DEF 14A 1 d715404ddef14a.htm FSIC II -- DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT FSIC II -- Definitive Proxy Statement

UNITED STATES

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LOGO

Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, Suite 675

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

April 24, 2014

Dear Fellow Stockholder:

You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of FS Investment Corporation II (the “Company”) to be held on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, at the offices of the Company, located at Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, Suite 675, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.

Because we are a widely held business development company with more than 70,000 stockholders of record, your vote is very important! Your immediate response will help avoid potential delays and may save the Company significant additional expenses associated with soliciting stockholder votes.

The Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and proxy statement accompanying this letter provide an outline of the business to be conducted at the meeting. At the meeting, you will be asked to:

(i) elect ten members of the board of directors of the Company to serve until the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; and

(ii) ratify the appointment of McGladrey LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014.

The Company’s board of directors unanimously recommends that you vote FOR each of the proposals to be considered and voted on at the Annual Meeting.

It is important that your shares be represented at the Annual Meeting. If you are unable to attend the meeting in person, I urge you to complete, date and sign the enclosed proxy card and promptly return it in the envelope provided. If you prefer, you can save time by voting through the Internet or by telephone as described in the proxy statement and on the enclosed proxy card. Your vote and participation in the governance of the Company are very important to us.

 

Sincerely yours,
LOGO

Michael C. Forman

Chairman, President

and Chief Executive Officer


FS INVESTMENT CORPORATION II

Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, Suite 675

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

To Be Held On June 24, 2014

To the Stockholders of FS Investment Corporation II:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of FS Investment Corporation II, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), will be held at the offices of the Company, located at Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, Suite 675, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time (the “Annual Meeting”), for the following purposes:

 

  1. To elect ten members of the board of directors of the Company to serve until the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

  2. To ratify the appointment of McGladrey LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014.

 

  3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting, and adjournments or postponements thereof.

The board of directors has fixed the close of business on April 21, 2014 as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and adjournments or postponements thereof.

The Company has enclosed a copy of the proxy statement, the proxy card and the Company’s annual report to stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2013 (the “Annual Report”). The proxy statement, the proxy card and the Annual Report are also available on the Company’s website at www.fsinvestmentcorpII.com. If you plan on attending the Annual Meeting and voting your shares in person, you will need to bring photo identification in order to be admitted to the Annual Meeting. To obtain directions to the Annual Meeting, please call the Company at (877) 628-8575.

 

By Order of the Board of Directors,
LOGO

Stephen S. Sypherd

Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

April 24, 2014

Stockholders are requested to execute and return promptly the accompanying proxy card, which is being solicited by the board of directors of the Company. You may execute the proxy card using the methods described in the proxy card. Executing the proxy card is important to ensure a quorum at the Annual Meeting. Stockholders also have the option to authorize their proxies by telephone or through the Internet by following the instructions printed on the proxy card. Proxies may be revoked at any time before they are exercised by submitting a written notice of revocation or a subsequently executed proxy, or by attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person.


FS INVESTMENT CORPORATION II

Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, Suite 675

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

To Be Held On June 24, 2014

PROXY STATEMENT

GENERAL

This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the board of directors (the “Board”) of FS Investment Corporation II, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), for use at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at the offices of the Company, located at Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, Suite 675, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, and any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Annual Meeting”). This proxy statement and the accompanying materials are being mailed to stockholders of record described below on or about April 30, 2014 and are available on the Company’s website at www.fsinvestmentcorpII.com.

All properly executed proxies representing shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Shares”) received prior to the Annual Meeting will be voted in accordance with the instructions marked thereon. If no specification is made, the Shares will be voted FOR:

(i) the proposal to elect each of the director nominees named herein to the Board to serve until the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified (the “Director Proposal”); and

(ii) the proposal to ratify the appointment of McGladrey LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 (the “Accountant Proposal”).

Any stockholder who has given a proxy has the right to revoke it at any time prior to its exercise. Any stockholder who executes a proxy may revoke it with respect to any proposal by attending the Annual Meeting and voting his or her Shares in person, or by submitting a letter of revocation or a later-dated proxy to the Company at the above address prior to the date of the Annual Meeting.

Quorum

Stockholders of the Company are entitled to one vote for each Share held. Under the Company’s articles of amendment and restatement (the “Charter”), one third of the number of Shares entitled to be cast, present in person or by proxy, constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. Abstentions will be treated as Shares that are present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum for transacting business at the Annual Meeting. Shares for which brokers have not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner of the Shares and do not have, or choose not to exercise, discretionary authority to vote the Shares on certain proposals (which are considered “broker non-votes” with respect to such proposals) also will be treated as Shares present for quorum purposes.

Adjournments

In the event that a quorum is not present at the Annual Meeting, the chairman of the Annual Meeting or the stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, present in person or by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the Annual Meeting from time to time to a date not more than 120 days after the original record date without notice other than the announcement at the Annual Meeting to permit further solicitation of proxies. The persons named as proxies will vote those proxies for such adjournment, unless marked to be voted against any proposal for which an adjournment is sought. Any business that might have been transacted at the Annual Meeting originally called may be transacted at any such adjourned session(s) at which a quorum is present.


If there appear not to be enough votes to approve any proposal at the Annual Meeting, the chairman of the Annual Meeting or the stockholders of the Company who are represented in person or by proxy may vote to adjourn the Annual Meeting to permit further solicitation of proxies. The persons named as proxies for the Company will vote proxies held by them for such adjournment, unless marked to be voted against any proposal for which an adjournment is sought, to permit the further solicitation of proxies.

If sufficient votes in favor of one or more proposals have been received by the time of the Annual Meeting, the proposals will be acted upon and such actions will be final, regardless of any subsequent adjournment to consider other proposals.

Record Date

The Board has fixed the close of business on April 21, 2014 as the record date (the “Record Date”) for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and all adjournments or postponements thereof. As of the Record Date, there were 304,526,096 Shares outstanding.

Required Vote

Election of Director Nominees. Each director shall be elected by a plurality of all the votes cast at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, provided that a quorum is present. Abstentions will not be included in determining the number of votes cast and, as a result, will have no effect on the Director Proposal. Shares represented by broker non-votes are not considered votes cast and thus have no effect on the Director Proposal. There will be no cumulative voting with respect to the Director Proposal.

Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, provided that a quorum is present, is required to ratify the appointment of McGladrey LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014. Abstentions will not be included in determining the number of votes cast and, as a result, will not have any effect on the result of the vote with respect to the Accountant Proposal. Because brokers will have discretionary authority to vote for the ratification of the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm in the event that they do not receive voting instructions from the beneficial owner of the Shares, there will not be any broker non-votes with respect to the Accountant Proposal.

Householding

The Company combines mailings for multiple accounts going to a single household by delivering to that address, in a single envelope, a copy of the document (annual reports, proxy statements, etc.) or other communications for all accounts who have consented or are deemed to have consented to receiving such communications in such manner in accordance with the rules promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). If you do not want the Company to continue consolidating your Company mailings and would prefer to receive separate mailings of Company communications, please contact the Company’s transfer agent, DST Systems, Inc. by telephone at (877) 628-8575 or by mail at FS Investment Corporation II, c/o DST Systems, Inc., 430 W. 7th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105.

Voting

You may vote in person at the Annual Meeting or by proxy in accordance with the instructions provided below. You may also authorize a proxy by telephone or through the Internet using the toll-free telephone number or web address printed on your proxy card. Authorizing a proxy by telephone or through the Internet requires you to input the control number located on your proxy card. After inputting the control number, you will be prompted to direct your proxy to vote on each proposal. You will have an opportunity to review your directions and make any necessary changes before submitting your directions and terminating the telephone call or Internet link. Stockholders of the Company are entitled to one vote for each Share held.

 

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When voting by proxy and mailing your proxy card, you are required to:

 

    indicate your instructions on the proxy card;

 

    date and sign the proxy card;

 

    mail the proxy card promptly in the envelope provided, which requires no postage if mailed in the United States; and

 

    allow sufficient time for the proxy card to be received on or before 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 24, 2014.

The Company has enclosed a copy of this proxy statement, the proxy card and the Company’s annual report to stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2013 (the “Annual Report”). This proxy statement, the proxy card and the Annual Report are also available on the Company’s website at www.fsinvestmentcorpII.com. If you plan on attending the Annual Meeting and voting your Shares in person, you will need to bring photo identification in order to be admitted to the Annual Meeting. To obtain directions to the Annual Meeting, please call the Company at (877) 628-8575.

Other Information Regarding This Solicitation

The Company will bear the expense of the solicitation of proxies for the Annual Meeting, including the cost of preparing, printing and mailing this proxy statement, the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the proxy card and the Annual Report. The Company has requested that brokers, nominees, fiduciaries and other persons holding Shares in their names, or in the name of their nominees, which are beneficially owned by others, forward the proxy materials to, and obtain proxies from, such beneficial owners. The Company will reimburse such persons for their reasonable expenses in so doing.

In addition to the solicitation of proxies by mail, proxies may be solicited in person and by telephone or facsimile transmission by directors, officers or regular employees of the Company and its affiliates (without special compensation therefor). The Company has also retained Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions, Inc. to assist in the solicitation of proxies for a fee of approximately $30,000, plus out-of-pocket expenses. Any proxy given pursuant to this solicitation may be revoked by notice from the person giving the proxy at any time before it is exercised. Any such notice of revocation should be provided in writing and signed by the stockholder in the same manner as the proxy being revoked and delivered to the Company’s proxy tabulator.

 

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Security Ownership of Management and Certain Beneficial Owners

The following table sets forth, as of the Record Date, the beneficial ownership of the nominees for director, the Company’s executive officers, each person known to the Company to beneficially own 5% or more of the outstanding Shares, and all of the Company’s executive officers and directors as a group.

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules promulgated by the SEC and includes voting or investment power with respect to the Shares. There are no Shares subject to options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of April 21, 2014. Ownership information for those persons who beneficially own 5% or more of the Shares is based upon information furnished by the Company’s transfer agent and other information provided by such persons, if available.

 

     Shares Beneficially Owned as
of April 21, 2014
 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)

   Number of
Shares(2)
     Percentage(3)  

Interested Directors:

     

Michael C. Forman(4)

     140,679.23             

David J. Adelman(5)

     123,284.40             

Michael J. Heller

     42,915.52             

Independent Directors:

     

Barbara Adams(6)

     2,777.00             

Stephen T. Burdumy

     —           —     

Jerel A. Hopkins

     —           —     

Robert E. Keith, Jr.

