Goldman Sachs BDC announced its board of directors increased the size of the board of directors by one director and filled the vacancy created by such increase by appointing Janet F. Clark as a director, effective May 13, 2015. Clark’s appointment brings the total size of the board of directors to five, four of whom are independent. Clark is an independent director under New York Stock Exchange standards because she is not an “interested person” of GS BDC, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Clark will hold office until the date of the Company’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until her successor shall be elected and qualified or until her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. Clark will also serve on the audit, compliance, compensation, contract review and governance and nominating committees.

Clark is retired and currently serves as a director and chair of the Audit Committee, and member of the Compensation, and Nominating and Governance Committees at EOG Resources, an independent oil and gas company. Clark was formerly a director for Dell, a computer technology company, Exterran Holdings, an oil and gas equipment and services company, and Universal Compression Holdings, predecessor to Exterran Holdings. Previously, Clark served as EVP and CFO of Marathon Oil, an independent international energy company. Before joining Marathon Oil Corporation, Clark held several senior management positions with independent oil and gas exploration and production companies including Nuevo Energy Company and Santa Fe Energy Resources, among others, where she led different functional groups within each company, including finance, accounting, internal audit and investor relations. Ms. Clark also serves as a Director on the nonprofit boards of Houston Symphony Orchestra, Teach for America, Inc. – Houston Region, Greater Houston Community Foundation and YES Prep Public Schools. Clark also serves on the Rice University – Jones Graduate School of Management Council of Overseers and is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ Business and Community Advisory Council. Based on the foregoing, Clark is experienced with accounting, financial and investment matters.

Goldman Sachs BDC is an externally managed specialty finance company that is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations promulgated there under.