UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 7, 2019

FS Investment Corporation III

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	814-01047 (Commission File Number)		90-0994912 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
201 Rouse Boulevard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Address of principal executive offices)		19112 (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 495-1150

None

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Amendment and Restatement of the Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility

On November 7, 2019, FS Investment Corporation III, or the Company, entered into an amended and restated senior secured revolving credit facility, or the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility, with FS KKR Capital Corp., or FSK, and FS Investment Corporation II, or FSIC II, as borrowers, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., or JPMorgan, as administrative agent, ING Capital LLC, or ING, as collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto, which amended and restated the senior secured revolving credit facility originally entered into on August 9, 2018, among the Company, FSK (as successor by merger to FS Investment Corporation and Corporate Capital Trust, Inc.), and FSIC II, as borrowers, JPMorgan, as administrative agent, ING, as collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto. The Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility provides for borrowings in U.S. dollars and certain agreed upon foreign currencies in an initial aggregate amount of up to $3,890,000,000 with an option for the Company to request, at one or more times, that existing and/or new lenders, at their election, provide up to $1,945,000,000 of additional commitments. The Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility initially provides for a sublimit available for the Company to borrow up to $837,500,000 of the total facility amount, subject to increase or reduction from time to time pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility and the oversight and approval of the Company’s board of directors. A sublimit of the total facility amount also is available to each of FSK and FSIC II, as additional borrowers, and the obligations of the other borrowers under the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility are several (and not joint) in all respects. The Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility provides for the issuance of letters of credit in an initial aggregate face amount of up to $400,000,000, with a sublimit available for the Company to request the issuance of letters of credit in an aggregate face amount of up to $37,676,735.22, subject to increase or reduction from time to time pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility.

Availability under the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility will terminate on November 7, 2023, or the Revolver Termination Date, and the outstanding loans under the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility will mature on November 7, 2024. The Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility also requires mandatory prepayment of interest and principal upon certain events during the term-out period commencing on the Revolver Termination Date and at certain other times when the Company’s adjusted asset coverage ratio is less than 185%.

Borrowings under the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility are subject to compliance with a borrowing base test. Interest under the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility for (i) loans for which the Company elects the base rate option, (A) (1) so long as the Company remains unlisted, 0.25%, plus (2) if the value of the borrowing base is equal to or greater than 1.85 times the aggregate amount of certain outstanding indebtedness of the Company, or the Combined Debt Amount, is payable at an “alternate base rate” (which is the greatest of (a) the prime rate as publicly announced by JPMorgan, (b) the sum of (x) the greater of (I) the federal funds effective rate and (II) the overnight bank funding rate plus (y) 0.5%, and (c) the one month LIBOR plus 1% per annum) plus 0.75% and, (B) (1) so long as the Company remains unlisted, 0.25%, plus (2) if the value of the borrowing base is less than 1.85 times the Combined Debt Amount, the alternate base rate plus 1.00%; and (ii) loans for which the Company elects the Eurocurrency option (A) (1) so long as the Company remains unlisted, 0.25%, plus (2) if the value of the borrowing base is equal to or greater than 1.85 times the Combined Debt Amount, is payable at a rate equal to LIBOR plus 1.75% and (B) (1) so long as the Company remains unlisted, 0.25%, plus (2) if the value of the borrowing base is less than 1.85 times the Combined Debt Amount, is payable at a rate equal to LIBOR plus 2.00%. The Company will pay a commitment fee of at least 0.375% and up to 0.50% per annum (based on the immediately preceding quarter’s average usage) on the unused portion of its sublimit under the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility during the revolving period. The Company also will be required to pay letter of credit participation fees and a fronting fee on the average daily amount of any lender’s exposure with respect to any letters of credit issued at the request of the Company under the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility.

In connection with the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility, the Company has made certain representations and warranties and must comply with various covenants and reporting requirements customary for facilities of this type. In addition, the Company must comply with the following financial covenants: (a) the Company must maintain a minimum shareholders’ equity, measured as of each fiscal quarter end; and (b) the Company must maintain at all times a 150% asset coverage ratio (or, if greater, the statutory requirement then applicable to the Company).

The Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility contains events of default customary for facilities of this type. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, JPMorgan, at the instruction of the lenders, may terminate the commitments and declare the outstanding advances and all other obligations under the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility immediately due and payable.

The Company’s obligations under the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility are guaranteed by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries. The Company’s obligations under the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility are secured by a first priority security interest in substantially all of the assets of the Company and certain of the Company’s subsidiaries.

The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this current report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated in this Item 2.03 by reference.

Item 9.01.		Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No.	Description

10.1 Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2019, by and among FS KKR Capital Corp., FS Investment Corporation II, and FS Investment Corporation III, as borrowers, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, ING Capital LLC, as collateral agent, and the lenders, documentation agents, joint bookrunners, and joint lead arrangers party thereto. 

SIGNATURE

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

	FS Investment Corporation III
Date: November 13, 2019
	By:	/s/ Stephen Sypherd
		Name:	Stephen Sypherd
		Title:	General Counsel