have equal voting rights and neither Company has, nor does either Company’s restated certificate of incorporation authorize it to issue, any other class of equity security. Stockholders can only vote on matters affecting the Company (or Companies) in which they hold shares of Common Stock. As of January 21, 2015, 153,340,371 shares of common stock of FSC were outstanding and 29,466,768 shares of common stock of FSFR were outstanding.

Quorum Required

For a Company to conduct business at the Annual Meeting, a quorum of stockholders of that Company must be present at the Annual Meeting. The presence at the Annual Meeting, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the shares of common stock of a Company outstanding on the Record Date will constitute a quorum of such Company. Abstentions will be treated as shares present for quorum purposes. Shares for which brokers have not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares and do not have discretionary authority to vote on certain proposals (which are considered “broker non-votes” with respect to such proposals) will be treated as shares present for quorum purposes.

If a quorum is not present for a Company, the stockholders who are represented may adjourn the Annual Meeting with respect to that Company until a quorum is present. The persons named as proxies will vote those proxies for such adjournment, unless marked to be voted against any proposal for which an adjournment is sought, to permit the further solicitation of proxies.

Submitting Voting Instructions for Shares Held Through a Broker, Bank or Other Nominee

If you hold shares of common stock through a broker, bank or other nominee, you must follow the voting instructions you receive from your broker, bank or nominee. If you hold shares of common stock through a broker, bank or other nominee and you want to vote in person at the Annual Meeting, you must obtain a legal proxy from the record holder of your shares and present it at the Annual Meeting. If you do not vote in person at the Annual Meeting or submit voting instructions to your broker, your broker may still be permitted to vote your shares on certain routine matters. If your shares are held by a broker on your behalf and you do not instruct the broker as to how to vote these shares on each Company’s proposal to elect director(s), the broker may not exercise discretion to vote for or against such proposal. These shares will not be counted as having been voted on such proposal. With respect to each Company’s proposal to ratify the independent registered public accounting firm, the broker may exercise its discretion to vote for or against that proposal in the absence of your instruction. Please instruct your bank, broker or nominee so your vote can be counted.

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Authorizing a Proxy for Shares Held in Your Name

If you are a record holder of shares of common stock, you may authorize a proxy to vote on your behalf by mail, as described on the applicable accompanying proxy card(s). Authorizing your proxy will not limit your right to vote in person at the Annual Meeting. A properly completed and submitted proxy will be voted in accordance with your instructions, unless you subsequently revoke your instructions. If you authorize a proxy without indicating your voting instructions, the proxyholder will vote your shares according to the respective Board’s recommendations. Stockholders of record may also vote either via the Internet or by telephone. Specific instructions to be followed by stockholders of record interested in voting via the Internet or telephone are shown on the accompanying proxy card(s). Internet and telephone voting procedures are designed to authenticate the stockholder’s identity and to allow stockholders to vote their shares and confirm that their instructions have been properly recorded. A stockholder that votes through the Internet should understand that there may be costs associated with electronic access, such as usage charges from Internet access providers and telephone companies, which will be borne by the stockholder.

Revoking Your Proxy

If you are a stockholder of record, you can revoke your proxy at any time before it is exercised by (1) delivering a written revocation notice prior to the Annual Meeting to David H. Harrison, Secretary, Fifth Street Finance Corp. or Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp., as applicable, 777 West Putnam Avenue, 3^rd Floor, Greenwich, CT 06830; (2) submitting a later-dated proxy that we receive no later than the conclusion of voting at the Annual Meeting; or (3) voting in person at the Annual Meeting. If you hold shares of common stock through a broker, bank or other nominee, you must follow the instructions you receive from them in order to revoke your voting instructions. Attending the Annual Meeting does not revoke your proxy unless you also vote in person at the Annual Meeting.

Votes Required

Election of directors.  The affirmative vote of a plurality of a Company’s shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon at the Annual Meeting is required to elect each director nominee of that Company (i.e., the candidates receiving the most “for” votes will win each election). Stockholders may not cumulate their votes. If you “withhold authority” with respect to any of the nominees, your shares will not be voted with respect to the person indicated. Because directors are elected by plurality of the votes, an abstention will have no effect on this proposal.

Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm.  The affirmative vote of a majority of a Company’s votes cast at the Annual Meeting is required to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as such Company’s independent registered public accounting firm (i.e., the number of shares voted “for” the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP exceeds the number of “abstain” votes and votes “against” the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP). Abstentions will not be included in determining the number of votes cast and, as a result, will have no effect on this proposal. Because brokers will have discretionary authority to vote for the ratification of the selection of each Company’s registered independent public accounting firm in the event that they do not receive voting instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares, there should not be any broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.

Information Regarding This Solicitation

Each Company will bear its allocable expense of the solicitation of proxies for the Annual Meeting, including the cost of preparing and posting this Joint Proxy Statement. We have requested that brokers, nominees, fiduciaries and other persons holding shares in their names, or in the names of their nominees, which are beneficially owned by others, forward the proxy materials to, and obtain proxies from, such beneficial owners. We will reimburse such persons for their reasonable expenses in so doing.

In addition to the solicitation of proxies by the use of the mails, proxies may be solicited in person and by telephone or facsimile transmission by directors or officers of the Companies or officers or employees of FSC CT LLC, our administrator (“FSC CT”), without special compensation therefor.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth, as of January 21, 2015, the beneficial ownership information of each current director and the nominees for director of both Companies, as well as each Company’s executive officers, each person known to it to beneficially own 5% or more of the outstanding shares of its common stock, and the executive officers and directors as a group. Percentage of beneficial ownership is based on 153,340,371 shares of FSC’s common stock, and 29,466,768 shares of FSFR’s common stock, outstanding as of January 21, 2015.

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and includes voting or investment power with respect to the securities. Ownership information for those persons who beneficially own 5% or more of our shares of common stock is based upon filings by such persons with the SEC and other information obtained from such persons, if available.

Unless otherwise indicated, the Companies believe that each beneficial owner set forth in the table has sole voting and investment power and has the same address as the Companies. The Companies’ directors are divided into two groups — interested directors and independent directors. Interested directors are “interested persons” of a Company as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”). Unless otherwise indicated, the address of all executive officers and directors is c/o Fifth Street Finance Corp. or c/o Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp., as applicable, 777 West Putnam Avenue, 3^rd Floor, Greenwich, CT 06830.

		Number of Shares Owned Beneficially								Percentage of Common Stock Outstanding
Name (Company or Companies)		FSC				FSFR				FSC				FSFR
Interested Directors:
Bernard D. Berman (FSC; FSFR)(1)			23,968				12,000				*				*
Ivelin M. Dimitrov (FSC; FSFR)			27,941				12,667				*				*
Alexander C. Frank (FSFR)			13,436				3,000				*				*
Sandeep K. Khorana (FSC)(2)			300				—				*				—
Todd G. Owens (FSC)			—				15,000				—				*
Independent Directors:
James Castro-Blanco (FSC)			800				—				*				—
Brian S. Dunn (FSC; FSFR)(1)			9,000				2,000				*				*
Richard P. Dutkiewicz (FSC; FSFR)(1)			11,858				2,000				*				*
Byron J. Haney (FSC)(1)			10,000				—				*				—
Jeffrey R. Kay (FSFR)			—				1,465				—				*
Douglas F. Ray (FSC; FSFR)			9,336				—				*				—
Executive Officers Who Are Not Directors:
Richard A. Petrocelli (FSC; FSFR)(1)			17,000				4,000				*				*
David H. Harrison (FSC; FSFR)			9,190				2,000				*				*
All Officers and Directors as a Group(3)			119,393				53,132				1.4	%			*
5% Holders
Leonard M. Tannenbaum(4)(5)			2,105,834				1,768,470				1.4	%			6.0	%

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As indicated above, certain of our officers and directors hold shares in margin accounts. As of January 21, 2015, no shares in such margin accounts were pledged as loan collateral. Our insider trading policy prohibits share pledges, except in limited cases with the pre-approval of our chief compliance officer.

The following table sets forth, as of January 21, 2015, the dollar range of our equity securities that is beneficially owned by each of our directors and nominees for director.

