8-K

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): January 21, 2026

GOLDMAN SACHS BDC, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	814-00998	46-2176593
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


200 West Street, New York, New York		10282
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312)

655-4419

Check the appropriate box below if the Form

8-K

filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	GSBD	The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule

12b-2

of the Securities Exchange Act of

1934

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 1.01 - Entry into a Material Defin

itiv

e Agreement.

Underwriting Agreement

On January 21, 2026, Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) by and among the Company, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., as representative of the several underwriters named in Schedule A thereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”), in connection with the issuance and sale of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.100% notes due 2029 (the “Offering”).

The Offering was made pursuant to the Company’s effective registration statement on Form

N-2

(File

No. 333-274797),

dated and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 29, 2023, a preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus and a pricing term sheet, each dated as of and filed with the SEC on January 21, 2026.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, conditions to closing, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties and termination provisions.

The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement filed with this report as Exhibit 1.1 and which is incorporated herein by reference.

The Underwriters and their respective affiliates have provided in the past, and may provide from time to time in the future in the ordinary course of their business, certain commercial banking, financial advisory, investment banking and other services to, and their respective affiliates have provided, and may from time to time in the future provide, a variety of these services to the Company and to persons and entities with relationships with the Company, for which they received or will receive customary fees and expenses.

This Current Report on Form

8-K

shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.

Item 9.01 - Financia

l State

ments and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:


Exhibit Number		Description

1.1*		Underwriting Agreement, dated January 21, 2026, by and among Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc., Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., as representative of the several underwriters named in Schedule A thereto.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

* Certain exhibits and schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation

S-K.

The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted exhibit or schedule to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request.

SIGNATURES

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


	GOLDMAN SACHS BDC, INC. (Registrant)

Date: January 26, 2026	By:	/s/ Vivek Bantwal
	Name:	Vivek Bantwal
	Title:	Co-Chief Executive Officer

	By:	/s/ David Miller
	Name:	David Miller
	Title:	Co-Chief Executive Officer

SEC Form 8-K filed by Goldman Sachs BDC Inc.