Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. Announces Board and Committee Changes
December 08, 2022 at 04:28 pm EST
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On December 6, 2022, the Board of Directors of Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. elected Timothy J. Leach, an independent director of the Board, as Chairman of the Board and each of the Compliance Committee, the Contract Review Committee, and the Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board, effective January 1, 2023. Jaime Ardila, the current Chairman of the Board and each of the Compliance Committee, the Contract Review Committee, and the Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board, will serve in such capacities until the Effective Date and thereafter will continue to serve as an independent director of the Board.
Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. is a specialty finance company focused on lending to middle-market companies. The Company seeks to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation primarily through direct originations of secured debt, including first lien, first lien/last-out unitranche and second lien debt, and unsecured debt, including mezzanine debt, as well as through select equity investments. It may also originate covenant-lite loans, which are loans with fewer financial maintenance covenants than other obligations, or no financial maintenance covenants. In addition to investments in United States middle-market companies, it may invest a portion of its capital in opportunistic investments, such as in large United States companies, foreign companies, stressed or distressed debt, structured products or private equity. It invests in various sectors, including automobiles, chemicals and financial services. Its investment advisor is Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.