On January 26, 2016, Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. filed a preliminary proxy statement and urged the shareholders to vote for its nominees: Ivelin M. Dimitrov and Brian S. Dunn, at its 2016 annual shareholders meeting. In addition, the Board of Directors of the Company, including the Independent Directors, strongly urges shareholders not to sign or return any proxy card sent to them by or on behalf of Ironsides.