Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 26, 2022, Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc.(the "Company") entered into (i) an equity distribution agreement by and among the Company, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. ("GSAM") and Truist Securities, Inc. ("Truist") and (ii) an equity distribution agreement by and among the Company, GSAM and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. ("SMBC," and together with Truist, the "Sales Agents"). The equity distribution agreements with the Sales Agents described in the preceding sentence are collectively referred to herein as the "Equity Distribution Agreements."

The Equity Distribution Agreements provide that the Company may from time to time issue and sell shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Shares"), having an aggregate offering price of up to $200,000,000, through the Sales Agents, or to them as principal for their own respective accounts. Any issuance and sale of the Shares will be made pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated May 26, 2022 (the "Prospectus Supplement") as may be supplemented from time to time, and the accompanying prospectus, dated November 19, 2020 (together with the Prospectus Supplement, including any documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, the "Prospectus"), which constitute a part of the Company's effective shelf registration statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-250189) that was filed with the SEC on November 19, 2020 (the "Registration Statement"). Sales of the Shares, if any, may be made in negotiated transactions or transactions that are deemed to be an "at-the-market offering" as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including sales made directly on or through the New York Stock Exchange or a similar securities exchange, sales made to or through a market maker other than on an exchange, at market prices related to prevailing market prices or negotiated prices, sales made through any other existing trading market or electronic communications network, or by any other method permitted by law, including but not limited to privately negotiated transactions, which may include block trades, as the Company and the Sales Agents may agree. The Sales Agents will receive a commission from the Company up to 1.00% of the gross sales price of any Shares sold through the Sales Agents under the Equity Distribution Agreements.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this "at-the-marketoffering" to invest in portfolio companies in accordance with its investment objective and strategies, and for general corporate purposes. In addition, the Company may use a portion of the net proceeds of such offering to repay amounts outstanding under its senior secured revolving credit agreement with Truist Bank, as administrative agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent (the "Revolving Credit Facility"). For the three months ended March 31, 2022, amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility bore a weighted average interest rate of 2.06%. The Revolving Credit Facility matures in full on May 5, 2027. Affiliates of certain of the Sales Agents may receive more than 5% of the proceeds of this offering to the extent the proceeds are used to pay down outstanding indebtedness under the Revolving Credit Facility.

Although the Company has filed the Prospectus Supplement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company has no obligation to sell any Shares under the Equity Distribution Agreements, and may at any time suspend the offering of Shares under the Equity Distribution Agreements. Actual sales will depend on a variety of factors to be determined by the Company from time to time, including, among others, market conditions, the trading price of the Shares and determinations by the Company of its need for, and the appropriate sources of, additional capital.

The Equity Distribution Agreements contain customary representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, conditions to closing, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties and termination provisions.

The foregoing description is only a summary of the material provisions of the Equity Distribution Agreements and does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Equity Distribution Agreements, filed as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

A copy of the opinion of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Prospectus is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.

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The Sales Agents 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 - Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d) Exhibits:

Exhibit
Number       Description

5.1            Opinion and Consent of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP,
             dated May 26, 2022.

10.1*          Equity Distribution Agreement, dated as of May 26, 2022, among
             Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc., Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. and
             Truist Securities, Inc.

10.2*          Equity Distribution Agreement, dated as of May 26, 2022, among
             Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc., Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. and SMBC
             Nikko Securities America, Inc.



*   Certain 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
    schedule to the SEC upon its request.

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