     23,332.62             

Paul Mendelson

     11,506.80             

John E. Stuart

     50,000.00             

Scott J. Tarte

     34,520.41             

Executive Officers:

     

Salvatore Faia

     —           —     

William Goebel

     2,557.07             

Zachary Klehr

     6,393.18             

Gerald F. Stahlecker(7)

     7,000.00             

Stephen S. Sypherd

     3,836.37             

All Executive Officers and Directors as a group (15 persons)

     448,802.60             

 

* Less than one percent.
(1) Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each beneficial owner is c/o FS Investment Corporation II, Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, Suite 675, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.
(2) Beneficial ownership has been determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
(3) Based on a total of 304,526,096 Shares issued and outstanding on April 21, 2014.
(4) Includes 127,853.37 Shares held through The 2011 Forman Investment Trust, a trust created by Mr. Forman for the benefit of his minor children.
(5) Includes 112,173.29 Shares held through Sylvia Associates, L.P., a limited partnership controlled by Mr. Adelman.
(6) All Shares held in an Individual Retirement Account.
(7) All Shares held in a joint account with spouse.

 

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PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

At the Annual Meeting, stockholders of the Company are being asked to consider the election of ten directors of the Company. Pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, the number of directors on the Board may not be fewer than the minimum number required by the Maryland General Corporation Law or greater than twelve. Directors of the Company are elected annually for a term of one year, and serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The Board is currently comprised of ten directors.

Each director named below has been nominated for election by the Board to serve a one-year term until the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. Each director has agreed to serve as a director if elected and has consented to being named as a nominee. No person being nominated as a director is being proposed for election pursuant to any agreement or understanding between such person and the Company.

A stockholder can vote for, or withhold his or her vote from, any or all of the director nominees. In the absence of instructions to the contrary, it is the intention of the persons named as proxies to vote such proxy FOR the election of each of the director nominees named below. If any of the director nominees should decline or be unable to serve as a director, the persons named as proxies will vote for such other nominee as may be proposed by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company. The Board has no reason to believe that any of the persons named will be unable or unwilling to serve.

Information about the Board and Director Nominees

The role of the Board is to provide general oversight of the Company’s business affairs and to exercise all of the Company’s powers except those reserved for the stockholders. The responsibilities of the Board also include, among other things, the oversight of the Company’s investment activities, the quarterly valuation of the Company’s assets, the oversight of the Company’s financing arrangements and corporate governance activities.

A majority of the members of the Board are not “interested persons,” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), of the Company or FSIC II Advisor, LLC, the Company’s investment adviser (“FSIC II Advisor”), and are “independent” as defined in Rule 5605(a)(2) of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC. These individuals are referred to as the Company’s independent directors (the “Independent Directors”). Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act defines an “interested person” to include, among others, any person who has, or within the last two years had, a material business or professional relationship with the Company. The members of the Board that are not Independent Directors are referred to as interested directors (the “Interested Directors”).

The Board is currently comprised of ten directors, seven of whom are Independent Directors. The Board has determined that the following director nominees are Independent Directors: Ms. Adams and Messrs. Burdumy, Hopkins, Keith, Mendelson, Stuart and Tarte. Based upon information requested from each director concerning his or her background, employment and affiliations, the Board has affirmatively determined that none of the Independent Directors has, or within the last two years had, a material business or professional relationship with the Company, other than in his or her capacity as a member of the Board or any Board committee or as a stockholder.

In considering each director and the composition of the Board as a whole, the Board seeks a diverse group of experiences, characteristics, attributes and skills, including diversity in gender, ethnicity and race, that the Board believes enables a director to make a significant contribution to the Board, the Company and its stockholders. These experiences, characteristics, attributes and skills, which are more fully described below, include, but are not limited to, management experience, independence, financial expertise and experience serving as directors or trustees of other entities. The Board may also consider such other experiences, characteristics, attributes and skills as it deems appropriate, given the then-current needs of the Board and the Company.

 

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These experiences, characteristics, attributes and skills relate directly to the management and operations of the Company. Success in each of these categories is a key factor in the Company’s overall operational success and creating stockholder value. The Board believes that directors who possess these experiences, characteristics, attributes and skills are better able to provide oversight of the Company’s management and the Company’s long-term and strategic objectives.

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the Independent Director nominees and Interested Director nominees, including a description of the experiences, characteristics, attributes and skills of each director nominee that led the Board to conclude that each such person should serve as a director. For purposes of this proxy statement, the term “Fund Complex” is defined to include the Company, FS Investment Corporation, FS Energy and Power Fund, FS Investment Corporation III, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—A and FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—D.

 

INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
Name, Address, Age and
Position(s) with
Company(1)
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(2)
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   Number of
Companies in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Director
  Other Public
Directorships Held by
Director During the
Past Five Years†

Barbara Adams

Age: 62

 

Director

  Since 2012   Ms. Adams is currently the executive vice president—legal affairs and general counsel of the Philadelphia Housing Authority, and has served in such capacity since August 2011. She served as the general counsel of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 2005 until January 2011. As general counsel to the Commonwealth, Ms. Adams led a staff of more than 500 lawyers in representing then Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell and more than 30 executive and independent agencies and commissions in litigation, transactions, regulatory, legislative and criminal justice matters. Prior to her appointment as general counsel to the Commonwealth, Ms. Adams was a partner at the law firm of Duane Morris LLP in Philadelphia, focusing her practice on taxable and tax-exempt public finance, affordable housing development matters, state and local government law, energy law and campaign finance law. Ms. Adams previously served as the policy committee co-chair on housing, in then Governor-elect Edward G. Rendell’s transition team. She is a charter member of the Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law of the American Bar Association and is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and the American and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. She is a past member of the board and secretary of Philadelphia Neighborhood   One   None

 

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INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
Name, Address, Age and
Position(s) with
Company(1)
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(2)
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   Number of
Companies in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Director
  Other Public
Directorships Held by
Director During the
Past Five Years†

Barbara Adams

Age: 62

 

Director (continued)

  Since 2012  

Enterprise, a nonprofit corporation affiliated with The Enterprise Foundation, a past member of the board and treasurer of the Reading Terminal Market, and a past member of the boards of the Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers, the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations and the People’s Emergency Center in Philadelphia.

 

Ms. Adams has served on a number of other charitable and public organizations, including a term as commissioner of the Philadelphia Gas Commission, as an advisory board member on the Homeless Advocacy Project of the Philadelphia Bar Association and as a commissioner on the Independent Charter Commission of the City of Philadelphia. She is currently a member of the board of the Philadelphia Energy Authority and of the advisory board of The Nuclear World Project. Ms. Adams is a graduate of Temple University School of Law and a graduate of Smith College.

 

The Board determined that Ms. Adams’ extensive service in the private and public sectors provided her with experience that would be beneficial to the Company.

  One   None

Stephen T. Burdumy

Age: 56

 

Director

 

Since 2014

  Mr. Burdumy has been a partner at the law firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP since January 2002 and currently serves as one of the firm’s managing partners. Mr. Burdumy is a corporate, securities and investment management attorney whose practice is devoted to representing public companies, privately-held businesses and private equity, venture capital and hedge funds, as well as investment managers, emerging companies and entrepreneurs. Prior to joining Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Mr. Burdumy was an attorney at Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP (“Klehr Harrison”) from 1982 to 2002, including as a partner from 1988 to 2002. Mr. Burdumy was a  

One

 

None

 

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INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
Name, Address, Age and
Position(s) with
Company(1)
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(2)
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   Number of
Companies in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Director
  Other Public
Directorships Held by
Director During the
Past Five Years†

Stephen T. Burdumy

Age: 56

 

Director (continued)

  Since 2014  

member of the board of directors of the Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technology from June 2010 to July 2012. Mr. Burdumy received a B.S.F.S. in International Economics with a concentration in International Finance and Commerce, cum laude, from Georgetown University, and a J.D. from the University of San Francisco Law School.

 

Mr. Burdumy has extensive experience in corporate and securities law matters and has represented various public companies, privately-held businesses and private equity, venture capital and hedge funds, as well as investment managers, emerging companies and entrepreneurs. This experience has provided Mr. Burdumy, in the opinion of the Board, with experience and insight which is beneficial to the Company.

  One   None

Jerel A. Hopkins

Age: 42

 

Director

  Since 2013   Mr. Hopkins has served as vice president and associate general counsel of Delaware Management Holdings, Inc., a diversified asset management firm and an affiliate of Macquarie Group Limited, since November 2004. Prior to joining Delaware Management Holdings, Inc., Mr. Hopkins served as an attorney in the corporate and securities department of the law firm Klehr Harrison from January 2000 to November 2004. Mr. Hopkins served as counsel in the division of enforcement and litigation of the Pennsylvania Securities Commission from August 1997 to December 1999 and as lead counsel of the internet fraud unit from January 1999 to December 1999. In addition, Mr. Hopkins served as special counsel on behalf of the Pennsylvania Securities Commission to the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. from January 1999 to December 1999. Mr. Hopkins has also served on the board of trustees of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine since February 2012 and on the board of   One   None

 

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INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
Name, Address, Age and
Position(s) with
Company(1)
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(2)
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   Number of
Companies in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Director
  Other Public
Directorships Held by
Director During the
Past Five Years†

Jerel A. Hopkins

Age: 42

 

Director (continued)

  Since 2013  

directors of Delaware Management Trust Company since July 2008. Mr. Hopkins received his B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from Villanova University School of Law.

 

Mr. Hopkins has significant experience in corporate and securities law matters and has served as a member of a number of boards. This experience has provided Mr. Hopkins, in the opinion of the Board, with experience and insight which is beneficial to the Company.

  One   None

Robert E. Keith, Jr.

Age: 72

 

Director

  Since 2012   Mr. Keith is a managing director of TL Ventures, a venture capital firm that Mr. Keith co-founded in 1988. Prior to founding TL Ventures, Mr. Keith enjoyed a 22-year career at Fidelity Bank in Philadelphia, a leading regional commercial financial institution, where he last served as vice-chairman responsible for most of the bank’s commercial lending and non-banking subsidiaries. During his tenure at Fidelity Bank, Mr. Keith oversaw significant growth and market expansion as well as entry into new service markets such as investment banking. Mr. Keith currently serves on the boards of directors of numerous public and private companies, including Noble Biomaterials Inc., where he has served since 2007. He previously served as a director and a member of the audit and compensation committees of Square 1 Financial, Inc. from December 2008 to October 2013. He also serves on the boards of numerous charitable organizations and trade associations, including serving since 2000 on the boards of The Reinvestment Fund, a $709 million not-for-profit community investment institution, as well as Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, an independent not-for-profit economic development organization supporting technology-based enterprises. Mr. Keith has previously served on the boards of   One   ICG Group, Inc. and Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.

 

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INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
Name, Address, Age and
Position(s) with
Company(1)
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(2)
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   Number of
Companies in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Director
  Other Public
Directorships Held by
Director During the
Past Five Years†

Robert E. Keith, Jr.

Age: 72

 

Director (continued)

  Since 2012  

directors of numerous companies, including ICG Group, Inc., a publicly- traded venture capital firm, from 1996 to February 2010 and Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. from 1996 to August 2009. For his contributions in the venture capital field, Mr. Keith was awarded the Blair Thompson award for lifetime achievement in venture capital by the Greater Philadelphia Venture Capital Group in 1999. Mr. Keith is a graduate of Amherst College and Temple University School of Law.

