Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. (GSBD) Earnings Call Transcript & Summary

Hello. And welcome to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Goldman Sachs BDC. Please note that today's meeting is being recorded. [Operator Instructions] It is now my pleasure to turn today's meeting over to Joseph McClain, Assistant Secretary. Mr. McClain, the floor is yours.

Thank you, Gigi. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. I'm Joseph McClain, Assistant Secretary of the company, and will be acting as Chair of this meeting. Lindsey Edwards has been appointed to act as Secretary of this meeting. We are pleased to be hosting our annual meeting virtually, which enables us to be more inclusive in reaching greater number of our stockholders. Also present today at -- also present at today's virtual meeting are Doreen Hudson and Philip Meyer, Computershare; Curtis Weber and Christopher Dailey of Dechert LLP, outside counsel of the company and independent legal counsel to the independent directors; and [ Ryan Fulscrofters ], PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the company's independent registered public accounting firm, who is available to respond to any questions stockholders may have regarding the company's financial statements. Before we begin the business of the meeting, let me explain the mechanics of conducting the stockholder meeting. We have distributed the rules of conduct of the meeting. We will conduct this meeting in accordance with these rules. Please note no audio or visual recordings may be made during this meeting. As noted in the rules, we will provide you an opportunity to ask questions regarding the proposals through our virtual meeting web portal prior to the closing of the polls. Though we may not be able to answer every question, we will do our best to provide a response to as many as possible. In addition to fulfilling a legal requirement, this meeting offers stockholders an opportunity to ask questions about the company. We welcome such questions after the formal meeting is concluded. Doreen Hudson has been appointed as inspector of elections and ballots to count the ballots and report the results of the voting upon the closing of the polls at this meeting. Will the inspector, please file the oath required? Isn't Ms. Hudson available from Computershare? I know she was just on.

Yes. I'm here. The oath has been filed with the secretary.

Great.

May 11 is the record date for the purposes of this meeting. I received a list of the company's stockholders as of the record date, which has been prepared in accordance with Delaware Law. I also have copies of the notice of the meeting, the proxy statement, the proxy card and the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, each in a form mailed to each stockholder. Copies of each of these documents are available for inspection by stockholders during the course of the meeting through the virtual meeting portal.

Thank you, Ms. Edwards. Please file the list of stockholders, the copies of the notice of this meeting, the proxy statement, the proxy card. Ms. Hudson has informed me that a quorum is present today for the conduct of business. So I now declare this meeting duly convened, properly organized and confident to transact business. I will now open the floor to consideration of the proposals described in the notice of annual meeting. The first order of business is the proposal to elect 2 Class III directors of the company, who will serve until the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. The persons nominated by the company's Governance and Nominating Committee and the company's Board of Directors are Ross Kari and Ann Lane. The second order of business is proposal to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. Is there any discussion, comments or questions on the proposals, which were set forth in more detail in the company's proxy statement? Okay. Since discussion is now complete, I declare the polls are now, at 10:06 on June 17, 2020, open for all stockholders who can vote on the proposals. The proxies will vote in accordance with the instructions on the proxy card. Any stockholder who's not yet voted or wishes to change his or her vote may do so by clicking on the voting button on the virtual meeting web portal and follow the instructions there. Stockholders who have sent in proxies or voted via telephone or the Internet and do not want to change their votes, do not need to take any further action. Have all stockholders and proxy agents who intend to vote on the proposals presented at this meeting done so? The polls are now, at 10:07 on June 17, 2020, closed. I now ask that the inspector of elections and ballots count all ballots and proxies. I understand that the certificate of inspection is completed. Will the inspector please submit the report?

I submit the certificate of the inspector of election and ballots, which shows that each nominee for election as a Class III director of the company has been duly elected; and that the proposal to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, received sufficient votes for approval.

On the basis of the reports provided by the inspector of election, I declare that all of the proposals presented at this meeting have been approved by the stockholders of the company. The secretary shall file the certificate of the inspector of election and ballots with the records of the company. There being no further official business, I declare that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. is hereby adjourned. Representatives of the company and PwC are available to talk to you and to answer any questions that the company submitted during the meeting on the virtual meeting web portal. Please note that we will attempt to answer as many questions as time allows, but only questions that are relevant to the meeting will be addressed. Thank you. Okay. We see that there are no messages or questions on the meeting portal. So thank you, everyone, for joining, and we'll consider this meeting closed. Thanks all.

This concludes the meeting. You may now disconnect.