		Dollar Range of Equity Securities Beneficially Owned(1)(2)(3)
Name (Company or Companies)		FSC				FSFR
Interested Directors:
Bernard D. Berman (FSC; FSFR)			Over $100,000				Over $100,000
Ivelin M. Dimitrov (FSC; FSFR)			Over $100,000				Over $100,000
Alexander C. Frank (FSFR)			Over $100,000				$10,001 – $50,000
Sandeep K. Khorana (FSC)(4)		$	1 – $10,000				none
Todd G. Owens (FSC)			none				Over $100,000
Independent Directors:
James Castro-Blanco (FSC)			$1 – $10,000				none
Brian S. Dunn (FSC; FSFR)			$50,001 – $100,000				$10,001 – $50,000
Richard P. Dutkiewicz (FSC; FSFR)			$50,001 – $100,000				$10,001 – $50,000
Byron J. Haney (FSC)			$50,001 – $100,000				none
Jeffrey R. Kay (FSFR)			none				$10,001 – $50,000
Douglas F. Ray (FSC; FSFR)			$50,001 – $100,000				none

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PROPOSAL 1 — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The business and affairs of each Company is managed under the direction of its Board. Pursuant to FSC’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, its Board may modify the number of members of the board of directors provided that the number of directors will not be fewer than five or greater than nine and that no decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. FSC’s Board currently consists of nine members, of whom five are not “interested persons” of FSC, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. Pursuant to FSFR’s Bylaws, its Board may modify the number of members of the board of directors provided that the number of directors will not be fewer than three or greater than nine and that no decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. FSFR’s Board currently consists of seven members, of whom four are not “interested persons” of FSFR, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. The NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) requires that each Company maintain a majority of independent directors on its Board, and provides that a director of a business development company (“BDC”) shall be considered to be independent if he or she is not an “interested person” of each Company, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

Under FSC’s and FSFR’s charters, directors are divided into three classes. Each class of directors will hold office for a three-year term, or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. At each Annual Meeting, the successors to the directors whose terms expire at such meeting will be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held in the third year following the year of his or her election and until his or her successors have been duly elected and qualified or any director’s earlier resignation, death or removal.

Messrs. Berman and Castro-Blanco have been nominated for re-election and Mr. Khorana has been nominated for election to the Board of FSC for three-year terms expiring in 2018. One of FSC’s current directors, Leonard M. Tannenbaum, is not seeking re-election to the Board of FSC at the Annual Meeting. At FSC’s 2014 Annual Meeting, Messrs. Dimitrov, Dunn and Haney were re-elected to FSC’s Board of Directors and no director received a withhold/against vote of 10% or greater.

Messrs. Berman and Dutkiewicz have been nominated for re-election to the Board of FSFR for three-year terms expiring in 2018. At FSFR’s 2014 Annual Meeting, Mr. Kay was re-elected to FSFR’s Board of Directors and did not receive a withhold/against vote of 10% or greater.

No person being nominated as a director of either Company is being proposed for election pursuant to any agreement or understanding between any such person and that Company.

A stockholder of FSC or FSFR can vote for or against each of the director nominees of FSC or FSFR, respectively, or abstain from voting. Abstentions will not be included in determining the number of votes cast and, as a result, will have no effect on the election of directors. Shares represented by broker non-votes are not considered entitled to vote and thus are not counted for purposes of determining whether each of the nominees for election as a director have been elected. In the absence of instructions to the contrary, it is the intention of the persons named as proxies to vote such proxy FOR the election of the nominees named below. If a nominee should decline or be unable to serve as director, it is intended that the proxy will be voted for the election of such person nominated as a replacement. Each Board has no reason to believe that any director nominee named will be unable or unwilling to serve.

Each Board unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” this proposal.

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Director and Executive Officer Information

Directors

Information regarding the nominees for election as a director at the Annual Meeting and our continuing directors is as follows:

Name		Company Served		Age		Company – Length of time served; Term of office
Independent Directors
James Castro-Blanco*		FSC		55		FSC-Director since 2014; Term expires, if elected, in 2018
Brian S. Dunn		FSC and FSFR		43		FSC-Director since 2007; Term expires in 2017 FSFR-Director since 2013; Term expires in 2016
Richard P. Dutkiewicz**		FSC and FSFR		59		FSC-Director since 2010; Term expires in 2016 FSFR-Director since 2013; Term expires, if elected, in 2018
Byron J. Haney		FSC		54		FSC-Director since 2007; Term expires in 2017
Jeffrey R. Kay		FSFR		46		FSFR-Director since 2013; Term expires in 2017
Douglas F. Ray		FSC and FSFR		47		FSC-Director since 2007; Term expires in 2016 FSFR-Director since 2014; Term expires in 2017
Interested Directors
Bernard D. Berman*, **		FSC and FSFR		44		FSC-Director since 2009; Term expires, if elected, in 2018 FSFR-Director since 2013; Term expires, if elected, in 2018
Ivelin M. Dimitrov		FSC and FSFR		36		FSC-Director since 2013; Term expires in 2017 FSFR-Director since 2014; Tem expires in 2016
Alexander C. Frank		FSFR		56		FSFR-Director since 2014; Term expires in 2017
Sandeep K. Khorana*		FSC		42		FSC-Director nominee; Term expires, if elected, in 2018
Todd G. Owens		FSC		46		FSC-Director since 2014; Term expires in 2016

Biographical information regarding our Boards is set forth below. We have divided the directors into two groups — independent directors and interested directors. Interested directors are “interested persons” of a Company, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

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Executive Officers

The following persons serve as our executive officers in the following capacities:

Name		Age		FSC Position		FSFR Position
Ivelin M. Dimitrov		36		President		Chief Executive Officer
Todd G. Owens		46		Chief Executive Officer		President
Richard A. Petrocelli		46		Chief Financial Officer		Chief Financial Officer
David H. Harrison		41		Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary		Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary

Biographical Information

Independent Directors

James Castro-Blanco.  Mr. Castro-Blanco has been a member of FSC’s Board of Directors since August 2014. Mr. Castro-Blanco has over 20 years of experience as an attorney in both the private and public sectors. Since December 2010, Mr. Castro-Blanco has served as the chief deputy county attorney for Westchester County, where he advises numerous elected officials, boards and commissions and is the lead attorney on high profile matters involving Westchester County since December 2010. Mr. Castro-Blanco also served as counsel with Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP from January 2007 to December 2010, where he provided business and risk management advice to businesses and individuals. In 2006, Mr. Castro-Blanco was appointed a special master by a United States District Court Judge to investigate and report upon alleged financial improprieties in the management of a pension plan where he served until 2009. Mr. Castro-Blanco also served as a former assistant United States attorney from February 1994 to November 1996, Mr. Castro-Blanco investigated and prosecuted individuals and organizations involved in RICO, money-laundering and other financial crimes. Prior to that, he was an attorney with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP from September 1991 to February 1994, where he worked on antitrust and complex corporate litigation matters.

Mr. Castro-Blanco graduated from Brooklyn Law School where he was the Articles Editor of the Law Review. Mr. Castro-Blanco also holds a B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany. Mr. Castro-Blanco has served on the Board of Trustees for St. John’s Riverside Hospital and is the chair of the Liability Committee, helping guide the institution through the myriad changes in today’s healthcare environment. He has also been a board member of several charities providing scholarship monies to deserving students and has served as the president of the largest Hispanic bar association on the East Coast of the United States.

Through his extensive work as an attorney in the public and private sectors, including his involvement in investigating and reporting on financial improprieties, Mr. Castro-Blanco brings valuable legal, business and financial expertise to his Board service with FSC. The foregoing qualifications led to our conclusion that Mr. Castro-Blanco should serve as a member of FSC’s Board.

Brian S. Dunn.  Mr. Dunn has been a member of FSC’s Board of Directors since December 2007 and a member of FSFR’s Board of Directors since May 2013. Mr. Dunn has over 19 years of marketing, logistical and entrepreneurial experience. He founded and turned around direct marketing divisions for several consumer-oriented companies. Currently, he manages Little White Dog, Inc., a strategic marketing firm that he founded. Mr. Dunn was the marketing director and chief operating officer for Lipenwald, Inc., a direct marketing company that markets collectibles and mass merchandise from June 2006 until May 2011. Lipenwald filed for bankruptcy in July 2011. Prior to Lipenwald, from February 2001 to June 2006, he was sole proprietor of BSD Trading/Consulting. Mr. Dunn graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics.

Mr. Dunn’s executive experience brings extensive business, entrepreneurial and marketing expertise to his Board service with our Companies. His experience as a marketing executive for several consumer-oriented companies provides guidance to our investor relations efforts. Mr. Dunn’s many experiences also make him skilled in leading committees requiring substantive expertise, including his role as chairman of each Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Dunn’s previous service on our Boards also provides

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him with a specific understanding of our Companies, their operations, and the business and regulatory issues facing business development companies. The foregoing qualifications led to our conclusion that Mr. Dunn should serve as a member of each Board.