 

Mr. Keith’s extensive experience in the finance and venture capital industries provide him, in the opinion of the Board, with attributes that would be beneficial to the Company. The Board also noted his experience as a member of the boards of directors of various public and private companies and community organizations.

  One   ICG Group, Inc. and Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.

Paul Mendelson

Age: 67

 

Director

  Since 2012   Mr. Mendelson served as the chief financial officer of Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc., a broker-dealer and registered investment adviser (“Lincoln Investment”), from 1994 until February 2011 and currently serves as a senior advisor for business development for Lincoln Investment. As chief financial officer, Mr. Mendelson was responsible for all financial reporting, controls, planning and regulatory issues. His activities also included acquisitions, consulting with independent branch offices and negotiating contracts and, as a member of the executive committee, he participated in strategic planning. Mr. Mendelson has served as a member of the board of directors of FS Investment Corporation since December 2008, and also serves as a member of FS Investment Corporation’s audit committee and valuation committee. Mr. Mendelson previously served as a member of the board of trustees of FS Energy and Power Fund from September 2010 through March 2012, as well as a member of FS Energy and Power Fund’s audit committee and chairman   Two   FS Investment Corporation and FS Energy and Power Fund

 

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INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
Name, Address, Age and
Position(s) with
Company(1)
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(2)
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   Number of
Companies in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Director
  Other Public
Directorships Held by
Director During the
Past Five Years†

Paul Mendelson

Age: 67

 

Director (continued)

  Since 2012  

of its valuation committee from May 2011 through March 2012. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Mendelson also led the technology and operations divisions of Lincoln Investment. Prior to joining Lincoln Investment in 1994, Mr. Mendelson spent 20 years in various positions, including controller, chief financial officer, vice president, president and trustee for a group of commonly-owned, privately-held businesses, in industries including manufacturing, retail, service and real estate. Prior to this, Mr. Mendelson spent two years with Arthur Andersen and Company, an international public accounting firm. Mr. Mendelson received a B.S. degree in Accounting from Lehigh University and an M.B.A. degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and holds a Series 27 Securities License.

 

Mr. Mendelson has extensive experience concerning financial reporting, controls, planning and regulatory issues by virtue of his previous position as chief financial officer of a broker-dealer and registered investment adviser and various other positions he held during the twenty years prior thereto. In addition, the Board considered his B.S. degree in accounting and his M.B.A. to be beneficial to the Company.

  Two   FS Investment Corporation and FS Energy and Power Fund

John E. Stuart

Age: 70

 

Director

  Since 2012   Mr. Stuart is the managing partner of Strategic Business Options, LLC, a strategic consulting firm that he founded in January 2011. Mr. Stuart previously served as the chief executive officer of ConvergeOne, a leading independent integrator of communications, collaboration and customer interaction solutions for businesses in the United States, from 2003 through May 2009, where he was responsible for managing all aspects of the business. From 1999 to 2000, he was chief executive officer of StorNet, a nationwide value-added   One   None

 

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INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
Name, Address, Age and
Position(s) with
Company(1)
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(2)
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   Number of
Companies in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Director
  Other Public
Directorships Held by
Director During the
Past Five Years†

John E. Stuart

Age: 70

 

Director (continued)

  Since 2012  

systems integrator. He previously was chairman and chief executive officer of IKON Office Solutions, a provider of office products, from 1985 to 1998. Mr. Stuart also serves as a member of the board of directors of Altura Communications, a leading provider of communications applications, equipment and services for voice and data networking solutions, a position he has held since June 2011. Mr. Stuart served from 1996 to 2004 as a member of the board of directors and as chairman of the audit committee of Foster Wheeler, Inc., a global engineering and construction contractor and power equipment supplier. From March 2009 through August 2009, he served as chairman of the board of LifeCare Gateway, a consulting firm that provides financial advisors with a practice management program that addresses their clients’ life care needs. Mr. Stuart received both an undergraduate degree in business and a Masters in Business Administration from Pace University’s Lubin School of Business.

 

Mr. Stuart has significant experience as an entrepreneur and senior executive at public and private organizations. Mr. Stuart also has extensive experience in corporate finance, financial reporting and accounting and controls. This experience has provided Mr. Stuart, in the opinion of the Board, with experience and insight which is beneficial to the Company.

  One   None

Scott J. Tarte

Age: 51

 

Director

  Since 2012   Mr. Tarte has been the chief executive officer of Sparks Marketing Group, Inc. (“Sparks”), since 2001, when he and other investors purchased a controlling interest in Sparks, which at the time was a publicly-traded company. Mr. Tarte was later involved in taking Sparks private in 2005. Sparks manages all aspects of experiential marketing for Fortune 1000 companies, and designs and manufactures store fixtures for leading retail companies. Since July   One   None

 

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INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
Name, Address, Age and
Position(s) with
Company(1)
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(2)
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   Number of
Companies in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Director
  Other Public
Directorships Held by
Director During the
Past Five Years†

Scott J. Tarte

Age: 51

 

Director (continued)

  Since 2012  

2010, Mr. Tarte has been a managing director of Gabriel Investments, an early stage venture capital fund focused on investments within the Philadelphia entrepreneurial community. Prior to 2001, Mr. Tarte was chief operating officer of Travel One, a single office New Jersey-based travel agency which he helped grow into the sixth largest corporate travel management company in the United States, with revenues of $900 million and a staff of 1,400 employees. In 1999, Mr. Tarte and his partners sold Travel One to American Express, where Mr. Tarte stayed on for two years to create a $3 billion travel management division within American Express. Mr. Tarte currently serves as a director of Sidecar, an automated online marketing platform for e-commerce companies, a position he has held since January 2011. He previously served as a director of First Priority Bank, a position he held from 2006 through December 2008. Mr. Tarte has an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from Fordham University.

 

Mr. Tarte has served in a senior executive capacity at various companies, as well as a member of various boards. His extensive service at various companies has provided him, in the opinion of the Board, with experience and insight which is beneficial to the Company.

  One   None

 

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INTERESTED DIRECTORS(3)
Name, Address, Age and
Position(s) with
Company(1)
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(2)
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   Number of
Companies in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Director
  Other Public
Directorships Held by
Director During the
Past Five Years†

Michael C. Forman

Age: 53

 

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Since 2011

 

Mr. Forman has served as the Company’s chairman, president and chief executive officer since its inception and as the chairman and chief executive officer of FSIC II Advisor since its inception. Mr. Forman also currently serves as chairman, president and chief executive officer of FB Income Advisor, LLC, FS Energy and Power Fund, FS Investment Advisor, LLC, FS Investment Corporation III, FSIC III Advisor, LLC, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—A, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—D and FS Global Advisor, LLC, and has presided in such roles since each entity’s inception in October 2007, September 2010, September 2010, June 2013, October 2013, January 2013, January 2013, January 2013 and January 2013, respectively. Mr. Forman also currently serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of FS Investment Corporation and has presided in such roles since its inception in December 2007. Mr. Forman served as president of FS Investment Corporation from its inception in December 2007 to April 2013. In 2005, Mr. Forman co-founded FB Capital Partners, L.P., an investment firm that previously invested in private equity, senior and mezzanine debt and real estate, and has served as managing general partner since inception. In May 2007, Mr. Forman co-founded Franklin Square Holdings, L.P. (“Franklin Square Holdings”).

 

Prior to co-founding FB Capital Partners, L.P., Mr. Forman spent nearly 20 years as an attorney in the corporate and securities department at the Philadelphia based law firm of Klehr Harrison, where he was a partner from 1991 until leaving the firm to focus exclusively on investments. In addition to his career as an attorney and investor, Mr. Forman has been an active entrepreneur and has founded several companies, including companies engaged in the gaming, specialty finance and asset management

  Seven   FS Investment Corporation; FS Energy and Power Fund; FS Investment Corporation III; FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund; FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—A; and FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—D

 

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INTERESTED DIRECTORS(3)
Name, Address, Age and
Position(s) with
Company(1)
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(2)
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   Number of
Companies in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Director
  Other Public
Directorships Held by
Director During the
Past Five Years†

Michael C. Forman

Age: 53

 

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (continued)

  Since 2011  

industries. Mr. Forman serves as a member of the board of directors of a number of private companies. He is also a member of a number of civic and charitable boards, including The Franklin Institute (executive committee member), the University of the Arts (executive committee member), the Vetri Foundation for Children (chairman), the executive committee of the Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT), and Murex Investments, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based economic development/venture capital firm, where he chairs the investment committee. Mr. Forman received his B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Rhode Island, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa, and received his J.D. from Rutgers University.

 

Mr. Forman has extensive experience in corporate and securities law and has founded and served in a leadership role of various companies, including FSIC II Advisor, which serves as the Company’s investment adviser. The Board believes Mr. Forman’s experience and his positions as the Company’s and FSIC II Advisor’s chief executive officer make him a significant asset to the Company.

  Seven   FS Investment Corporation; FS Energy and Power Fund; FS Investment Corporation III; FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund; FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—A; and FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—D

David J. Adelman

Age: 42

 

Director

  Since 2011   Mr. Adelman has served as the Company’s vice-chairman since its inception and as the vice-chairman of FSIC II Advisor since its inception. Mr. Adelman also currently serves as the vice-chairman of FS Investment Corporation, FB Income Advisor, LLC, FS Energy and Power Fund, FS Investment Advisor, LLC, FS Investment Corporation III, FSIC III Advisor, LLC, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—A, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—D and FS Global Advisor, LLC, and has presided in such role since each entity’s inception in December 2007,   Seven   FS Investment Corporation; FS Energy and Power Fund; FS Investment Corporation III; FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund; FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—A; FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—D; and ICG Group, Inc.

 

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INTERESTED DIRECTORS(3)
Name, Address, Age and
Position(s) with
Company(1)
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(2)
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   Number of
Companies in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Director
  Other Public
Directorships Held by
Director During the
Past Five Years†

David J. Adelman

Age: 42

 

Director (continued)

  Since 2011  

October 2007, September 2010, September 2010, June 2013, October 2013, January 2013, January 2013, January 2013 and January 2013, respectively.

 

Mr. Adelman has significant managerial and investment experience and has served as the president and chief executive officer of Philadelphia-based Campus Apartments, Inc. (“Campus Apartments”) since 1997. Campus Apartments develops, manages, designs, and privately finances more than 220 upscale housing facilities for colleges and universities across the United States. In 2006, Campus Apartments entered into a $1.1 billion venture with GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd., the real estate investment arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, in which Campus Apartments uses the venture’s capital to acquire, develop, operate and manage student housing projects across the United States.

