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GOLUB CAPITAL BDC, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 2/5/24, at 4:11pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/23   ·   Accession #:  1476765-24-16   ·   File #:  814-00794

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/05/24  GOLUB CAPITAL BDC, Inc.           10-Q       12/31/23   82:63M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML  25.88M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
10: R1          Cover                                               HTML     76K 
11: R2          Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition      HTML    215K 
12: R3          Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition      HTML     50K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
13: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)   HTML    162K 
14: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets    HTML     80K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
15: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    150K 
16: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML     25K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R8          Consolidated Schedule of Investments                HTML   8.89M 
18: R9          Consolidated Schedule of Investments                HTML   5.32M 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
19: R10         Organization                                        HTML     28K 
20: R11         Significant Accounting Policies and Recent          HTML     63K 
                Accounting Updates                                               
21: R12         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     52K 
22: R13         Investments                                         HTML    305K 
23: R14         Derivatives                                         HTML    136K 
24: R15         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    179K 
25: R16         Borrowings                                          HTML    204K 
26: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     30K 
27: R18         Financial Highlights                                HTML     82K 
28: R19         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     32K 
29: R20         Common Stock Transactions                           HTML     30K 
30: R21         Dividends and Distributions                         HTML     44K 
31: R22         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     33K 
32: R23         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     35K 
33: R24         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     29K 
34: R25         N-2                                                 HTML    164K 
35: R26         Significant Accounting Policies and Recent          HTML    112K 
                Accounting Updates (Policies)                                    
36: R27         Investments (Tables)                                HTML    309K 
37: R28         Derivatives (Tables)                                HTML    142K 
38: R29         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    174K 
39: R30         Borrowings (Tables)                                 HTML    174K 
40: R31         Financial Highlights (Tables)                       HTML     82K 
41: R32         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     31K 
42: R33         Dividends and Distributions (Tables)                HTML     44K 
43: R34         Significant Accounting Policies and Recent          HTML     97K 
                Accounting Updates - Narrative (Details)                         
44: R35         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     85K 
45: R36         Investments - Fair Value, Assets Measured on        HTML     57K 
                Recurring Basis (Details)                                        
46: R37         Investments - Schedules of Portfolio Composition    HTML    132K 
                by Geographic Region at Amortization Cost and Fair               
                Value (Details)                                                  
47: R38         Investments - Schedule of Portfolio Composition by  HTML    333K 
                Industry at Amortization Cost and Fair Value                     
                (Details)                                                        
48: R39         Derivatives - Open Forward Foreign Currency         HTML     82K 
                Contract (Details)                                               
49: R40         Derivatives - Schedule of Forward Currency          HTML     49K 
                Contract, Fair Value (Details)                                   
50: R41         Derivatives - Schedule of Realized and Unrealized   HTML     35K 
                Gain (Loss) on Forward Currency Contract (Details)               
51: R42         Derivatives - Summary of Average Outstanding Daily  HTML     28K 
                Volume for Forward Currency Contract (Details)                   
52: R43         Derivatives - Narrative (Details)                   HTML     35K 
53: R44         Derivatives - Schedule of Interest Rate Swap        HTML     35K 
                Derivative Instruments (Details)                                 
54: R45         Derivatives - Schedule of Designated in Qualifying  HTML     32K 
                Hedging Relationship (Details)                                   
55: R46         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Fair Value,   HTML     74K 
                Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis               
                (Details)                                                        
56: R47         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     28K 
57: R48         Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value, Assets        HTML     77K 
                Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input                  
                Reconciliation (Details)                                         
58: R49         Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value Measurement    HTML    105K 
                Inputs and Valuation Techniques (Details)                        
59: R50         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Carrying      HTML     27K 
                Values and Estimated Fair Values of Debt                         
                Instruments (Details)                                            
60: R51         Borrowings - Narrative (Details)                    HTML     26K 
61: R52         Borrowings - 2018 Debt Securitization (Narrative)   HTML     99K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R53         Borrowings - Schedule of Debt Securitization        HTML     81K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R54         Borrowings - Schedule of Interest Rate and          HTML     57K 
                Interest Differential Analysis (Details)                         
64: R55         Borrowings - GCIC 2018 Debt Securitization          HTML     90K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
65: R56         Borrowings - JPM Credit Facility (Narrative)        HTML     65K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R57         Borrowings - 2024 Notes (Narrative) (Details)       HTML     46K 
67: R58         Borrowings - 2026 Notes (Narrative) (Details)       HTML     46K 
68: R59         Borrowings - 2027 Notes (Narrative) (Details)       HTML     46K 
69: R60         Borrowings - 2028 Notes (Narrative) (Details)       HTML     58K 
70: R61         Borrowings - Adviser Revolver (Narrative)           HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R62         Borrowings - Schedule of Maturities of Long-Term    HTML     72K 
                Debt (Details)                                                   
72: R63         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     28K 
73: R64         Financial Highlights - Schedule of Investment       HTML    105K 
                Company, Financial Highlights (Details)                          
74: R65         Earnings Per Share - Schedule of Earnings Per       HTML     52K 
                Share, Basic and Diluted (Details)                               
75: R66         Common Stock Transactions - Narrative (Details)     HTML     34K 
76: R67         Dividends and Distributions - Summary of Dividends  HTML     37K 
                Declarations and Distributions (Details)                         
77: R68         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     69K 
79: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    148K 
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78: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    923K 
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