UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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):

March 4, 2015

 

 

CARLYLE GMS FINANCE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Maryland		No. 000-54899		No. 80-0789789
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

520 Madison Avenue, 38th Floor New York, New York		10022
(Address of Principal Executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 813-4900

Former name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2.):

 

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Kenneth J. Kencel resigned from the Board of Directors of Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc. (the “Company”) effective March 4, 2015. In connection therewith, Mr. Kencel also resigned as a member of the investment committee of Carlyle GMS Investment Management L.L.C., the Company’s investment adviser. On March 4, 2015, following Mr. Kencel’s resignation, the Board of Directors elected Michael A. Hart, the Company’s President, as a Class III Director, effective immediately, to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Kencel’s resignation.

 

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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: March 4, 2015

 

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