 

In addition to his duties as president and chief executive officer of Campus Apartments, Mr. Adelman has been the chief executive officer of Campus Technologies, Inc. since 2001, the vice- chairman of University City District board of directors since 1997, board member of ICG Group, Inc. since June 2011 and member of the National Multi Family Council (NMHC) and the Young Presidents’ Organization. Mr. Adelman formerly served as a board member of Hyperion Bank and on the executive committee of the Urban Land Institute’s Philadelphia Chapter. Mr. Adelman is also an active private investor and entrepreneur, having co-founded Franklin Square Holdings with Mr. Forman. Mr. Adelman received his B.A. in Political Science from The Ohio State University.

 

Mr. Adelman serves as vice-chairman of FSIC II Advisor and, together with Mr. Forman, is responsible for implement-

  Seven   FS Investment Corporation; FS Energy and Power Fund; FS Investment Corporation III; FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund; FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—A; FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—D; and ICG Group, Inc.

 

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INTERESTED DIRECTORS(3)
Name, Address, Age and
Position(s) with
Company(1)
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(2)
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   Number of
Companies in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Director
  Other Public
Directorships Held by
Director During the
Past Five Years†

David J. Adelman

Age: 42

 

Director (continued)

  Since 2011   ing the Company’s investment strategy. Mr. Adelman has substantial management, operational and financial expertise generated through his leadership roles for public and private companies, including his service as president and chief executive officer of Campus Apartments. Mr. Adelman also serves on the board of directors and in other leadership roles for various charitable and civic organizations. These varied activities have provided him, in the opinion of the Board, with experience and insight which is beneficial to the Company.   Seven   FS Investment Corporation; FS Energy and Power Fund; FS Investment Corporation III; FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund; FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—A; FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—D; and ICG Group, Inc.

Michael J. Heller

Age: 49

 

Director

  Since 2012   Mr. Heller is a shareholder at the law firm of Cozen O’Connor, P.C., where he currently serves as the firm’s president and chief executive officer, and has served in such capacity since January 1, 2013. Immediately prior to that, Mr. Heller was the president and executive partner of Cozen O’Connor, P.C. from October 2011 to December 2013. He also currently serves on the board of trustees of FS Energy and Power Fund, the board of directors of FS Investment Corporation and the board of directors of FS Investment Corporation III and has presided in such roles since September 2010, May 2008 and February 2014, respectively. He previously served as the chairman of FS Energy and Power Fund’s nominating and corporate governance committee from April 2011 through September 2013 and has served as a member of its valuation committee since April 2011. Mr. Heller is a member of FS Investment Corporation’s valuation committee and has presided in that role since December 2008 and previously served as a member of FS Investment Corporation’s nominating and corporate governance committee from January 2011 through September 2013. Mr. Heller is also a member of FS Investment Corporation III’s valuation committee and has presided in that role since February 2014.   Four   FS Investment Corporation; FS Energy and Power Fund; and FS Investment Corporation III

 

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INTERESTED DIRECTORS(3)
Name, Address, Age and
Position(s) with
Company(1)
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(2)
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   Number of
Companies in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Director
  Other Public
Directorships Held by
Director During the
Past Five Years†

Michael J. Heller

Age: 49

 

Director (continued)

  Since 2012  

Mr. Heller is a corporate and securities lawyer whose practice is devoted to representing private equity and venture capital funds as well as counseling entrepreneurs and middle-market businesses in various corporate matters, including the structuring of capital-raising transactions and merger and acquisition transactions. Prior to becoming the chief executive officer of Cozen O’Connor, P.C., Mr. Heller was the chairman of the Business Law Department from January 2007, and he served as vice-chairman of Cozen O’Connor, P.C.’s Business Law Department from 2002 until January 2007.

 

Mr. Heller has been a member of the board of directors of Beachbody, LLC since November 2012. In addition, Mr. Heller has been a member of the boards of directors of Cozen O’Connor, P.C. and Hanover Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, a privately held property and casualty insurance company, and a member of the board of trustees of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital since January 2007, May 2004 and July 2012, respectively. Mr. Heller received a B.S. in Accounting, summa cum laude, from The Pennsylvania State University, and a J.D., magna cum laude, from Villanova University, where he was a Law Review editor and a member of the Order of the Coif.

 

Mr. Heller has extensive experience in corporate and securities law matters and has represented various private equity and venture capital funds. Further, Mr. Heller serves on the boards of several private companies and civic and charitable organizations. These activities have provided him, in the opinion of the Board, with experience and insight which is beneficial to the Company.

  Four   FS Investment Corporation; FS Energy and Power Fund; and FS Investment Corporation III

 

Includes directorships held in (1) any investment company registered under the 1940 Act, (2) any company with a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act and (3) any company subject to the requirements of Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

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(1) The address for each director is c/o FS Investment Corporation II, Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, Suite 675, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.
(2) Directors serve for a one-year term until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
(3) “Interested person” of the Company as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. Messrs. Forman and Adelman are each an “interested person” because of their affiliation with FSIC II Advisor. Mr. Heller is an “interested person” because of a material professional relationship he has with Mr. Forman.

Risk Oversight and Board Structure

Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

Through its direct oversight role, and indirectly through its committees, the Board performs a risk oversight function for the Company consisting of, among other things, the following activities: (1) at regular and special Board meetings, and on an ad hoc basis as needed, receiving and reviewing reports related to the performance and operations of the Company; (2) reviewing and approving, as applicable, the compliance policies and procedures of the Company; (3) reviewing investment strategies, techniques and the processes used to manage related risks; (4) meeting with representatives of, or reviewing reports prepared by or with respect to, key service providers, including the investment adviser, administrator, distributor, transfer agent, custodian and independent registered public accounting firm of the Company, to review and discuss the activities of the Company and to provide direction with respect thereto; (5) reviewing periodically, and at least annually, the Company’s fidelity bond, directors and officers, and errors and omissions insurance policies and such other insurance policies as may be appropriate; and (6) overseeing the Company’s accounting and financial reporting processes, including supervision of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to ensure that they provide timely analyses of significant financial reporting and internal control issues.

The Board also performs its risk oversight responsibilities with the assistance of the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer. The Board receives a quarterly report from the Chief Compliance Officer, who reports on, among other things, the Company’s compliance with applicable securities laws and its internal compliance policies and procedures. In addition, the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer prepares an annual written report, which, among other things, evaluates the adequacy and effectiveness of the compliance policies and procedures of the Company and certain of its service providers. The Chief Compliance Officer’s report, which is reviewed by the Board, addresses at a minimum: (1) the operation and effectiveness of the compliance policies and procedures of the Company and certain of its service providers since the last report; (2) any material changes to such policies and procedures since the last report; (3) any recommendations for material changes to such policies and procedures as a result of the Chief Compliance Officer’s annual review; and (4) any compliance matter that has occurred since the date of the last report about which the Board would reasonably need to know to oversee the Company’s compliance activities and risks. The Chief Compliance Officer also meets separately in executive session with the Independent Directors at least once each year. In addition to compliance reports from the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer, the Board also receives reports from legal counsel to the Company regarding regulatory compliance and governance matters.

Board Composition and Leadership Structure

Mr. Forman, who is an “interested person” of the Company as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, serves as both the president and chief executive officer of the Company and chairman of the Board. The Board believes that Mr. Forman, as co-founder and chief executive officer of the Company, is the director with the most knowledge of the Company’s business strategy and is best situated to serve as chairman of the Board. The Charter, as well as regulations governing business development companies (“BDCs”) generally, requires that a majority of the Board be persons other than “interested persons” of the Company, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. The Board does not currently have a lead Independent Director.

The Board, after considering various factors, has concluded that its structure is appropriate given the current size and complexity of the Company and the extensive regulation to which the Company is already subject as a BDC.

 

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Committees of the Board

The Board has established three standing committees of the Board, which consist of an Audit Committee, a Valuation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Board met 20 times during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, including four regular quarterly meetings. Each director attended at least 75% of the aggregate of all meetings of the Board to which they were invited during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. The Company does not have a formal policy regarding director attendance at an annual meeting of stockholders. None of the directors attended the Company’s annual meeting held on June 20, 2013.

The Board has not established a standing compensation committee because the executive officers of the Company do not receive any direct compensation from the Company. The Board, as a whole, participates in the consideration of director compensation and decisions on director compensation are based on, among other things, a review of data of comparable BDCs.

Audit Committee

The Board has established an Audit Committee that operates pursuant to a charter and consists of three members, including a Chairman of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee members are Messrs. Keith, Mendelson (Chairman) and Stuart, each an Independent Director. The Board has determined that Messrs. Mendelson and Stuart are “audit committee financial experts” as defined by Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act. The primary function of the Audit Committee is to oversee the integrity of the Company’s accounting policies, financial reporting process and system of internal controls regarding finance and accounting policies. The Audit Committee’s charter was adopted by the Board on February 7, 2012 and updated on December 10, 2013. The Audit Committee held four meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. Each member of the Audit Committee attended all of the meetings held during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. The Audit Committee charter is available on the Company’s website at www.fsinvestmentcorpII.com.

Valuation Committee

The Board has established a Valuation Committee consisting of four members, including a Chairman of the Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee members are Ms. Adams and Messrs. Heller, Mendelson and Tarte (Chairman). The primary function of the Valuation Committee is to establish guidelines and make recommendations to the Board on valuation matters. The Valuation Committee held four meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. Ms. Adams and Messrs. Mendelson and Tarte attended all of the meetings held during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. Mr. Heller was appointed to serve on the Valuation Committee effective September 1, 2013 and attended all of the meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 subsequent to his appointment.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

The Board has established a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee that operates pursuant to a charter and consists of three members, including a Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee members are Messrs. Heller (Chairman), Keith and Stuart. The primary function of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is to consider and make recommendations to the Board regarding certain governance matters, including selection of directors for election by stockholders, selection of director nominees to fill vacancies on the Board or a committee thereof, development and revision, as appropriate, of applicable corporate governance documentation and practices and oversight of the evaluation of the Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s charter was adopted by the Board on February 7, 2012. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee held five meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. Messrs. Heller and Keith attended all of the meetings held during fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. Mr. Stuart was appointed to serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee effective September 1, 2013 and attended all of the meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 subsequent to his appointment.

 

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When nominating director candidates, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee takes into consideration such factors as it deems appropriate. Among the qualifications considered in the selection of candidates, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers the following attributes and criteria of candidates: experience, including experience with investment companies and other organizations of comparable purpose, skills, expertise, diversity, including diversity of gender, race and national origin, personal and professional integrity, time availability in light of other commitments, conflicts of interest and such other relevant factors that the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers appropriate in the context of the needs of the Board, including, when applicable, to enhance the ability of the Board or committees of the Board to fulfill their duties and/or to satisfy any independence or other applicable requirements imposed by law, rule, regulation or listing standard including, but not limited to, the 1940 Act and rules promulgated by the SEC. The director nominees were approved by the members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the entire Board.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers candidates suggested by its members and other Board members, as well as the Company’s management and stockholders. Jerel A. Hopkins and Stephen T. Burdumy were identified and recommended as potential director nominees to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee by executive officers of the Company. Upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Board voted to appoint Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Burdumy as directors of the Company effective as of September 30, 2013 and April 1, 2014, respectively.