Richard P. Dutkiewicz.  Mr. Dutkiewicz has been a member of FSC’s Board of Directors since February 2010 and a member of FSFR’s Board of Directors since May 2013. He is an independent financial and operational adviser. Prior to his current position, he was a managing director at Capital Insight, LLC, a private investment bank, from March 2013 to November 2013. Previously, he was an independent financial and management consultant affiliated with Exxedus Capital Partners from September 2012 to March 2013. From 2010 to April 2013, Mr. Dutkiewicz served on the Board of Directors of Motor Sport Country Club Holdings, Inc., which sells balancing technology for rotating devices in the automotive industry. From April 2010 to March 2012, Mr. Dutkiewicz was the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Real Mex Restaurants, Inc., which filed for bankruptcy in October 2011. Mr. Dutkiewicz previously served as chief financial officer of Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. from October 2003 to April 2010. From May 2003 to October 2003, Mr. Dutkiewicz was vice president-information technology of Sirenza Microdevices, Inc. In May 2003, Sirenza Microdevices, Inc. acquired Vari-L Company, Inc. From January 2001 to May 2003, Mr. Dutkiewicz was vice president-finance, and chief financial officer of Vari-L Company, Inc. From April 1995 to January 2001, Mr. Dutkiewicz was vice president-finance, chief financial officer, secretary and treasurer of Coleman Natural Products, Inc., located in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Dutkiewicz’s previous experience includes senior financial management positions at Tetrad Corporation, MicroLithics Corporation and various divisions of United Technologies Corporation. Mr. Dutkiewicz began his career as an Audit Manager at KPMG LLP. Mr. Dutkiewicz received a B.B.A. degree from Loyola University of Chicago and passed the CPA exam in 1978.

Through his prior experiences as a vice president and chief financial officer at several public companies, including executive vice president and chief financial officer of Real Mex Restaurants, Inc. and chief financial officer of Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc., Mr. Dutkiewicz brings business expertise, finance and audit skills to his Board service with our Companies. Mr. Dutkiewicz’s expertise, experience and skills closely align with our operations, and his prior investment experience with managing public companies facilitates an in-depth understanding of our investment business. Moreover, Mr. Dutkiewicz’s knowledge of financial and accounting matters qualify him as each Board’s Audit Committee Financial Expert and chairman of the Audit Committee. The foregoing qualifications led to our conclusion that Mr. Dutkiewicz should serve as a member of each Board.

Byron J. Haney.  Mr. Haney has been a member of FSC’s Board of Directors since December 2007. He previously served as an investment professional at TrilogyLWP from January 2014 through December 2014. From October 2010 through October 2011, Mr. Haney served as a principal of Duggan Asset Management, L.L.C. where he was director of research. Prior to that, he served as chief operating officer of VSO Capital Management from March 2010 to October 2010. From 1994 until 2009, Mr. Haney worked for Resurgence Asset Management LLC, during which time he most recently served as managing director and chief investment officer. Mr. Haney previously served on the Board of Directors of Sterling Chemicals, Inc., and Furniture.com. Mr. Haney has more than 25 years of business experience, including having served as chief financial officer of a private retail store chain and as an auditor with Touche Ross & Co., a predecessor of Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mr. Haney earned his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley and his M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Through his extensive experiences as a senior executive, Mr. Haney brings business expertise, finance and risk assessment skills to his Board service with FSC. In addition, Mr. Haney’s past experience as an auditor greatly benefits our oversight of FSC’s quarterly and annual financial reporting obligations. Mr. Haney’s previous service on FSC’s Board also provides him with a specific understanding of FSC, its operations, and the business and regulatory issues facing business development companies. The foregoing qualifications led to our conclusion that Mr. Haney should serve as a member of FSC’s Board.

Jeffrey R. Kay.   Mr. Kay has been a member of FSFR’s Board of Directors since May 2013. Mr. Kay has over 20 years of marketing and entrepreneurial experience. Over the past ten years, Mr. Kay has founded and operated two different successful businesses providing marketing services and consulting to Fortune 500

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companies. Currently, he is the founder and managing director of Brandfan, Inc., a marketing firm that specializes in working with consumer-oriented companies to build revenue-generating digital marketing partnerships. From March 2011 to July 2012, Mr. Kay was the vice president of business development for Fanscape, Inc., a division of Omnicom Group specializing in social media marketing, during which time he also established and managed the company’s New York office. From March 2003 to December 2010, Mr. Kay was senior vice president, strategy & concept development at Eastwest Marketing Group, Inc., an independent consumer-oriented marketing services and consulting firm. Mr. Kay’s previous experience includes founding and operating Performance Marketing Communications, an independent consumer-oriented marketing services agency, and holding management positions at various marketing agencies. Mr. Kay graduated from the University of Maryland College of Business and Management with a B.S. in Marketing and Business Administration.

Mr. Kay’s executive experience brings extensive business, entrepreneurial and marketing expertise to his Board service with FSFR. His experience as a marketing executive for several consumer-oriented companies also provides guidance to FSFR’s investor relations efforts. The foregoing qualifications led to our conclusion that Mr. Kay should serve as a member of FSFR’s Board.

Douglas F. Ray.   Mr. Ray has been a member of FSC’s Board of Directors since December 2007 and FSFR’s Board of Directors since September 2014. Since August 1995, Mr. Ray has worked for Seavest Investment Group, a private investment and wealth management firm based in White Plains, New York. He currently serves as the chief executive officer and president of Seavest. Mr. Ray has more than 15 years of experience acquiring, developing, financing and managing a diverse portfolio of real estate investments, including three healthcare properties funds. Mr. Ray previously served on the Board of Directors of Nat Nast, Inc., a luxury men’s apparel company. Prior to joining Seavest, Mr. Ray worked in Washington, D.C. on the staff of U.S. Senator Arlen Specter and as a research analyst with the Republican National Committee. Mr. Ray holds a B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh.

Through his broad experience as an officer and director of several companies, in addition to skills acquired with firms engaged in investment banking, banking and financial services, Mr. Ray brings to FSC and FSFR extensive financial and risk assessment abilities. Mr. Ray’s service on both FSC’s and FSFR’s respective Boards also provides him with a specific understanding of the Companies, their operations and the business and regulatory issues facing business development companies. Mr. Ray’s expertise and experience also qualify him to serve as chairman of FSC’s Compensation Committee. The foregoing qualifications led to our conclusion that Mr. Ray should serve as a member of each Board.

Interested Directors

Bernard D. Berman.  Mr. Berman has been a member of FSC’s Board of Directors since February 2009 and the chairman of FSC’s Board of Directors since September 2014. He was also FSC’s president from February 2010 to September 2014, secretary from October 2007 to September 2014, and chief compliance officer from April 2009 to May 2013. Mr. Berman has also served as a director of FSFR since May 2013 and as chairman of its Board of Directors since January 2014. Mr. Berman also served as president of FSFR from May 2013 to January 2014. Since September 2014, Mr. Berman has served as the co-president, the chief compliance officer and as a director of Fifth Street Asset Management Inc. (“FSAM”) (NASDAQ:FSAM), the publicly traded asset manager that indirectly owns our investment adviser. Mr. Berman has also served as the president of our investment adviser and has served on its investment committee since its founding in November 2007. He also currently serves as chairman of the board of directors of Traffic Solutions Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as Statewide Holdings, Inc.). Prior to joining Fifth Street in 2004, Mr. Berman was a corporate attorney from 1995 to 2004, during which time he negotiated and structured a variety of investment transactions. Mr. Berman received a J.D. from Boston College Law School and a B.S. in Finance from Lehigh University.

Mr. Berman’s prior position as a corporate attorney allows him to bring to each Board and Company the benefit of his experience negotiating and structuring various investment transactions as well as an understanding of the legal, business, compliance and regulatory issues facing business development companies. Mr. Berman’s previous service on each Board also provides him with a specific understanding of

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each Company and their operations. The foregoing qualifications led to our conclusion that Mr. Berman should serve as a member of each Board.

