Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On November 30, 2019, in connection with changes in management at Alcentra NY,
LLC (the "Adviser"), the external investment adviser to Alcentra Capital
Corporation (the "Company"), Vijay Rajguru resigned from his positions as
Chairman of the Company's board of directors (the "Board") and as a member of
the Board, each effective immediately. Mr. Rajguru's resignation was not the
result of a disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to its
operations, policies or practices. The Board, upon recommendation from its
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, has appointed Edward Grebow, a
member of the Board since 2016, to serve as Chairman of the Board, and has
appointed Suhail A. Shaikh, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, to serve on
the Board to fill the vacant seat created by Mr. Rajguru's resignation, each
effective immediately.
In connection with Mr. Rajguru's resignation, the Board issued the following
statement: "Vijay Rajguru helped to lead the Alcentra Capital team over the past
18 months, during which the Company made significant progress rotating its
legacy portfolio and stabilizing its NAV and entered into a definitive merger
agreement with Crescent Capital BDC, Inc.We are grateful for his service on the
Board and as Chairman and wish him well in his future endeavors. We are pleased
that Suhail Shaikh has agreed to take his place as a member of the Board."
Mr. Shaikh, 51, serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and
previously served as Co-President of the Company from June 2018 to March 2019.
He also serves as Managing Director and Head of U.S. Direct Lending at the
Adviser. Mr. Shaikh also served as a Senior Investment Professional at Solar
Capital Partners, a private credit fund advisor, from 2011 to 2018 and as a
Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch from 2005 to 2011. Mr. Shaikh
has an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business and an A.B. from Middlebury
College.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Shaikh and any other person
pursuant to which he was appointed to the Board of the Company. Further, with
regard to Mr. Shaikh, there are no transactions since the beginning of the
Company's last fiscal year, or any currently proposed transaction, in which the
Company is a participant that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of
Regulation S-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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