A stockholder who wishes to recommend a prospective nominee for the Board must provide notice to the Corporate Secretary of the Company in accordance with the requirements set forth in the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, which are described in greater detail under the heading “Submission of Stockholder Proposals.” Nominees for director who are recommended by stockholders will be evaluated in the same manner as any other nominee for director. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee charter is available on the Company’s website at www.fsinvestmentcorpII.com.

Communications Between Stockholders and the Board

The Board welcomes communications from the Company’s stockholders. Stockholders may send communications to the Board or to any particular director to the following address: c/o FS Investment Corporation II, Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, Suite 675, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104. Stockholders should indicate clearly the director or directors to whom the communication is being sent so that each communication may be forwarded directly to the appropriate director(s).

Information about Executive Officers Who Are Not Directors

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the executive officers of the Company who are not directors of the Company:

 

Name, Address, Age
and Position(s) with
Company(1)
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Salvatore Faia

Age: 51

 

Chief Compliance Officer

 

  Since 2012
  Mr. Faia has served as the Company’s chief compliance officer since February 2012. Mr. Faia also serves as chief compliance officer of FS Investment Corporation, FS Energy and Power Fund, FS Investment Corporation III, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—A and FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—D, and has presided in such roles since May 2008, April 2011, December 2013, June 2013, June 2013 and June 2013, respectively. Also, Mr. Faia served as the chief compliance officer for FB Income Advisor, LLC from November 2008 to December 2010. Since 2004, Mr. Faia has served as the president of Vigilant Compliance, LLC, a full service compliance firm serving mutual funds and the investment industry. In connection with his role as president

 

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Name, Address, Age
and Position(s) with
Company(1)
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Salvatore Faia

Age: 51

 

Chief Compliance Officer (continued)

  Since 2012  

of Vigilant Compliance, LLC, he currently serves as chief compliance officer for a number of mutual funds and investment advisers. Mr. Faia has also served as trustee to EIP Growth and Income Fund since May 2005. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Faia served as senior legal counsel for PFPC Worldwide, Inc., and from 1997 to 2001, he was a partner with an Am Law 100 law firm. Mr. Faia has extensive experience with mutual funds, hedge

funds, investment advisers, broker dealers and the investment management industry. In addition to being an experienced attorney with respect to the 1940 Act and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, he is a Certified Public Accountant, and holds various Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Securities Licenses. Mr. Faia is a member of the Investment Company Institute’s Chief Compliance Officer Committee. Mr. Faia graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School with his J.D., and received his degree in accounting and finance from La Salle University.

     

William Goebel Age: 39

 

Chief Financial Officer

  Since 2011   Mr. Goebel has served as the Company’s chief financial officer since its inception in July 2011. Mr. Goebel also serves as chief financial officer of FS Investment Corporation, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—A and FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—D, and has presided in such roles since March 2011, January 2013, January 2013 and January 2013, respectively. Mr. Goebel previously served as chief financial officer of FS Energy and Power Fund from February 2011 to November 2012. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Goebel held a senior manager audit position with Ernst & Young LLP in the firm’s asset management practice from 2003 to January 2011, where he was responsible for the audits of regulated investment companies, private investment partnerships, investment advisers and broker-dealers. Mr. Goebel began his career at a regional public accounting firm, Tait, Weller and Baker LLP, in 1997. Mr. Goebel received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds the CFA Institute’s Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
     

Zachary Klehr

Age: 35

 

Executive Vice

President

  Since 2013
  Mr. Klehr has served as the Company’s executive vice president since January 2013. Mr. Klehr also currently serves as executive vice president of FS Investment Corporation, FS Energy and Power Fund, FS Investment Corporation III, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—A and FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—D, and has presided in such roles since January 2013, January 2013, June 2013, January 2013, January 2013 and January 2013, respectively. Mr. Klehr has also served in various senior officer capacities for Franklin Square Holdings and its affiliated investment advisers, FB Income Advisor, LLC, FS Investment Advisor, LLC, FSIC II Advisor, FSIC III Advisor, LLC and FS Global Advisor, LLC, since the later of February 2011 or such entity’s inception date, including as executive vice president since September 2012. In this role, he focuses on fund administration, portfolio management, fund operations, research, education and communications. Prior to joining Franklin Square Holdings, Mr. Klehr served as a vice president at Versa Capital Management (“Versa”), a private equity firm with approximately $1 billion in assets under management, from July 2007 to February 2011. At Versa, he sourced, underwrote, negotiated, structured and managed investments in middle-market distressed companies, special situations and distressed debt. Prior to Versa, Mr. Klehr spent five years at Goldman,

 

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Name, Address, Age
and Position(s) with
Company(1)
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
     

Zachary Klehr

Age: 35

 

Executive Vice

President (continued)

  Since 2013   Sachs & Co., starting as an analyst in the Investment Banking Division, then in the Executive Office working on firm-wide strategy covering hedge funds and other complex multi-faceted clients of the firm. Later, he joined the Financial Sponsors Group as an associate where he focused on leveraged buyouts, acquisitions and equity and debt financings for private equity clients. Mr. Klehr received his M.B.A., with honors, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his B.A., cum laude, also from the University of Pennsylvania. He is active in his community and serves on the board of trustees of The Philadelphia School, where he is a member of the executive, governance, advancement, finance and investment committees.

Gerald F. Stahlecker

Age: 48

 

Executive Vice

President

  Since 2011
 

Mr. Stahlecker has served as the Company’s executive vice president since July 2011 and has served as executive vice president of FSIC II Advisor and Franklin Square Holdings since November 2011 and January 2010, respectively. Mr. Stahlecker also serves as executive vice president of FB Income Advisor, LLC, FS Energy and Power Fund, FS Investment Advisor, LLC, FS Investment Corporation III, FSIC III Advisor, LLC, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—A, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—D and FS Global Advisor LLC, and has presided in such roles since January 2010, September 2010, September 2010, June 2013, October 2013, January 2013, January 2013, January 2013 and January 2013, respectively. Mr. Stahlecker has also served as president of FS Investment Corporation since April 2013 and previously served as its executive vice president from March 2010 to April 2013. Mr. Stahlecker was a director of FS Investment Corporation and served as a member of its audit committee and as chairman of its valuation committee from the company’s inception in December 2007 to December 2009 when he resigned as a director in order to join the Company’s affiliates, FB Income Advisor, LLC and Franklin Square Holdings. Mr. Stahlecker is a former founding partner of Radcliffe Capital Management, L.P. (“Radcliffe”), an SEC-registered investment advisory firm which manages the Radcliffe Funds, a family of Cayman Islands-based, master-feeder structured hedge funds, as well as separately managed accounts for an institutional investor base. Radcliffe pursues convertible arbitrage, high-yield debt, special situations and event-driven investment strategies. From its founding in October 2002 until selling his interest in Radcliffe in July 2009, Mr. Stahlecker served as managing director and chief operating officer of Radcliffe and was the co-chair of its investment committee. Prior to co-founding Radcliffe and its affiliated entities, from May 1998 through October 2002, Mr. Stahlecker served as an officer and director of Rose Glen Capital Management, L.P. (“Rose Glen”), a predecessor to Radcliffe. Rose Glen managed hedge funds focusing on directly negotiated, structured debt and equity investments in public companies. Mr. Stahlecker has extensive experience in structuring and negotiating investment transactions on behalf of investors and issuers and has participated in numerous distressed and special situation restructurings on behalf of investors.

 

From 1992 to 1998, Mr. Stahlecker was an attorney at Klehr Harrison, a Philadelphia-based law firm, where he practiced corporate and securities law. While at Klehr Harrison, Mr. Stahlecker represented hedge funds, venture capital funds and other institutional investors pursuing structured equity and debt investments in public and private companies. Prior to

 

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Name, Address, Age
and Position(s) with
Company(1)
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Gerald F. Stahlecker

Age: 48

 

Executive Vice

President (continued)

  Since 2011   attending law school, from 1987 to 1989, Mr. Stahlecker worked as a senior analyst at Furash & Company, a consulting boutique in Washington, D.C., where he advised banks and other financial institutions regarding mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, asset/liability management and strategic planning. Mr. Stahlecker received his B.S. in Industrial Management, with concentrations in Finance and Strategic Planning, from Carnegie Mellon University and his J.D. from Villanova University Law School, where he was an editor of the Villanova University Environmental Law Journal. Mr. Stahlecker serves on the board of directors of the Investment Program Association, an industry trade group, and previously served on the board of trustees of The Philadelphia School, where he served as a member of its advancement, finance and investment committees.
     

Stephen S. Sypherd

Age: 37

 

Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

  Since 2013   Mr. Sypherd has served as the Company’s vice president, treasurer and secretary since January 2013. Mr. Sypherd also currently serves as vice president, treasurer and secretary of FS Investment Corporation, FS Energy and Power Fund, FS Investment Corporation III, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—A and FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—D, and has presided in such roles since January 2013, January 2013, June 2013, January 2013, January 2013 and January 2013, respectively. Mr. Sypherd has also served in various senior officer capacities for Franklin Square Holdings and its affiliated investment advisers, FB Income Advisor, LLC, FS Investment Advisor, LLC, FSIC II Advisor, FSIC III Advisor, LLC and FS Global Advisor, LLC, since the later of August 2010 or such entity’s inception date, including as senior vice president since December 2011 and general counsel since January 2013. He is responsible for legal and compliance matters across all entities and investment products of Franklin Square Holdings. Prior to joining Franklin Square Holdings, Mr. Sypherd served for eight years as an attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he practiced corporate and securities law. Mr. Sypherd received his B.A. in Economics from Villanova University and his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an executive editor of the Georgetown Law Journal.