Ivelin M. Dimitrov, CFA.  Mr. Dimitrov has been FSFR’s chief executive officer and a member of FSFR’s Board of Directors since September 2014. Previously, he served as FSFR’s chief investment officer from August 2011 to September 2014 and as its president from January 2014 to September 2014. He has also been FSC’s president since January 2015, a member of FSC’s board of directors since January 2013 and its chief investment officer and the chief investment officer of Fifth Street Management since August 2011, and served as co-chief investment officer for these entities from November 2010 and June 2010 through August 2011. Mr. Dimitrov also sits on the investment committee of Fifth Street Management and has served as the chief investment officer of FSAM (NASDAQ:FSAM) since September 2014. Mr. Dimitrov joined Fifth Street in May 2005 and is responsible for the credit underwriting of our investment portfolios, overseeing risk analysis and investment approvals. Mr. Dimitrov leads the tactical asset allocation decisions for the portfolio, shifting exposures between asset classes and industries, as well as managing interest rate risk. He is also responsible for the recruitment and development of the Fifth Street Management’s investment team. Mr. Dimitrov also heads the senior loan product business strategy across Fifth Street’s platform. He has substantial experience in financial analysis, valuation and investment research. Mr. Dimitrov graduated from the Carroll Graduate School of Management at Boston College with an M.S. in Finance and has a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Maine. He is also a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and has completed CFA Institute’s Investment Management Workshop at Harvard Business School.

Mr. Dimitrov brings substantial experience in financial analysis, underwriting, valuation and investment research. Mr. Dimitrov’s position as FSC’s president and chief investment officer and FSFR’s chief executive officer and the chief investment officer of our investment adviser provides the Board with a direct line of communication to, and direct knowledge of the operations of, our Companies and our investment adviser, respectively. The foregoing qualifications led to our conclusion that Mr. Dimitrov should serve as a member of each Board.

Alexander C. Frank.  Mr. Frank has been a member of FSFR’s Board of Directors since November 2014, and previously served as FSC’s chief financial officer from September 2011 to July 2014, FSFR’s chief operating officer from November 2013 to July 2014 and chief financial officer from May 2013 to November 2013. Mr. Frank also serves as the chief operating officer and chief financial officer of FSAM. Prior to joining the Fifth Street, he served as a managing director and chief financial officer of Chilton Investment Company LLC, a global investment management firm, from September 2008 to March 2011. Mr. Frank was responsible for finance and operations infrastructure. Prior to that, Mr. Frank spent over 22 years at Morgan Stanley, having served as global head of institutional operations, global corporate controller and chief financial officer of U.S. broker/dealer operations and global treasurer. In his roles, he oversaw various securities infrastructure services, creating efficiencies throughout the organization, and managed all aspects of the internal and external financial control and reporting functions. He also oversaw the firm’s financing, capital planning, cash management and rating agency functions. Mr. Frank began his career in audit and tax accounting at Arthur Andersen LLP before joining Morgan Stanley in 1985. He received an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan and a B.A. from Dartmouth College.

Mr. Frank’s extensive experience with public companies and knowledge of accounting and regulatory issues brings important and valuable skills to his Board service with our Company. In addition, Mr. Frank’s previous service as an officer of both Companies also provides him with a specific understanding of FSFR, its operations, and the business and regulatory issues facing business development companies. The foregoing qualifications led to our conclusion that Mr. Frank should serve as a member of FSFR’s Board.

Sandeep K. Khorana.  Mr. Khorana has been a managing director of FSC CT (including its predecessors) since October 2010, and has over 13 years of private equity sponsor coverage and leveraged finance experience. He leads the origination and sponsor coverage efforts for Fifth Street and directly covers some of its key private equity clients. Mr. Khorana also serves as head of the Chicago office for Fifth Street. Previously, Mr. Khorana was a director at Angelo, Gordon & Co. from June 2010 through October 2010 and from February 2006 through May 2009 he was a director in CIT Group Inc.’s Sponsored Finance Group. Prior

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to that, he also spent six years at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and its predecessor organizations in the Financial Sponsors, Loan Syndications and High Yield divisions. Prior to graduate school, Mr. Khorana spent almost three years at KPMG LLP in its audit practice and passed the CPA exam in Illinois. Mr. Khorana received his B.S. in Accounting from Indiana University and his M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

Mr. Khorana brings substantial experience in financial analysis, debt capital markets and private equity coverage as well as experience at larger financial institutions that grew rapidly through acquisitions and launching new products. We believe that Mr. Khorana’s positions as head of originations/sponsor coverage and head of the Chicago office would provide FSC’s the Board with unique perspective in those areas. The foregoing qualifications led to our conclusion that Mr. Khorana should serve as a member of FSC’s Board.

Todd G. Owens.  Mr. Owens has been FSFR’s president since September 2014, a member of FSC’s Board of Directors since November 2014 and FSC’s chief executive officer since January 2015. Mr. Owens has also served as co-president of FSAM (NASDAQ: FSAM) since September 2014. Prior to joining Fifth Street in September 2014, Mr. Owens spent 24 years at Goldman, Sachs & Co, where he became a managing director in 2001 and a partner in 2008. While at Goldman, Sachs & Co., he also served as Head of the West Coast Financial Institutions Group (FIG) for 15 years, Head of the Specialty Finance Group for nearly 10 years and was a senior member of the Bank Group. He holds a B.A. in history and political economy from Williams College. Mr. Owens serves as a trustee for Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles and for City Year Los Angeles.

Mr. Owens brings with him experience in a broad range of industries including commercial finance, asset management, alternative asset management, commercial banking and business development companies. The foregoing qualifications led to our conclusion that Mr. Owens should serve as a member of FSC’s Board.

Executive Officers Who Are Not Directors

Richard A. Petrocelli.  Mr. Petrocelli has served as FSC and FSFR’s chief financial officer since July 2014. Prior to his appointment, he had served as the chief accounting officer of FSC since March 2014. Previously, Mr. Petrocelli spent 15 years at Saratoga Partners, a middle market private equity firm, where he was Managing Director and chief financial officer. Additionally, he served as chief financial officer and chief compliance officer of Saratoga Partner’s publicly-traded business development company, Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR). Mr. Petrocelli received his B.S.B.A. from Georgetown University and earned an M.B.A. from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

David H. Harrison.  Mr. Harrison has been FSFR’s chief compliance officer and secretary since May 2013. Since May 2013, he has also been serving as the chief compliance officer of FSC and as its secretary since September 2014. In addition, Mr. Harrison has served as the executive vice president and secretary of FSAM (NASDAQ:FSAM) since September 2014. He has also served as chief compliance officer and secretary of Fifth Street Management since May 2013 and August 2014, respectively. Mr. Harrison has served as the secretary of FSC CT since March 2012 and chief compliance officer since August 2013. In addition, Mr. Harrison previously served as the director of legal & compliance and as a vice president of FSC, Inc. Prior to joining Fifth Street in October 2009, he was a corporate and securities attorney with the law firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP where he focused on structuring and negotiating various corporate and finance transactions and ensuring compliance with federal securities laws. He received a J.D. from Boston University School of Law and a B.A. from Brandeis University.

Board Leadership Structure

The Boards of the Companies monitor and perform oversight roles with respect to the respective Companies’ business and affairs, including with respect to investment practices and performance, compliance with regulatory requirements and the services, expenses and performance of service providers. Among other things, our Boards respectively approve the appointment of our investment adviser and our executive officers, review and monitor the services and activities performed by our investment adviser and our executive officers and approve the engagement of, and review the performance of, our independent registered public accounting firm.

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Under FSC’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws and FSFR’s Bylaws, each Board may designate a chairman to preside over the meetings of the Board and meetings of the stockholders and to perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Board. Neither Company has a fixed policy as to whether the chairman of the Board should be an independent director; the Companies believe that each Company should maintain the flexibility to select the chairman and reorganize the leadership structure, from time to time, based on the criteria that is in each Company’s best interests and the best interests of each Company’s stockholders at such times. Our Boards have established corporate governance procedures to guard against, among other things, an improperly constituted Board. Pursuant to each Company’s Corporate Governance Policy, whenever the chairman of the Board is not an independent director, the chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will act as the presiding independent director at meetings of the “Non-Management Directors” (which will include the independent directors and other directors who are not officers of the respective Company even though they may have another relationship with such Company or its management that prevents them from being independent directors).

Presently, Mr. Berman serves as the chairman of FSC’s and FSFR’s Boards. We believe that Mr. Berman’s history with each Company, familiarity with Fifth Street’s investment platform and extensive knowledge of the financial services industry qualify him to serve as the chairman of each Company. We believe that we are best served through this existing leadership structure, as Mr. Berman’s relationship with our investment adviser provides an effective bridge and encourages an open dialogue between management and each Company’s Board, ensuring that these groups act with a common purpose.

