UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 5, 2012

 

 

Apollo Investment Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Maryland		814-00646		52-2439556
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

9 West 57th Street,

New York, NY 10019

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 515-3450

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

None

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On September 5, 2012, Apollo Investment Corporation (the “Company”) reconvened its 2012 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), which was adjourned on August 7, 2012 to permit additional time to solicit stockholder votes for the third proposal described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 25, 2012 (the “Proxy”). At the reconvened Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the second proposal described in the Proxy. As of June 13, 2012, the record date, 202,891,351 shares of common stock were eligible to vote.

Proposal 3: The Company’s stockholders approved a proposal to authorize flexibility for the Company, with the approval of its Board of Directors, to sell shares of its common stock (during the next 12 months) at a price below the Company’s then current net asset value per share, subject to certain limitations (including that the cumulative number of shares sold pursuant to such authority does not exceed 25% of its then outstanding common stock immediately prior to each such sale). The proposal was approved pursuant to the voting results set forth below:

 

FOR		AGAINST		ABSTAIN
103,624,061		32,446,972		1,620,348

Broker Non-Vote 20,349,501 shares

The vote on the above proposal, adjusted for 40,012,935 Affiliated Shares, was as follows:

 

FOR		AGAINST		ABSTAIN
83,847,536		12,210,562		1,620,348

Broker Non-Vote 20,349,501 shares

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: September 6, 2012