 

(1) The address for each executive officer is c/o FS Investment Corporation II, Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, Suite 675, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

The Company has adopted a code of business conduct, ethics and statement on the prohibition of insider trading (“Code of Business Conduct and Ethics”) pursuant to Rule 17j-1 promulgated under the 1940 Act, which applies to, among others, its officers, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as well as the members of the Board. The Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics can be accessed via the Company’s website at www.fsinvestmentcorpII.com by clicking on “Corporate Governance” at the bottom of the page. In addition, the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Internet site at www.sec.gov. Stockholders may also obtain a copy of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the SEC’s Public Reference Section at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. The Company intends to disclose any amendments to or waivers of required provisions of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics on Form 8-K, as required by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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Compensation Discussion and Analysis

The Company’s executive officers do not receive any direct compensation from the Company. The Company does not currently have any employees and does not expect to have any employees. As an externally managed BDC, services necessary for the Company’s business are provided by individuals who are employees of FSIC II Advisor or its affiliates or by individuals who were contracted by FSIC II Advisor, the Company or their respective affiliates to work on behalf of the Company. Each of the Company’s executive officers is an employee of FSIC II Advisor or an outside contractor, and the day-to-day investment operations and administration of the Company’s portfolio are managed by FSIC II Advisor. In addition, the Company reimburses FSIC II Advisor for the Company’s allocable portion of expenses incurred by FSIC II Advisor in performing its obligations under the investment advisory and administrative services agreement between the Company and FSIC II Advisor (the “investment advisory and administrative services agreement”). See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”

Director Compensation

The Company’s directors who do not also serve in an executive officer capacity for the Company or FSIC II Advisor are entitled to receive an annual cash retainer of $25,000, fees for attending in-person Board and committee meetings and annual fees for serving as a committee chairperson, determined based on the Company’s net asset value as of the end of each fiscal quarter. These directors are Ms. Adams and Messrs. Burdumy, Heller, Hopkins, Keith, Mendelson, Stuart and Tarte. Amounts payable under the arrangement are determined and paid quarterly in arrears as follows:

 

Net Asset Value

   Annual Cash
Retainer
     Board/Committee
Meeting Fee
     Annual
Chairperson Fee
 

$0 to $100 million

   $ 0       $ 0       $ 0   

$100 million to $300 million

   $ 25,000       $ 1,000       $ 5,000   

$300 million to $500 million

   $ 40,000       $ 1,000       $ 5,000   

$500 million to $1 billion

   $ 60,000       $ 1,500       $ 20,000   

> $1 billion

   $ 80,000       $ 2,500       $ 25,000   

The Company also reimburses each of the above directors for all reasonable and authorized business expenses in accordance with its policies as in effect from time to time, including reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending each Board meeting and each committee meeting not held concurrently with a Board meeting.

The Company does not pay compensation to its directors who also serve in an executive officer capacity for the Company or FSIC II Advisor.

 

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The table below sets forth the compensation received by each director from (i) the Company and (ii) to the extent the director also served on the board of directors or board of trustees of one or more of the other companies in the Fund Complex, the total compensation received by the director from all such companies in the Fund Complex, including the Company, in each case, for service during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013:

 

Name of Director

   Fees Earned
or Paid in Cash
by the
Company
     Total
Compensation
from the

Company
     Total
Compensation
from the Fund
Complex(1)
 

Michael C. Forman

     —           —           —     

David J. Adelman

     —           —           —     

Michael J. Heller

   $ 121,750       $ 121,750       $ 351,250   

Barbara Adams

   $ 93,000       $ 93,000       $ 93,000   

Stephen T. Burdumy(2)

     —           —           —     

Jerel A. Hopkins

   $ 22,500       $ 22,500       $ 22,500   

Robert E. Keith, Jr.

   $ 107,000       $ 107,000       $ 107,000   

Paul Mendelson

   $ 128,250       $ 128,250       $ 243,250   

John E. Stuart

   $ 100,500       $ 100,500       $ 100,500   

Scott J. Tarte

   $ 116,750       $ 116,750       $ 116,750   

 

 

(1) Messrs. Adelman, Forman, Heller and Mendelson serve on the board of directors of FS Investment Corporation. Messrs. Adelman, Forman and Heller serve on the board of trustees of FS Energy and Power Fund and the board of directors of FS Investment Corporation III. Messrs. Adelman and Forman serve on the boards of trustees of FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—A and FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—D. The Company, FS Investment Corporation, FS Energy and Power Fund, FS Investment Corporation III, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—A and FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—D are part of the Fund Complex.
(2) As of December 31, 2013, Mr. Burdumy was not yet elected as a director of the Company.

The table below shows the dollar range of equity securities of the Company and the aggregate dollar range of equity securities of the Fund Complex that were beneficially owned by each director as of the Record Date stated as one of the following dollar ranges: None; $1-$10,000; $10,001-$50,000; $50,001-$100,000; or Over $100,000.

 

Name of Director

   Dollar Range of
Equity Securities
Beneficially
Owned
in the
Company(1)(2)
   Aggregate Dollar
Range of Equity
Securities
in the Fund
Complex(1)(2)

Interested Directors:

     

Michael C. Forman

   Over $100,000    Over $100,000

David J. Adelman

   Over $100,000    Over $100,000

Michael J. Heller

   Over $100,000    Over $100,000

Independent Directors:

     

Barbara Adams

   $10,001-$50,000    $10,001-$50,000

Stephen T. Burdumy

   None    None

Jerel A. Hopkins

   None    None

Robert E. Keith, Jr.

   Over $100,000    Over $100,000

Paul Mendelson

   Over $100,000    Over $100,000

John E. Stuart

   Over $100,000    Over $100,000

Scott J. Tarte

   Over $100,000    Over $100,000

 

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(1) Beneficial ownership determined in accordance with Rule 16a-1(a)(2) promulgated under the Exchange Act.
(2) The dollar range of equity securities of the Company beneficially owned by directors of the Company, if applicable, is based on a price of $10.60 per Share, which is the last offering price at which the Company issued Shares in its public offering in March 2014. The dollar range of equity securities of FS Investment Corporation beneficially owned by directors of the Company, if applicable, is based on a price of $10.29 per share, which is the last reported closing price for FS Investment Corporation on the New York Stock Exchange, LLC on the Record Date. The dollar range of equity securities of FS Energy and Power Fund, FS Investment Corporation III, FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—A and FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—D beneficially owned by directors of the Company, if applicable, is based on a price of $10.90 per common share of beneficial interest of FS Energy and Power Fund, $10.00 per share of common stock of FS Investment Corporation III, $11.03 per common share of beneficial interest of FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—A and $10.35 per common share of beneficial interest of FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund—D, which were the public offering prices of such securities as of the Record Date.

Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions

The Company has procedures in place for the review, approval and monitoring of transactions involving the Company and certain persons related to the Company. For example, the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics generally prohibits any employee, officer or director from engaging in any transaction where there is a conflict between such individual’s personal interest and the interests of the Company. Waivers to the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for any executive officer or member of the Board must be approved by the Board and are publicly disclosed as required by applicable law and regulations. In addition, the Audit Committee is required to review and approve all related-party transactions (as defined in Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act). Prior to the occurrence of a liquidity event (which the Company defines as either (1) a listing of its Shares on a national securities exchange, (2) the sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either on a complete portfolio basis or individually followed by a liquidation or (3) a merger or another transaction approved by the Board in which the Company’s stockholders likely will receive cash or shares of a publicly-traded company), all future transactions with affiliates of the Company will be on terms no less favorable than could be obtained from an unaffiliated third party and must be approved by a majority of the Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors.

Compensation of the Dealer Manager and Investment Adviser

Pursuant to the investment advisory and administrative services agreement, FSIC II Advisor is entitled to an annual base management fee of 2.0% of the average value of the Company’s gross assets and an incentive fee based on the Company’s performance. The Company commenced accruing fees under the investment advisory and administrative services agreement on June 18, 2012, upon commencement of its operations. Base management fees are paid on a quarterly basis in arrears.

The incentive fee consists of two parts. The first part, which is referred to as the subordinated incentive fee on income, is calculated and payable quarterly in arrears, equals 20.0% of “pre-incentive fee net investment income” for the immediately preceding quarter and is subject to a hurdle rate, expressed as a rate of return on adjusted capital, as defined in the investment advisory and administrative services agreement, equal to 1.875% per quarter, or an annualized hurdle rate of 7.5%. As a result, FSIC II Advisor will not earn this incentive fee for any quarter until the Company’s pre-incentive fee net investment income for such quarter exceeds the hurdle rate of 1.875%. Once the Company’s pre-incentive fee net investment income in any quarter exceeds the hurdle rate, FSIC II Advisor will be entitled to a “catch-up” fee equal to the amount of the pre-incentive fee net investment income in excess of the hurdle rate, until the Company’s pre-incentive fee net investment income for such quarter equals 2.34375%, or 9.375% annually, of adjusted capital. This “catch-up” feature allows FSIC II Advisor to recoup the fees foregone as a result of the existence of the hurdle rate. Thereafter, FSIC II Advisor will receive 20.0% of pre-incentive fee net investment income.

 

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The second part of the incentive fee, which is referred to as the incentive fee on capital gains, is determined and payable in arrears as of the end of each calendar year (or upon termination of the investment advisory and administrative services agreement). This fee equals 20.0% of the Company’s incentive fee capital gains, which equal the Company’s realized capital gains on a cumulative basis from inception, calculated as of the end of the applicable period, computed net of all realized capital losses and unrealized capital depreciation on a cumulative basis, less the aggregate amount of any previously paid capital gains incentive fees. The Company accrues for the capital gains incentive fee, which, if earned, is paid annually. The Company accrues the capital gains incentive fee based on net realized and unrealized gains; however, under the terms of the investment advisory and administrative services agreement, the fee payable to FSIC II Advisor is based on realized gains and no such fee is payable with respect to unrealized gains unless and until such gains are actually realized.

The Company reimburses FSIC II Advisor for expenses necessary to perform services related to the Company’s administration and operations. The amount of this reimbursement is set at the lesser of (1) FSIC II Advisor’s actual costs incurred in providing such services and (2) the amount that the Company estimates it would be required to pay alternative service providers for comparable services in the same geographic location. FSIC II Advisor is required to allocate the cost of such services to the Company based on factors such as assets, revenues, time allocations and/or other reasonable metrics. The Board assesses the reasonableness of such reimbursements based on the breadth, depth and quality of such services as compared to the estimated cost to the Company of obtaining similar services from third-party service providers known to be available. In addition, the Board considers whether any single third-party service provider would be capable of providing all such services at comparable cost and quality. Finally, the Board compares the total amount paid to FSIC II Advisor for such services as a percentage of the Company’s net assets to the same ratio as reported by other comparable BDCs.

Franklin Square Holdings has funded certain of the Company’s offering costs and organization costs. These costs have been recorded by the Company as a contribution to capital. The offering costs were offset against capital in excess of par value on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the organization costs were charged to expense as incurred by the Company.

Under the terms of the investment advisory and administrative services agreement, upon satisfaction of the minimum offering requirement, FSIC II Advisor became entitled to receive 1.5% of gross proceeds raised in the Company’s continuous public offering until all offering costs and organization costs funded by FSIC II Advisor or its affiliates (including Franklin Square Holdings) had been recovered. On June 18, 2012, the Company satisfied the minimum offering requirement. Since inception through December 31, 2013, Franklin Square Holdings has funded approximately $3.2 million in offering costs and organization costs, all of which were reimbursed by the Company during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. The reimbursements were recorded as a reduction of capital. As of December 31, 2013, no amounts remain reimbursable to FSIC II Advisor and its affiliates under this arrangement.