Our Boards do not currently have a designated lead independent director. We are aware of the potential conflicts that may arise when a non-independent director is chairman of the Board, but believe these potential conflicts are offset by our strong corporate governance practices. Our corporate governance practices include regular meetings of the independent directors in executive session without the presence of interested directors and management, the establishment of Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees comprised solely of independent directors and the appointment of a chief compliance officer, with whom the independent directors meet with in executive session, for administering our compliance policies and procedures. While certain non-management members of our Boards may participate on the boards of directors of other public companies, we monitor such participation to ensure it is not excessive and does not interfere with their duties to us.

Boards’ Role In Risk Oversight

Each Company’s Board performs its risk oversight function primarily through (i) three standing committees, which report to the Board and are comprised solely of independent directors, and (ii) active monitoring of our chief compliance officer and the applicable Company’s compliance policies and procedures.

As described below in more detail, the applicable Company’s Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee assist the applicable Board in fulfilling its risk oversight responsibilities. The Audit Committees’ risk oversight responsibilities include overseeing such Company’s accounting and financial reporting processes, the Company’s systems of internal controls regarding finance and accounting, and audits of the Company’s financial statements, as well as the establishment of guidelines and making recommendations to the applicable Board regarding the valuation of the Company’s respective loans and investments. The Compensation Committees’ risk oversight responsibilities include reviewing and approving the reimbursement by each of the Companies of the compensation of the chief financial officer and chief compliance officer and their staffs. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees’ risk oversight responsibilities include selecting, researching and nominating directors for election by the applicable Company’s stockholders, developing and recommending to the applicable Board a set of corporate governance principles and overseeing the evaluation of such Board and our management.

Each Board also performs its risk oversight responsibilities with the assistance of such Company’s chief compliance officer. Each Board annually reviews a written report from the chief compliance officer discussing the adequacy and effectiveness of the compliance policies and procedures of each respective Company. The chief compliance officer’s annual report addresses at a minimum (i) the operation of the compliance policies and procedures of the Company since the last report; (ii) any material changes to such policies and procedures

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since the last report; (iii) any recommendations for material changes to such policies and procedures as a result of the chief compliance officer’s annual review; and (iv) any compliance matter that has occurred since the date of the last report about which the Board would reasonably need to know to oversee our compliance activities and risks. In addition, the chief compliance officer meets in executive session with each Board’s independent directors.

Each Company believes that the role of its Board in risk oversight is effective and appropriate given the extensive regulation to which it is already subject as a BDC. As BDCs, we are required to comply with certain regulatory requirements that control the levels of risk in our respective businesses and operations. For example, we were limited in our ability to enter into transactions with our affiliates, until we obtained an exemptive order from the SEC on September 9, 2014.

Transactions with Related Persons

Each Company has entered into an investment advisory agreement with Fifth Street Management, our investment adviser. Messrs. Berman and Dimitrov, each an interested member of each Company’s Board of Directors, and Messrs. Owens and Tannenbaum, interested members of FSC’s Board of Directors and Mr. Frank for FSFR’s Board of Directors, have a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in Fifth Street Management. Fifth Street Management is a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, that is partially and indirectly owned by FSAM.

Under FSC’s investment advisory agreement, fees payable to our investment adviser will be equal to (a) a base management fee of 2.0% of the value of its gross assets, which includes any borrowings for investment purposes and excludes cash and cash equivalents, and (b) an incentive fee based on its performance. The incentive fee consists of two parts. The first part is calculated and payable quarterly in arrears and equals 20% of FSC’s “Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income” for the immediately preceding quarter, subject to a preferred return, or “hurdle,” and a “catch up” feature. The second part is determined and payable in arrears as of the end of each fiscal year (or upon termination of the investment advisory agreement) and equals 20% of FSC’s “Incentive Fee Capital Gains,” which equals its realized capital gains on a cumulative basis from inception through the end of the year, if any, computed net of all realized capital losses and unrealized capital depreciation on a cumulative basis, less the aggregate amount of any previously paid capital gain incentive fee.

Under FSFR’s investment advisory agreement, fees payable to our investment adviser will be equal to (a) a base management fee of 1.0% of the value of its gross assets, which includes any borrowings for investment purposes and excludes cash and cash equivalents, and (b) an incentive fee based on its performance. The incentive fee consists of two parts. The first part is calculated and payable quarterly in arrears and equals 20% of FSFR’s “Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income” for the immediately preceding quarter, subject to a preferred return, or “hurdle,” and a “catch up” feature. The second part is determined and payable in arrears as of the end of each fiscal year (or upon termination of the investment advisory agreement) and equals 20% of FSFR’s “Incentive Fee Capital Gains,” which equals its realized capital gains on a cumulative basis from inception through the end of the year, if any, computed net of all realized capital losses and unrealized capital depreciation on a cumulative basis, less the aggregate amount of any previously paid capital gain incentive fee.

Each investment advisory agreement may be terminated by either party without penalty upon no fewer than 60 days’ written notice to the other. FSC incurred investment advisory fees of $87.2 million for fiscal year 2014 under its investment advisory agreement. FSFR incurred investment advisory fees of $3.2 million for fiscal year 2014 under its investment advisory agreement.

Each Company has entered into an administration agreement with FSC CT, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of our investment adviser. Pursuant to the administration agreements with FSC CT, FSC CT provides administrative services to each Company, including office facilities and equipment, and clerical, bookkeeping and recordkeeping services at such facilities. Under the administration agreements, FSC CT also performs or oversees the performance of each Company’s required administrative services, which includes being responsible for the financial records which the Companies are required to maintain and preparing reports to each Company’s stockholders and reports filed with the SEC. In addition, FSC CT assists each Company in determining and publishing each Company’s net asset value, overseeing the preparation and filing of each

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Company’s tax returns and the printing and dissemination of reports to each Company’s stockholders, and generally overseeing the payment of each Company’s expenses and the performance of administrative and professional services rendered to each Company by others. For providing these services, facilities and personnel, each Company reimburses FSC CT the allocable portion of overhead and other expenses incurred by FSC CT in performing its obligations under the respective administration agreement, including a portion of the rent of each Company’s principal executive offices at market rates and each Company’s allocable portion of the costs of compensation and related expenses of the chief financial officer and chief compliance officer and their staffs. Such reimbursement is at cost, with no profit to, or markup by, FSC CT. FSC CT may also offer to provide, on either Company’s behalf, managerial assistance to each Company’s portfolio companies. Each administration agreement may be terminated by either party without penalty upon 60 days’ written notice to the other party. FSC incurred approximately $5.7 million of administration fees, and FSFR incurred approximately $0.7 million of administration fees, for fiscal year 2014 under their respective administration agreements.

Each Company has also entered into a license agreement with Fifth Street Capital LLC (“Fifth Street Capital”) pursuant to which Fifth Street Capital LLC has agreed to grant each a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use the name “Fifth Street.” Under this agreement, each Company has a right to use the “Fifth Street” name, for so long as Fifth Street Management or one of its affiliates remains its investment adviser. Other than with respect to this limited license, neither Company has a legal right to the “Fifth Street” name. Fifth Street Capital is controlled by Mr. Tannenbaum, the chief executive officer of our investment adviser.

Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Persons

Each Company’s independent directors are required to review, approve or ratify any transactions with related persons (as such term is defined in Item 404 of Regulation S-K).

Material Conflicts of Interest

Certain of our executive officers, directors and/or members of our investment adviser, serve or may serve as officers, directors or principals of entities that operate in the same or a related line of business as we do or of investment funds managed by our investment adviser or its affiliates. For example, Fifth Street Management presently serves as investment adviser to both FSC and FSFR and will encounter certain investment opportunities that satisfy the investment criteria for both Companies. FSC had total assets of approximately $2.7 billion as of September 30, 2014. FSC generally targets small and mid-sized companies with annual revenues between $25 million and $250 million and targets investment sizes generally ranging from $10 million to $100 million. In addition, although not the primary focus of FSC’s investment portfolio, FSC’s investments also include floating rate senior loans. FSFR had total assets of approximately $413 million as of September 30, 2014, and invests in senior secured loans, including first lien, unitranche and second lien debt instruments, that pay interest at rates which are determined periodically on the basis of a floating base lending rate, made to private middle market companies whose debt is rated below investment grade, similar to those that FSC targets for investment. Specifically, FSFR targets private leveraged middle market companies with approximately $20 million to $100 million of EBITDA and targets investment sizes generally ranging from $3 million and $35 million. Therefore, there may be certain investment opportunities that satisfy the investment criteria for both FSC and FSFR. In addition, certain of our executive officers and independent directors serve in substantially similar capacities for both FSC and FSFR. Fifth Street Management and its affiliates also manage private investment funds, and may manage other funds in the future, that have investment mandates that are similar, in whole and in part, with ours. Accordingly, they may have obligations to investors in those entities, the fulfillment of which might not be in the best interests of us or our stockholders. For example, the principals of our investment adviser may face conflicts of interest in the allocation of investment opportunities to us and such other funds.

