UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ~~WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549~~

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): ~~June~~September 3025, 2025

Franklin BSP Capital Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware		814-01360		85-2950084
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

One Madison Avenue, Suite 1600 New York, NY		10010
One Madison Avenue, Suite 1600 New York, New York		10010
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(~~Zip~~zip ~~Code~~code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 588-6770

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:

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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
None		N/A		N/A

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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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 Definitive Agreement.

On ~~June~~September 3025, 2025, ~~FBCC~~Franklin ~~Jupiter~~BSP ~~Funding,~~Capital Corporation ~~LLC~~ (~~“FBCC~~the ~~Jupiter~~“Company”)~~, a~~ ~~wholly-owned~~entered ~~subsidiary~~into ofa ~~Franklin~~purchase ~~BSP~~agreement ~~Capital Corporation~~ (the “~~Company~~Purchase Agreement”), ~~entered~~by ~~into~~and among the ~~Second~~Company, Franklin ~~Amendment~~BSP toCapital ~~Loan~~Adviser ~~and Security~~L.L.C. ~~Agreement~~ (the “~~Second Amendment~~Adviser”), ~~which~~Benefit ~~amends~~Street ~~the~~Partners ~~Loan~~L.L.C. and ~~Security~~J.P. ~~Agreement~~Morgan Securities LLC, ~~dated~~BofA ~~October~~Securities, Inc., 4SMBC Nikko Securities America, ~~2023~~Inc. ~~(as~~and ~~amended~~Wells Fargo Securities, ~~including~~ byLLC, as representatives of the ~~Second~~several ~~Amendment,~~initial purchasers named in Schedule A thereto (the “~~FBCC~~Initial ~~Jupiter Facility~~Purchasers”), byin connection with the issuance and ~~among~~sale ~~FBCC~~of ~~Jupiter,~~$300 asmillion ~~borrower,~~aggregate principal amount of the Company,’s as6.000% ~~portfolio manager,~~Notes due 2030 (the ~~lenders~~“Notes”) ~~party~~in ~~thereto,~~a ~~U.S.~~private ~~Bank~~offering ~~Trust~~to ~~Company,~~qualified ~~National~~institutional buyers ~~Association~~in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as ~~collateral~~amended ~~agent~~(the ~~and~~“Securities ~~collateral administrator~~Act”), and to non-U.S. persons ~~Bank~~in ~~National~~transactions ~~Association,~~outside asthe ~~securities~~United ~~intermediary,~~States ~~and~~in ~~JPMorgan~~reliance ~~Chase~~on ~~Bank,~~Regulation ~~National~~S ~~Association,~~under asthe ~~administrative~~Securities ~~agent~~Act.

The ~~Second~~Notes ~~Amendment,~~will ~~among~~be ~~other~~issued ~~things,~~at ~~(i)~~98.844% ~~increases~~of their par value with a coupon at 6.000%. Interest on the ~~Facility~~Notes will be payable semi-annually on April 2 and October 2 of each year ~~Commitments~~commencing ~~from~~on ~~$800~~April 2, 2026.0 ~~million~~The Notes will mature on October 2, 2030. The offering is expected to $1close,~~050~~ subject to customary closing conditions, on October 2, 2025.0 ~~million~~The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, conditions to closing, indemnification rights and ~~(ii)~~obligations ~~reduces~~of the ~~Applicable~~parties ~~Margin~~and ~~from~~termination 2provisions.~~25%~~ Pursuant to 2the Purchase Agreement, on or prior to the closing of the offering, the Company will enter into a registration rights agreement with J.~~15%~~P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, with respect to the Notes.

The ~~foregoing~~Company ~~description~~intends ofto use the ~~Second~~net ~~Amendment~~proceeds ~~does not purport~~of tothis beoffering ~~complete~~for ~~and~~general iscorporate ~~qualified~~purposes, inincluding ~~its~~the ~~entirety~~repayment byof ~~reference~~indebtedness to(which ~~the~~may ~~full~~include ~~text~~certain of the ~~Second~~Company’s credit ~~Amendment~~facilities) ~~attached~~and ~~hereto~~making asinvestments ~~Exhibit~~in 10portfolio companies in accordance with our investment objectives.1.

~~Item~~Certain ~~2.03.~~of ~~Creation~~the Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates have engaged in, and may in the future engage in, investment banking, advisory roles and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of abusiness ~~Direct~~with ~~Financial~~the ~~Obligation~~Company or anits ~~Obligation~~affiliates. ~~under~~They anhave ~~Off-Balance~~received, ~~Sheet~~or ~~Arrangement~~may ofin athe ~~Registrant~~future receive, customary fees and commissions for these transactions.

The information ~~set~~included ~~forth under~~in Item 1.01 of this Current ~~current~~Report ~~report~~ on Form 8-K is ~~hereby~~neither ~~incorporated~~an inoffer ~~this~~to ~~Item~~sell ~~2.03~~nor bya ~~reference~~solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of the Company or its subsidiaries.

~~Item~~The ~~9.01.~~foregoing ~~Financial~~description ~~Statements~~of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and ~~Exhibits~~is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

~~(d)~~Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits:.

Exhibit Number		Description
10.1		Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2025, among FBCC Jupiter, as borrower, the Company, as portfolio manager, the lenders party thereto, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as collateral agent and collateral administrator, U.S. Bank National Association, as securities intermediary, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as administrative agent.
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(d) Exhibits:

Exhibit Number		Description
10.1		Purchase Agreement dated September 25, 2025, by and among Franklin BSP Capital Corporation, Franklin BSP Capital Adviser L.L.C., Benefit Street Partners L.L.C. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several initial purchasers named therein.
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~~SIGNATURES~~1

~~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.~~SIGNATURES

	FRANKLIN BSP CAPITAL CORPORATION
Date: July 3, 2025	By:	/s/ Nina K. Baryski
	Name:	Nina K. Baryski
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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

	FRANKLIN BSP CAPITAL CORPORATION
		(Registrant)

Date: September 29, 2025	By:	/s/ Nina K. Baryski
	Name:	Nina K. Baryski
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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