The investment advisory and administrative services agreement provides that FSIC II Advisor and its officers, directors, controlling persons and any other person or entity affiliated with it acting as the Company’s agent shall be entitled to indemnification (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and amounts reasonably paid in settlement) for any liability or loss suffered by FSIC II Advisor, and FSIC II Advisor shall be held harmless for any loss or liability suffered by the Company, if (i) FSIC II Advisor has determined, in good faith, that the course of conduct which caused the loss or liability was in the Company’s best interests, (ii) FSIC II Advisor was acting on behalf of or performing services for the Company, (iii) the liability or loss suffered was not the result of negligence or misconduct by FSIC II Advisor or an affiliate thereof acting as the Company’s agent and (iv) the indemnification or agreement to hold FSIC II Advisor harmless is only recoverable out of the Company’s net assets and not from the Company’s stockholders.

The dealer manager for the Company’s continuous public offering was FS2 Capital Partners, LLC (“FS2”), which is one of the Company’s affiliates. Under the dealer manager agreement among the Company, FSIC II Advisor and FS2, FS2 was entitled to receive sales commissions and dealer manager fees in connection with the

 

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sale of Shares in the Company’s continuous public offering, all or a portion of which were re-allowed to selected broker-dealers.

The following table describes the fees and expenses accrued under the investment advisory and administrative services agreement and the dealer manager agreement during the year ended December 31, 2013 (dollar amounts in thousands):

 

Related Party

 

Source Agreement

 

Description

  Year Ended
December 31,
2013
 

FSIC II Advisor

 

Investment Advisory and Administrative

Services Agreement

 

Base Management

Fee(1)

  $ 38,677  

FSIC II Advisor

 

Investment Advisory and Administrative

Services Agreement

 

Capital Gains

Incentive Fee(2)

  $ 6,164  

FSIC II Advisor

 

Investment Advisory and Administrative

Services Agreement

 

Subordinated Incentive

Fee on Income(3)

  $ 8,871  

FSIC II Advisor

 

Investment Advisory and Administrative

Services Agreement

 

Administrative

Services Expenses(4)

  $ 2,732  

FS2

 

Dealer Manager Agreement

  Dealer Manager Fee(5)   $ 35,718  

 

(1) During the year ended December 31, 2013, $26,131 in base management fees were paid to FSIC II Advisor. As of December 31, 2013, $15,013 in base management fees were payable to FSIC II Advisor.
(2) During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company accrued capital gains incentive fees of $6,164 based on the performance of its portfolio, all of which was based on unrealized gains. No capital gains incentive fees are actually payable by the Company with respect to unrealized gains unless and until those gains are actually realized. The Company paid FSIC II Advisor $478 in capital gains incentive fees during the year ended December 31, 2013. As of December 31, 2013, the Company had accrued capital gains incentive fees of $9,234 based on the performance of its portfolio, all of which was based on unrealized gains and none of which was payable to FSIC II Advisor as of such date.
(3) During the year ended December 31, 2013, $8,871 of subordinated incentive fees on income were paid to FSIC II Advisor. As of December 31, 2013, no amounts were payable to FSIC II Advisor in respect of the subordinated incentive fee on income.
(4) During the year ended December 31, 2013, $2,216 of administrative services expenses related to the allocation of costs of administrative personnel for services rendered to the Company by FSIC II Advisor and the remainder related to other reimbursable expenses. The Company paid $2,342 in administrative services expenses to FSIC II Advisor during the year ended December 31, 2013.
(5) Represents aggregate dealer manager fees retained by FS2 and not re-allowed to selected broker-dealers.

Potential Conflicts of Interest

FSIC II Advisor’s senior management team is comprised of substantially the same personnel as the senior management teams of FB Income Advisor, LLC, FS Investment Advisor, LLC, FSIC III Advisor, LLC and FS Global Advisor, LLC, the investment advisers to Franklin Square Holdings’ other affiliated BDCs and affiliated closed-end management investment company. As a result, such personnel provide investment advisory services to the Company and each of FS Investment Corporation, FS Energy and Power Fund, FS Investment Corporation III and FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund. While none of FSIC II Advisor, FB Income Advisor, LLC, FS Investment Advisor, LLC, FSIC III Advisor, LLC or FS Global Advisor, LLC is currently making private corporate debt investments for clients other than the Company, FS Investment Corporation, FS Energy and Power Fund, FS Investment Corporation III or FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund, respectively, any, or all, may do so in the future. In the event that FSIC II Advisor undertakes to provide investment advisory services to other clients in the future, it intends to allocate investment opportunities in a fair and equitable manner consistent with the Company’s investment objectives and strategies, if necessary, so that the Company will not be disadvantaged in relation to any other client of FSIC II Advisor or its management team. In addition, even in the

 

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absence of FSIC II Advisor retaining additional clients, it is possible that some investment opportunities may be provided to FS Investment Corporation, FS Energy and Power Fund, FS Investment Corporation III and/or FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund rather than to the Company.

Exemptive Relief

In an order dated June 4, 2013, the SEC granted exemptive relief permitting the Company, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, to co-invest in certain privately negotiated investment transactions with certain affiliates of FSIC II Advisor, including FS Investment Corporation, FS Energy and Power Fund, FS Investment Corporation III and any future BDCs that are advised by FSIC II Advisor or its affiliated investment advisers (collectively, the “co-investment affiliates”). The Company believes this relief may not only enhance its ability to further its investment objectives and strategy, but may also increase favorable investment opportunities for the Company, in part by allowing the Company to participate in larger investments, together with its co-investment affiliates, than would be available to the Company if it had not obtained such relief. Because the Company did not seek exemptive relief to engage in co-investment transactions with GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC, the Company’s investment sub-adviser (“GDFM”), and its affiliates, the Company will continue to be permitted to co-invest with GDFM and its affiliates only in accordance with existing regulatory guidance.

Expense Reimbursement

Pursuant to an expense support and conditional reimbursement agreement, dated as of May 10, 2012 and amended and restated as of May 16, 2013 (as amended and restated, the “expense reimbursement agreement”), Franklin Square Holdings has agreed to reimburse the Company for expenses in an amount that is sufficient to ensure that no portion of the Company’s distributions to stockholders will be paid from its offering proceeds or borrowings. However, because certain investments the Company may make, including preferred and common equity investments, may generate dividends and other distributions to the Company that are treated for tax purposes as a return of capital, a portion of the Company’s distributions to stockholders may also be deemed to constitute a return of capital for tax purposes to the extent that the Company may use such dividends or other distribution proceeds to fund its distributions to stockholders. Under those circumstances, Franklin Square Holdings will not reimburse the Company for the portion of such distributions to stockholders that represent a return of capital for tax purposes, as the purpose of the expense reimbursement arrangement is not to prevent tax-advantaged distributions to stockholders.

Under the expense reimbursement agreement, Franklin Square Holdings will reimburse the Company for expenses in an amount equal to the difference between the Company’s cumulative distributions paid to its stockholders in each quarter, less the sum of the Company’s net investment income for tax purposes, net capital gains and dividends and other distributions paid to the Company on account of preferred and common equity investments in portfolio companies (to the extent such amounts are not included in net investment income or net capital gains for tax purposes) in each quarter.

Pursuant to the expense reimbursement agreement, the Company has a conditional obligation to reimburse Franklin Square Holdings for any amounts funded by Franklin Square Holdings under such agreement if (and only to the extent that), during any fiscal quarter occurring within three years of the date on which Franklin Square Holdings funded such amount, the sum of the Company’s net investment income for tax purposes, net capital gains and the amount of any dividends and other distributions paid to the Company on account of preferred and common equity investments in portfolio companies (to the extent not included in net investment income or net capital gains for tax purposes) exceeds the distributions paid by the Company to its stockholders; provided, however, that (i) the Company will only reimburse Franklin Square Holdings for expense support payments made by Franklin Square Holdings with respect to any calendar quarter beginning on or after July 1, 2013 to the extent that the payment of such reimbursement (together with any other reimbursement paid during such fiscal year) does not cause “other operating expenses” (as defined below) (on an annualized basis and net of

 

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any expense support payments received by the Company during such fiscal year) to exceed the lesser of (A) 1.75% of the Company’s average net assets attributable to Shares for the fiscal year-to-date period after taking such payments into account and (B) the percentage of the Company’s average net assets attributable to Shares represented by “other operating expenses” during the fiscal year in which such expense support payment from Franklin Square Holdings was made (provided, however, that this clause (B) shall not apply to any reimbursement payment which relates to an expense support payment from Franklin Square Holdings made during the same fiscal year) and (ii) the Company will not reimburse Franklin Square Holdings for expense support payments made by Franklin Square Holdings if the aggregate amount of distributions per Share declared by the Company in such calendar quarter is less than the aggregate amount of distributions per Share declared by the Company in the calendar quarter in which Franklin Square Holdings made the expense support payment to which such reimbursement relates. “Other operating expenses” means the Company’s total “operating expenses” (as defined below), excluding base management fees, incentive fees, organization and offering expenses, financing fees and costs, interest expense, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses. “Operating expenses” means all operating costs and expenses incurred, as determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for investment companies.

The Company or Franklin Square Holdings may terminate the expense reimbursement agreement at any time. The specific amount of expenses reimbursed by Franklin Square Holdings, if any, will be determined at the end of each quarter. Upon termination of the expense reimbursement agreement by Franklin Square Holdings, Franklin Square Holdings will be required to fund any amounts accrued thereunder as of the date of termination. Similarly, the Company’s conditional obligation to reimburse Franklin Square Holdings pursuant to the terms of the expense reimbursement agreement shall survive the termination of such agreement by either party.

Franklin Square Holdings is controlled by the Company’s chairman, president and chief executive officer, Michael C. Forman, and the Company’s vice-chairman, David J. Adelman. There can be no assurance that the expense reimbursement agreement will remain in effect or that Franklin Square Holdings will reimburse any portion of the Company’s expenses in future quarters.

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company agreed to waive $441,000 of accrued but unpaid capital gains incentive fees, and made a corresponding reduction to the amount of accrued expense reimbursements due from Franklin Square Holdings. This balance was offset against expense recoupment payable to Franklin Square Holdings. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company accrued an expense recoupment payable to Franklin Square Holdings of approximately $2.0 million, which the Company offset against the reimbursements due on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2012, and made expense recoupment payments of approximately $847,000 to Franklin Square Holdings. As of December 31, 2013, no further amounts remain subject to repayment by the Company to Franklin Square Holdings in the future.

FS Benefit Trust

On May 30, 2013, FS Benefit Trust was formed as a Delaware statutory trust for the purpose of awarding equity incentive compensation to employees of Franklin Square Holdings and its affiliates. In connection with the Company’s semi-monthly closing occurring on June 17, 2013, FS Benefit Trust purchased approximately $34,000 of Shares at a purchase price equal to 90% of the offering price in effect on such date, or $9.45 per Share.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, the Company’s directors and executive officers, and any persons holding more than 10% of its Shares, are required to report their beneficial ownership and any changes therein to the SEC and the Company. Specific due dates for those reports have been established, and the Company is required to report herein any failure to file such reports by those due dates. Based on the Company’s

 

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review of Forms 3, 4 and 5 filed by such persons and information provided by the Company’s directors and officers, the Company believes that during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to such persons were timely filed.