Fifth Street Management has adopted, and our Boards of Directors have approved, an investment allocation policy that governs the allocation of investment opportunities among the investment funds managed by Fifth Street Management and its affiliates. To the extent an investment opportunity is appropriate for either or both Companies and/or any other investment fund managed by our affiliates, and co-investment is not possible, Fifth Street Management will adhere to its investment allocation policy in order to determine to which entity to allocate the opportunity. The 1940 Act prohibits the Companies from making certain

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negotiated co-investments with affiliates, including with one another, unless they receive an order from the SEC permitting us to do so. As such, we were substantially limited in our ability to co-invest in privately negotiated transactions with affiliated funds until we obtained an exemptive order from the SEC on September 9, 2014. The exemptive relief permits us to participate in negotiated co-investment transactions, subject to the conditions of the relief granted by the SEC, with certain affiliates, each of whose investment adviser is Fifth Street Management, or an investment adviser controlling, controlled by or under common control with Fifth Street Management, in a manner consistent with our investment objective, positions, policies, strategies and restrictions as well as regulatory requirements and other pertinent factors, and pursuant to the conditions of the exemptive relief.

If we are unable to rely on our exemptive relief for a particular opportunity, such opportunity will be allocated first to the entity whose investment strategy is the most consistent with the opportunity being allocated, and second, if the terms of the opportunity are consistent with more than one entity's investment strategy, on an alternating basis. Although our investment professionals will endeavor to allocate investment opportunities in a fair and equitable manner, each Company and its respective common stockholders could be adversely affected to the extent investment opportunities are allocated among us and other investment vehicles managed or sponsored by, or affiliated with, our executive officers, directors and members of our investment adviser.

Fifth Street Management’s investment allocation policy is also designed to manage and mitigate the conflicts of interest associated with the allocation of investment opportunities if we are able to co-invest, either pursuant to SEC interpretive positions or our exemptive order, with other accounts managed by our investment adviser and its affiliates. Generally, under the investment allocation policy, co-investments will be allocated pursuant to the conditions of the exemptive order. Under the investment allocation policy, a portion of each opportunity that is appropriate for us and any affiliated fund will be offered to us and such other eligible accounts as determined by Fifth Street Management and generally based on asset class, fund size and liquidity, among other factors. If there is a sufficient amount of securities to satisfy all participants, the securities will be allocated among the participants in accordance with their order size and if there is an insufficient amount of securities to satisfy all participants, the securities will be allocated pro rata based on each participating party’s capital available for investment in the asset class being allocated, up to the amount proposed to be invested by each. In accordance with Fifth Street Management’s investment allocation policy, we might not participate in each individual opportunity, but will, on an overall basis, be entitled to participate equitably with other entities managed by Fifth Street Management and its affiliates. Fifth Street Management seeks to treat all clients fairly and equitably such that none receive preferential treatment vis-à-vis the others over time, in a manner consistent with its fiduciary duty to each of them; however, in some instances, especially in instances of limited liquidity, the factors may not result in pro rata allocations or may result in situations where certain funds receive allocations where others do not.

Pursuant to the administration agreement with FSC CT, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fifth Street Management, FSC CT furnishes each Company with the facilities, including its principal executive offices, and administrative services necessary to conduct its day-to-day operations. Each Company pays FSC CT its allocable portion of overhead and other expenses incurred by FSC CT in performing its obligations under the administration agreement, including a portion of the rent at market rates and the compensation of each Company’s chief financial officer and chief compliance officer and their respective staffs.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the Companies’ directors and executive officers, and persons who own 10% or more of its voting stock, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership of its equity securities with the SEC. Directors, executive officers and 10% or more holders are required by SEC regulations to furnish each Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. Based solely on a review of the copies of those forms furnished to us, or written representations that no such forms were required, we believe that our directors, executive officers and 10% or more beneficial owners complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements during the year ended September 30, 2014, except that Mr. Steven M. Noreika, FSFR’s former chief financial officer, did not timely file a Form 3 upon being appointed chief financial officer in November 2013, but such Form 3 was subsequently filed on December 24, 2013.

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Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance Documents

We maintain a corporate governance webpage at the “Corporate Governance” link under the “Investor Relations” link at http://fsc.fifthstreetfinance.com for FSC and http://fsfr.fifthstreetfinance.com for FSFR.

Our Corporate Governance Policies, Joint Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Joint Code of Ethics and each Company’s Board Committee charters are available at the above websites and are also available to any stockholder who requests them by writing to David H. Harrison, Secretary, Fifth Street Finance Corp., or Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp., as applicable, 777 West Putnam Avenue, 3^rd Floor, Greenwich, CT 06830.

Director Independence

In accordance with rules of NASDAQ, each Company’s Board annually determines the independence of each director. No director is considered independent unless the applicable Board has determined that he or she has no material relationship with the applicable Company. Each Company monitors the status of its directors and officers through the activities of such Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and through a questionnaire to be completed by each director no less frequently than annually, with updates periodically if information provided in the most recent questionnaire has materially changed.

In order to evaluate the materiality of any such relationship, each Board uses the definition of director independence set forth in the NASDAQ Listing Rules. Section 5605 provides that a director of a BDC shall be considered to be independent if he or she is not an “interested person” of the Company, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act defines an “interested person” to include, among other things, any person who has, or within the last two years had, a material business or professional relationship with the Company.

Each Board has determined that each of the directors is independent and has no relationship with the Company, except as a director and stockholder of the Company, with the exception of Messrs. Berman, Dimitrov, Khorana, Owens and Tannenbaum with respect to FSC and Messrs. Berman, Dimitrov and Frank with respect to FSFR. Messrs. Berman, Dimitrov, Frank, Khorana, Owens and Tannenbaum are interested persons due to their positions at our investment adviser and/or at one or both of the Companies.

Evaluation

Each Company’s directors perform an evaluation, of the effectiveness of such Company’s Board and its committees. This evaluation includes Board and Board committee discussions.

Board Meetings and Committees

FSC’s Board met nine times during fiscal year 2014. Each director attended at least 75% of the total number of meetings of the Board and committees on which the director served that were held while the director was a member. FSFR’s Board met twelve times during fiscal year 2014. Each director attended at least 75% of the total number of meetings of the Board and committees on which the director served that were held while the director was a member. Each Board’s standing committees are set forth below. Our directors are encouraged to attend each Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Two of FSC’s directors attended FSC’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in person. In addition, two of FSFR’s directors attended FSFR’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in person.

Communications with Directors

Stockholders and other interested parties may contact any member (or all members) of either Company’s Board by mail. To communicate with either Company’s Board, any individual directors or any group or committee of directors, correspondence should be addressed to such Board or any such individual directors or group or committee of directors by either name or title. All such correspondence should be sent to Fifth Street Finance Corp. or Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp., as applicable, 777 West Putnam Avenue, 3^rd Floor, Greenwich, CT 06830, Attention: Corporate Secretary. Any communication to report potential issues regarding accounting, internal controls and other auditing matters will be directed to the applicable Company’s Audit Committee. Appropriate personnel of the Company will review and sort through communications before forwarding them to the addressee(s).

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Audit Committee

Each Company’s Audit Committee is responsible for selecting, engaging and discharging its independent accountants, reviewing the plans, scope and results of the audit engagement with its independent accountants, approving professional services provided by its independent accountants (including compensation thereof), reviewing the independence of its independent accountants and reviewing the adequacy of its internal control over financial reporting, as well as establishing guidelines and making recommendations to its Board regarding the valuation of its loans and investments.

FSC

The members of the Audit Committee of FSC are Messrs. Castro-Blanco, Dunn, Dutkiewicz, Haney and Ray, each of whom is not an interested person of FSC for purposes of the 1940 Act and is independent for purposes of the NASDAQ corporate governance regulations. Mr. Dutkiewicz serves as the chairman of FSC’s Audit Committee. FSC’s Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Dutkiewicz is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined under SEC rules. FSC’s Audit Committee met ten times during the 2014 fiscal year.

A charter of FSC’s Audit Committee is available in print to any stockholder who requests it and is also available on FSC’s website at http://fsc.fifthstreetfinance.com.

