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): ~~December~~July 1320, ~~2016~~2017

Griffin-Benefit Street Partners BDC Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File Number: 000-55351



MD		47-0995168
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Griffin Capital Plaza, 1520 E. Grand Avenue, El Segundo, CA 90245

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(310) 469-6100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

None

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

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Item 51.0702 ~~Submission~~Termination of ~~Matters to~~ a ~~Vote~~Material ofDefinitive ~~Security Holders~~ Agreement.

On July 20, 2017, Benefit Street Partners, L.L.C. (“BSP”) informed Griffin-Benefit Street Partners BDC Corp. (the "“Registrant"”) ~~held~~that ~~its Annual~~it ~~Meeting~~ was unable to come to terms with Griffin Capital BDC Advisor, LLC (“GBA”) to extend the term of ~~Stockholders~~the Letter of Agreement, dated March 6, 2017, among Griffin Capital Company, LLC, GBA, and BSP (the ~~"Annual~~“Letter ~~Meeting"~~Agreement”), onand ~~December~~consequently 13will no longer serve in its role as sub-advisor to the Registrant after July 31, ~~2016~~2017. As ofThe ~~October~~license 14agreement, ~~2016~~dated January 16, 2015, between BSP and the ~~record~~Registrant ~~date~~(the ~~for~~"License Agreement"), under which the ~~determination~~Registrant ofwas ~~stockholders~~granted ~~entitled~~a license to ~~notice~~use the name "Benefit Street Partners" for so long as BSP or one of, ~~and~~its toaffiliates ~~vote~~remains atthe Registrant's sub-advisor, ~~the Annual~~will ~~Meeting~~cease effective July 31, 42017. Accordingly,~~563,196 shares~~ ~~were~~the ~~entitled~~Registrant will change its name to ~~vote~~Griffin Capital BDC Corp. on July 31, 2017. The Registrant and ~~1,680,174~~GBA ofhave ~~those~~identified ~~shares~~an ~~voted~~interim sub-advisor to assist in ~~person~~overseeing orthe byRegistrant’s ~~proxy~~portfolio atuntil completion of the ~~Annual~~ ~~Meeting~~currently contemplated reorganization. ~~Stockholders~~ ~~were~~The ~~asked~~Registrant toand ~~consider~~GBA are in the process of documenting that relationship and ~~act~~expect ~~upon:~~ to complete such documentation on or prior to July 31, 2017.

•Item ~~Proposal~~5.02 Departure ~~1 - the election~~ of ~~two~~Directors ~~Class~~or IICertain ~~directors,~~Officers; ~~each~~Election toof ~~serve~~Directors; ~~for~~Appointment aof ~~three~~Certain ~~year~~Officers; ~~term~~Compensatory ~~expiring~~Arrangements ~~at the 2019 Annual Meeting~~ of ~~Stockholders~~Certain orOfficers. ~~until his successor is duly elected and qualified; and~~

•In ~~Proposal~~connection 2with - the ~~ratification~~notice above, on July 20, 2017, Richard J. Byrne, a director of the ~~appointment~~Registrant and an officer of ~~Ernst~~BSP, &informed ~~Young~~the ~~LLP~~Registrant of his resignation as a director of the Registrant effective July 31, 2017. Mr. Byrne's ~~independent~~resignation ~~registered~~is ~~public~~not ~~accounting~~due ~~firm~~to ~~for~~any ~~the~~disagreement ~~year~~on ~~ending~~any ~~December~~matter 31relating to the Registrant’s operations, ~~2016~~policies or practices. Mr. Byrne has served as a director of the Registrant since its formation in May 2014.

At the Annual Meeting the following directors were each elected to serve as a director until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. The votes for, votes withheld, and broker non-votes for each director nominee are set forth below:

	Votes For:	Votes Withheld:	Broker Non-Votes:
Richard J. Byrne	1,611,208	14,812	54,154
M. Brent Stevens	1,609,208	16,812	54,154

At the Annual Meeting, the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Registrant's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016 was ratified by the following vote:

	Votes For:		Votes Against:		Votes Abstained:
Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP	1,638,113		8,273		33,788

Signature(s)

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.

		Griffin-Benefit Street Partners BDC Corp.
Date: December 14, 2016	By:	/s/ Howard S. Hirsch
Date: July 26, 2017	By:	/s/ Howard S. Hirsch
		Howard S. Hirsch
		Vice President and Secretary

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