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): May 12, 2021

 

 

 

OXFORD LANE CAPITAL CORP.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   001-35041   27-2859071

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255, Greenwich, CT 06830

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 983-5275

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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   OXLC   The Nasdaq Global Select Market
6.75% Series 2024 Term Preferred Shares   OXLCM   The Nasdaq Global Select Market
6.25% Series 2027 Term Preferred Shares   OXLCP   The Nasdaq Global Select Market

 

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 8.01. Other Events.

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes as an exhibit a consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Oxford Lane Capital Corp.’s (the “Company”) independent auditor, related to the incorporation by reference into the Company’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-236574) (the “Registration Statement”) of its report, dated May 12, 2021, relating to the Company’s financial statements, which were included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form N-CSR for the year ended March 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2021.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

EXHIBIT
NUMBER
  DESCRIPTION
     
23.1   Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (filed herewith)

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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

 

  Oxford Lane Capital Corp.
   
Date: May 12, 2021   By:

/s/ Bruce L. Rubin

    Bruce L. Rubin
    Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

  

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form N-2 (No. 333-236574) of Oxford Lane Capital Corp. of our report dated May 12, 2021 relating to the financial statements, which appears in this Form N-CSR.

 

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York

May 12, 2021