FSFR

The members of the Audit Committee of FSFR are Messrs. Dunn, Dutkiewicz, Kay and Ray, each of whom is not an interested person of FSFR for purposes of the 1940 Act and is independent for purposes of the NASDAQ corporate governance regulations. Mr. Dutkiewicz serves as the chairman of FSFR’s Audit Committee. FSFR’s Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Dutkiewicz is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined under SEC rules. FSFR’s Audit Committee met eight times during the 2014 fiscal year.

A charter of FSFR’s Audit Committee is available in print to any stockholder who requests it and is also available on FSFR’s website at http://fsfr.fifthstreetfinance.com.

Compensation Committee

Each Company’s Compensation Committee is responsible for reviewing and approving the reimbursement by such Company of the compensation of its chief financial officer and chief compliance officer and their staffs.

FSC

The current members of FSC’s Compensation Committee are Messrs. Dunn, Dutkiewicz and Ray, each of whom is not an interested person of FSC for purposes of the 1940 Act and is independent for purposes of the NASDAQ corporate governance regulations. Mr. Ray serves as the chairman of FSC’s Compensation Committee. As discussed below, none of FSC’s executive officers are directly compensated by FSC. FSC’s Compensation Committee met once during the 2014 fiscal year.

A charter of the Compensation Committee is available in print to any stockholder who requests it and is also available on FSC’s website at http://fsc.fifthstreetfinance.com.

FSFR

The current members of FSFR’s Compensation Committee are Messrs. Dunn, Dutkiewicz and Ray, each of whom is not an interested person of FSFR for purposes of the 1940 Act and is independent for purposes of the NASDAQ corporate governance regulations. Mr. Dunn serves as the chairman of the Compensation Committee. As discussed below, none of FSFR’s executive officers are directly compensated by FSFR. FSFR’s Compensation Committee met once during the 2014 fiscal year.

A charter of the Compensation Committee is available in print to any stockholder who requests it and is also available on FSFR’s website at http://fsfr.fifthstreetfinance.com.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Each Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for determining criteria for service on such Company’s Board, identifying, researching and nominating directors for election

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by its stockholders, selecting nominees to fill vacancies on its Board or a committee of the Board, developing and recommending to the Board a set of corporate governance principles and overseeing the self-evaluation of the Board and its committees and evaluation of management. Each Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers nominees properly recommended by its stockholders.

The members of FSC’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are Messrs. Castro-Blanco, Dunn and Haney, each of whom is not an interested person of FSC for purposes of the 1940 Act and is independent for purposes of the NASDAQ corporate governance regulations. Mr. Dunn serves as the chairman of FSC’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. FSC’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee met twice during the 2014 fiscal year.

The members of FSFR’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are Messrs. Dunn, Kay and Ray, each of whom is not an interested person of FSFR for purposes of the 1940 Act and is independent for purposes of the NASDAQ corporate governance regulations. Mr. Dunn serves as the chairman of FSFR’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. FSFR’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee met once during the 2014 fiscal year.

Each Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers qualified director nominees recommended by stockholders when such recommendations are submitted in accordance with either FSC’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws or FSFR’s Bylaws, as applicable, and any other applicable law, rule or regulation regarding director nominations. Stockholders may submit candidates for nomination for either Company’s board of directors by writing to: Board of Directors, Fifth Street Finance Corp. or Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp., as applicable, 777 West Putnam Avenue, 3^rd Floor, Greenwich, CT 06830. When submitting a nomination for consideration, a stockholder must provide certain information about each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director, including: (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person; (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the person; (iii) the class or series and number of shares of our capital stock owned beneficially or of record by the persons; and (iv) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by the proposed nominee’s written consent to be named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected.

In evaluating director nominees, each Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers the following factors:

Each Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s goal is to assemble a Board of Directors that brings it a variety of perspectives and skills derived from high quality business and professional experience.

Other than the foregoing, there are no stated minimum criteria for director nominees, although each Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may also consider such other factors as it may deem are in its best interests and those of its stockholders. Each Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also believes it appropriate for certain key members of its management to participate as members of the Board. Each Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not assign

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specific weights to particular criteria and no particular criterion is necessarily applicable to all prospective nominees. We believe that the backgrounds and qualifications of the directors, considered as a group, should provide a significant composite mix of experience, knowledge and abilities that will allow each Board to fulfill its responsibilities. Each Company’s Board does not have a specific diversity policy, but considers diversity of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, cultural background and professional experiences in evaluating candidates for Board membership.

Each Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee identifies nominees by first evaluating the current members of the Board willing to continue in service. Current members of the Board with skills and experience that are relevant to the applicable business and who are willing to continue in service are considered for re-nomination, balancing the value of continuity of service by existing members of the Board with that of obtaining a new perspective. If any member of the Board does not wish to continue in service or if the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee or the Board decides not to re-nominate a member for re-election, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee would identify the desired skills and experience of a new nominee in light of the criteria above. Current members of each Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Board review and discuss for suggestions as to individuals meeting the criteria of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Research may also be performed to identify qualified individuals. We have not engaged third parties to identify or evaluate or assist in identifying potential nominees to the respective Boards.

A charter of FSC’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is available in print to any stockholder who requests it, and it is also available on FSC’s website at http://fsc.fifthstreetfinance.com.

A charter of FSFR’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is available in print to any stockholder who requests it, and it is also available on FSFR’s website at http://fsfr.fifthstreetfinance.com.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

The Companies have adopted a Joint Code of Business Conduct and Ethics which applies to, among others, executive officers, including each Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as well as every officer, director and the investment personnel of each Company. Requests for copies should be sent in writing to David H. Harrison, Chief Compliance Officer, Fifth Street Finance Corp. or Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp., as applicable, 777 West Putnam Avenue, 3^rd Floor, Greenwich, CT 06830. The Joint Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is also available at http://fsc.fifthstreetfinance.com or http://fsfr.fifthstreetfinance.com.

If either Company makes any substantive amendment to, or grants a waiver from, a provision of the Joint Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, such Company will promptly disclose the nature of the amendment or waiver on its website at http://fsc.fifthstreetfinance.com or http://fsfr.fifthstreetfinance.com, as applicable.

Executive Compensation

Neither Company’s executive officers receive direct compensation from the Company. The compensation of the principals and other investment professionals of our investment adviser are paid by FSC CT, our administrator. Further, each Company is prohibited under the 1940 Act from issuing equity incentive compensation, including stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and stock, to its officers or directors, or any employees it may have in the future. Compensation paid to the chief financial officer and chief compliance officer and their staffs and other support personnel is set by our administrator, FSC CT, and is subject to reimbursement by each Company of an allocable portion of such compensation for services rendered to it.

During fiscal year 2014, FSC reimbursed FSC CT approximately $2.19 million for the allocable portion of compensation expenses incurred by FSC CT on behalf of FSC’s chief financial officer, chief compliance officer and other support personnel, pursuant to its administration agreement.

During fiscal year 2014, FSFR reimbursed FSC CT approximately $374,134 for the allocable portion of compensation expenses incurred by FSC CT on behalf of FSFR’s chief financial officer, chief compliance officer and other support personnel, pursuant to its administration agreement.

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Director Compensation

The following table sets forth compensation of each Company’s directors for the year ended September 30, 2014:

		Fees Earned or Paid in Cash(1)(2)								Total
Name (Company or Companies)		FSC				FSFR				FSC				FSFR
Interested Directors
Bernard D. Berman (FSC; FSFR			—				—				—				—
Ivelin M. Dimitrov (FSC; FSFR)			—				—				—				—
Alexander C. Frank (FSFR)			—				—				—				—
Sandeep K. Khorana (FSC)(3)
Todd G. Owens (FSC)			—				—				—				—
Independent Directors:
James Castro-Blanco (FSC)		$	17,800				—			$	17,800				—
Brian S. Dunn (FSC; FSFR)		$	127,800			$	65,300			$	127,800			$	65,300
Richard P. Dutkiewicz (FSC; FSFR)		$	135,800			$	62,100			$	135,800			$	62,100
Byron J. Haney (FSC)		$	117,500				—			$	117,500				—
Jeffrey R. Kay (FSFR)			—			$	57,600				—			$	57,600
Frank C. Meyer(4)		$	80,500							$	80,500
Douglas F. Ray (FSC; FSFR)		$	124,300			$	2,683			$	124,300			$	2,683

FSC

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014, the independent directors of FSC received an annual retainer fee of $90,000, payable once per year to independent directors that attend at least 75% of the meetings held the previous year. In addition, the independent directors of FSC received $2,500 for each Board meeting in which the director attended in person and $1,000 for each Board meeting in which the director participated other than in person, and reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending each Board meeting. The independent directors also received $1,000 for each Board committee meeting in which they attended in person and $500 for each Board committee meeting in which they participated other than in person, plus reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending each committee meeting not held concurrently with a Board meeting. The independent directors serving on FSC’s Co-Investment Committee, which is responsible for reviewing and approving certain co-investment transactions under the conditions of the exemptive order we received from the SEC, also receive additional fees for their participation in Co-Investment Committee meetings.