Required Vote

Each director nominee shall be elected by a plurality of all the votes cast at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, provided that a quorum is present. Abstentions will not be included in determining the number of votes cast and, as a result, will have no effect on the Director Proposal. Shares represented by broker non-votes also are not considered votes cast and thus have no effect on the Director Proposal.

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” EACH OF THE DIRECTOR NOMINEES.

PROPOSAL 2: RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT

REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

McGladrey LLP, 751 Arbor Way, Suite 200, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 19422, has been appointed to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014. McGladrey LLP acted as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011. The Company knows of no direct financial or material indirect financial interest of McGladrey LLP in the Company. A representative of McGladrey LLP will be available by telephone to answer questions during the Annual Meeting and will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she desires to do so.

Although action by the stockholders on this matter is not required, the Audit Committee and the Board believe it is appropriate to seek stockholder ratification of this selection in light of the role played by the independent registered public accounting firm in reporting on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. If a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting and the appointment of McGladrey LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 is not ratified by the stockholders, the adverse vote will be considered by the Audit Committee in determining whether to appoint McGladrey LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the succeeding fiscal year.

Audit Fees

Set forth in the table below are audit fees, audit related fees, tax fees and all other fees billed to the Company by McGladrey LLP for professional services performed for the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012:

 

Fiscal Year

   Audit Fees      Audit-Related Fees(1)      Tax Fees      All Other Fees(2)  

2012

   $ 251,451       $ 63,050         —           —     

2013

   $ 328,600       $ 71,950         —         $ 39,900   

 

(1) “Audit-Related Fees” are those fees billed to the Company by McGladrey LLP for out-of-pocket expenses relating to audit services provided by McGladrey LLP or fees billed for expenses relating to the review by McGladrey LLP of the Company’s registration statements filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
(2) “All Other Fees” are those fees, if any, billed to the Company by McGladrey LLP in connection with permitted non-audit services.

The Company’s Audit Committee reviews, negotiates and approves in advance the scope of work, any related engagement letter and the fees to be charged by the Company’s independent registered public accounting

 

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firm for audit services and permitted non-audit services for the Company and for permitted non-audit services for FSIC II Advisor and any affiliates thereof that provide services to the Company if such non-audit services have a direct impact on the operations or financial reporting of the Company. Any requests for audit, audit-related, tax and other services that have not received general pre-approval must be submitted to the Audit Committee for specific pre-approval in accordance with its pre-approval policy, irrespective of the amount, and cannot commence until such approval has been granted. Normally, pre-approval is considered at regularly scheduled meetings of the Audit Committee. However, the Audit Committee may delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of its members. The member or members to whom such authority is delegated must report any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. The Audit Committee does not delegate its responsibilities to pre-approve services performed by McGladrey LLP to management. All of the audit and non- audit services described above for which McGladrey LLP billed the Company for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 were pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

Audit Committee Report

As part of its oversight of the Company’s financial statements, the Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with both management and McGladrey LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, the Company’s consolidated financial statements filed with the SEC for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. Management advised the Audit Committee that all financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and reviewed significant accounting issues with the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee also discussed with McGladrey LLP the matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 16, Communications with Audit Committees, and by the Auditing Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

The Audit Committee has established a pre-approval policy that describes the permitted audit, audit-related, tax and other services to be provided by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. Pursuant to the policy, the Audit Committee pre-approves the audit and non-audit services performed by McGladrey LLP in order to assure that the provision of such service does not impair the firm’s independence.

Any request for audit, audit-related, tax and other services that have not received general pre-approval must be submitted to the Audit Committee for specific pre-approval in accordance with its pre-approval policy, irrespective of the amount of fees associated with such services, and cannot commence until such approval has been granted. Normally, pre-approval is provided at regularly scheduled meetings of the Audit Committee. However, the Audit Committee may delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of its members. The member or members to whom such authority is delegated must report any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. The Audit Committee does not delegate its responsibilities to pre-approve services performed by McGladrey LLP to management.

The Audit Committee received and reviewed the written disclosures and the letter from McGladrey LLP required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding McGladrey LLP’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with McGladrey LLP its independence. The Audit Committee has reviewed the audit fees paid by the Company to McGladrey LLP. It has also reviewed non-audit services and fees to assure compliance with the Company’s and the Audit Committee’s policies restricting McGladrey LLP from performing services that might impair its independence.

Based on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013 be included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 for filing with the SEC. The Audit Committee also recommended the appointment of McGladrey LLP to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014.

 

Audit Committee Members:

Paul Mendelson, Chairman

Robert E. Keith, Jr.

John E. Stuart

 

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The material in this report is not “soliciting material,” is not deemed “filed” with the SEC, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any such filing.

Required Vote

The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, provided a quorum is present, is required to ratify the appointment of McGladrey LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014. Abstentions will not be included in determining the number of votes cast and, as a result, will not have any effect on the result of the vote with respect to the Accountant Proposal. Because brokers will have discretionary authority to vote for the ratification of the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm in the event that they do not receive voting instructions from the beneficial owner of the Shares, there will not be any broker non- votes with respect to the Accountant Proposal.

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” RATIFICATION OF

MCGLADREY LLP AS THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM OF THE

COMPANY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2014.

SUBMISSION OF STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

The Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws require the Company to hold an annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and the transaction of any business within the powers of the Company on a date and at a time set by the Board. In addition, the Company will hold special meetings as required or deemed desirable, or upon the request of holders of at least 10% of the Company’s outstanding Shares entitled to vote. Any stockholder that wishes to submit a proposal for consideration at a subsequent meeting of the stockholders should mail the proposal promptly to the Secretary of the Company. Any proposal to be considered for submission to stockholders must comply with Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the Exchange Act and must be received by the Company in accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws and any other applicable law, rule, or regulation regarding director nominations. When submitting a nomination to the Company for consideration, a stockholder must provide certain information that would be required under applicable SEC rules, including the following minimum information for each director nominee: full name, age, and address; class, series and number of Shares beneficially owned by the nominee, if any; the date such Shares were acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition; whether such stockholder believes the individual is an “interested person” of the Company, as defined in the 1940 Act; and all other information required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest or is otherwise required. To date, the Company has not received any recommendations from stockholders requesting consideration of a candidate for inclusion among the committee’s slate of nominees in the Company’s proxy statement.

Pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, for a director nomination or other business to be considered for the next annual meeting of stockholders, notice must be provided in writing and delivered to the Secretary of the Company at the Company’s principal executive office before January 30, 2015 but not before December 31, 2014. The timely submission of a proposal does not guarantee its inclusion.

Any stockholder proposals submitted pursuant to the Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the Exchange Act for inclusion in the Company’s proxy statement and form of proxy for the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders must be received by the Company on or before December 31, 2014. Such proposals must also comply with the requirements as to form and substance established by the SEC if such proposals are to be included in the proxy statement and form of proxy. Any such proposal should be mailed to: FS Investment Corporation II, Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, Suite 675, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, Attention: Corporate Secretary.

OTHER MATTERS TO COME BEFORE THE MEETING

The Board is not aware of any matters that will be presented for action at the Annual Meeting other than the matters set forth herein. Should any other matters requiring a vote of stockholders arise, it is intended that the

 

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proxies that do not contain specific instructions to the contrary will be voted in accordance with the judgment of the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy.

INVESTMENT ADVISER AND ADMINISTRATOR, INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISER

AND SUB-ADMINISTRATOR

Set forth below are the names and addresses of the Company’s investment adviser and administrator, investment sub-adviser and sub-administrator:

 

INVESTMENT ADVISER
AND ADMINISTRATOR

 

INVESTMENT
SUB-ADVISER

 

SUB-ADMINISTRATOR

FSIC II Advisor, LLC

Cira Centre

2929 Arch Street, Suite 675

Philadelphia, PA 19104

 

GSO / Blackstone Debt

Funds Management LLC

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154

 

State Street Bank and

Trust Company

4 Copley Place, 5th Floor

Boston, MA 02116

PLEASE VOTE PROMPTLY BY SIGNING AND DATING THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD AND RETURNING IT IN THE ACCOMPANYING POSTAGE PAID RETURN ENVELOPE OR BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS PRINTED ON THE PROXY CARD, WHICH PROVIDES INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORIZING A PROXY BY TELEPHONE OR THROUGH THE INTERNET. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES.

 

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TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS: KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owners) Date w SCAN TO VIEW MATERIALS & VOTE FS INVESTMENT CORPORATION II 2929 ARCH STREET, SUITE 675 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR Barcode above Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form. ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXY MATERIALS If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years. VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903 Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions. GENERAL QUESTIONS 1-877-807-6385 VOTE BY MAIL Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. M75212-P53091-Z63114 To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All Except” and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below. FS INVESTMENT CORPORATION II For All For All Except Withhold All The Board of Directors recommends you vote FORthe following: ! ! ! 1. Election of Directors Nominees: 06) Jerel A. Hopkins 07) Robert E. Keith, Jr. 08) Paul Mendelson 09) John E. Stuart 10) Scott J. Tarte 01) Barbara Adams 02) David J. Adelman 03) Stephen T. Burdumy 04) Michael C. Forman 05) Michael J. Heller The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal: For Against Abstain ! ! ! 2. To ratify the appointment of McGladrey LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year endingDecember 31, 2014. NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer.


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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting:The Notice and Proxy Statement and Annual Report are available at www.proxyvote.com. M75213-P53091-Z63114 FS INVESTMENT CORPORATION II Annual Meeting of Stockholders June 24, 2014 This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors The undersigned hereby appoints Michael C. Forman and Stephen S. Sypherd, and each of them, as proxies of the undersigned with full power of substitution in each of them, to attend the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of FS Investment Corporation II, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), to be held at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at the offices of the Company located at Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, Suite 675, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, and any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Annual Meeting”), and vote as designated on the reverse side of this proxy card all of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“Shares”) held of record by the undersigned. The proxy statement and the accompanying materials are being mailed to stockholders of record described below on or about April 30, 2014 and are available on the Company’s website at www.fsinvestmentcorpII.com. All properly executed proxies representing Shares received prior to the Annual Meeting will be voted in accordance with the instructions marked thereon. If no specification is made, the Shares will be voted FOR the proposal to elect each of the director nominees and FOR the proposal to ratify the appointment of McGladrey LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014. If any other business is presented at the Annual Meeting, this proxy will be voted by the proxies in their best judgment, including a motion to adjourn or postpone the Annual Meeting to another time and/or place for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies. At the present time, the board of directors of the Company knows of no other business to be presented at the Annual Meeting.Any stockholder who has given a proxy has the right to revoke it at any time prior to its exercise. A Stockholder who executes a proxy may revoke it with respect to a proposal by attending the Annual Meeting and voting his or her Shares in person or by submitting a letter of revocation or a later-dated proxy to the Company at the above address prior to the date of the Annual Meeting. Continued and to be signed on reverse side