In addition, the chairman of the Audit Committee of FSC received an annual retainer of $15,000, while the chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee of FSC each received an annual retainer of $5,000. No compensation was paid to directors who are interested persons of FSC as defined in the 1940 Act.

FSFR

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014, the independent directors of FSFR received an annual retainer fee of $25,000, payable once per year to independent directors that attend at least 75% of the meetings held the previous year. In addition, the independent directors of FSFR received $2,000 for each Board meeting in which the director attended in person and $1,000 for each Board meeting in which the

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director participated other than in person, and reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending each Board meeting. The independent directors also received $1,000 for each Board committee meeting in which they attended in person and $500 for each Board committee meeting in which they participated other than in person, plus reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending each committee meeting not held concurrently with a Board meeting. The independent directors serving on FSFR’s Co-Investment Committee, which is responsible for reviewing and approving certain co-investment transactions under the conditions of the exemptive order we received from the SEC, also receive additional fees for their participation in Co-Investment Committee meetings.

In addition, the chairman of the Audit Committee of FSFR received an annual retainer of $5,000, while the chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee of FSFR each received an annual retainer of $2,500. No compensation was paid to directors who are interested persons of FSFR as defined in the 1940 Act.

PROPOSAL 2 — RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE 2015 FISCAL YEAR

Upon the recommendation of each respective Audit Committee of the Boards, each Board has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as such Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending September 30, 2015, subject to ratification by each Company’s stockholders.

It is expected that a representative of PwC will be present at the Annual Meeting and will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she chooses and will be available to answer questions.

Independent Auditor’s Fees

The following table presents fees for professional services rendered by PwC for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2014 and 2013.

		2014								2013
		FSC				FSFR				FSC				FSFR
Audit Fees		$	1,053,000			$	227,800			$	862,500			$	90,000
Audit-Related Fees			135,000				150,000				245,000				65,000
Aggregate Non-Audit Fees:
Tax Fees			106,300				35,000				98,200				35,000
All Other Fees			—				—				—				—
Total Aggregate Non-Audit Fees			106,300	(1)			35,000	(2)			98,200	(3)			35,000	(4)
Total Fees		$	1,294,000			$	412,800			$	1,205,700			$	190,000

Audit Fees.  Audit fees consist of fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit of our year-end financial statements and services that are normally provided by the independent registered public accounting firm in connection with statutory and regulatory filings.

Audit-Related Fees.  Audit-related services consist of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.” These services include attest services that are not required by statute or regulation and consultations concerning financial accounting and reporting standards.

Tax Fees.  Tax fees consist of fees billed for professional services for tax compliance. These services include assistance regarding federal, state and local tax compliance.

All Other Fees.  All other fees would include fees for products and services other than the services reported above.

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Required Vote

For each Company, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy is required to approve this proposal. Abstentions will not be included in determining the number of votes cast and, as a result, will have no effect on this proposal. Because brokers will have discretionary authority to vote for the ratification of the selection of registered independent public accounting firm in the event that they do not receive voting instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares, there should not be any broker non-votes with respect this proposal.

Each Board unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” this proposal. Proxies solicited by either Board will be voted “FOR” Proposal 2 unless otherwise instructed.

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Audit Committee Report

The following is the joint report of the Audit Committees with respect to each Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2014.

As part of its oversight of the Company’s financial statements, each Company’s Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with both management and its independent registered public accounting firm all of the Company’s financial statements filed with the SEC for each quarter during fiscal year 2014 and as of and for the year ended September 30, 2014. Each Company’s management advised each Audit Committee that all financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and reviewed significant accounting issues with the Audit Committee. Each Company’s Audit Committee discussed with its independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, Communication with Audit Committees, as amended (AICPA, Professional Standards, Vol. 1. AU section 380), as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Board in Rule 3200T. The independent registered public accounting firm also provided to both Companies’ Audit Committees the written disclosures required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the applicable Company’s Audit Committee concerning independence, and such Audit Committee discussed the subject of independence with the independent registered public accounting firm.

Each Company’s Audit Committee has established a pre-approval policy that describes the permitted audit, audit-related, tax and other services to be provided by PwC, each Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. Pursuant to the policies, each Company’s Audit Committee pre-approves the audit and non-audit services performed by the independent registered public accounting firm in order to assure that the provision of such service does not impair the firm’s independence.

Any requests for audit, audit-related, tax, and other services that have not received general pre-approval must be submitted to the applicable Company’s Audit Committee for specific pre-approval, irrespective of the amount, and cannot commence until such approval has been granted. Normally, pre-approval is provided at regularly scheduled meetings of the applicable Audit Committee. However, such Audit Committee may delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of its members. The member or members to whom such authority is delegated shall report any pre-approval decisions to the applicable Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. Neither of the Companies’ Audit Committees delegates its responsibilities to pre-approve services performed by the independent registered public accounting firm to management.

Each Company’s Audit Committee has reviewed the audit fees paid by such Company to the independent registered public accounting firm. It has also reviewed non-audit services and fees to assure compliance with the applicable Company’s and Audit Committee’s policies restricting the independent registered public accounting firm from performing services that might impair its independence.

Based on the reviews and discussions referred to above, each Company’s Audit Committee recommended to the applicable Board that the financial statements as of and for the year ended September 30, 2014, be included in each Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2014, for filing with the SEC. Each of the Audit Committees also recommended the selection of PwC to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm of each Company for the year ending September 30, 2015.

FSC Audit Committee		FSFR Audit Committee
Richard P. Dutkiewicz, Chairman		Richard P. Dutkiewicz, Chairman
James Castro-Blanco, Member		Brian S. Dunn, Member
Brian S. Dunn, Member		Jeffrey R. Kay, Member
Byron J. Haney, Member		Douglas F. Ray, Member
Douglas F. Ray, Member

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OTHER MATTERS
 
Stockholder Proposals

Any stockholder proposals submitted pursuant to the SEC’s Rule 14a-8 for inclusion in either Companies’ proxy statement and form of proxy for the 2016 Joint Annual Meeting of Stockholders must be received by the applicable Company on or before October 9, 2015. Such proposals must also comply with the requirements as to form and substance established by the SEC if such proposals are to be included in the proxy statement and form of proxy. Any such proposal should be mailed to: Fifth Street Finance Corp. or Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp., as applicable, 777 West Putnam Avenue, 3^rd Floor, Greenwich, CT 06830, Attention: Corporate Secretary.

Stockholder proposals or director nominations for either Company to be presented at the 2016 Joint Annual Meeting of Stockholders, other than stockholder proposals submitted pursuant to the SEC’s Rule 14a-8, must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the applicable Company not less than ninety (90) days in advance of the one year anniversary of the date the Companies’ proxy statement was released to stockholders in connection with the previous year’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders. For the 2016 Joint Annual Meeting of Stockholders, either Company must receive such proposals and nominations no later than November 8, 2015. If the date of the Annual Meeting has been changed by more than thirty (30) calendar days from the date contemplated at the time of the previous year’s proxy statement, stockholder proposals or director nominations must be so received not later than the tenth day following the day on which such notice of the date of the 2016 Joint Annual Meeting of Stockholders or such public disclosure is made. Proposals must also comply with the other requirements contained in FSC’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws or FSFR’s Bylaws, as applicable, including supporting documentation and other information. Proxies solicited by either Company will confer discretionary voting authority with respect to these proposals, subject to SEC rules governing the exercise of this authority.

Other Business

Each Company’s Board does not presently intend to bring any other business before the Annual Meeting, and, so far as is known to each Board, no matters may properly be brought before the Annual Meeting except as specified in the Notice of the Annual Meeting. As to any other business that may properly come before the Annual Meeting, however, the proxies, in the form enclosed, will be voted in respect thereof in accordance with the discretion of the proxyholders.

Whether or not you expect to attend the Annual Meeting, please complete, date, sign and promptly return the accompanying proxy card(s) so that you may be represented at the Annual Meeting.

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