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Item 5.02.
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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(d) Appointment of Director
On November 19, 2021, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Owl Rock Capital Corporation (the “Company”), upon the
recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board (the “Nominating Committee”), voted to appoint Victor Woolridge as a Class I director of the Board, a member of the Nominating Committee, a member of the
Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee. In connection with Mr. Woolridge’s appointment, the Board increased the size of the Board to seven directors. Mr. Woolridge was appointed to serve as a member of the Board
until the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders, or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. The Board and the Nominating Committee determined that Mr. Woolridge is not an “interested person” (as defined in
Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Company.
Mr. Woolridge has served as a Managing Director of Barings Real Estate
Advisers, LLC (“Barings”), the real estate investment unit of Barings LLC, a global asset management firm, since 2016. Mr. Woolridge currently serves as Head of the U.S. Capital Markets for Equity Real Estate Funds and Derivatives at
Barings. Mr. Woolridge previously served as Vice President and Managing Director and Head of Debt Capital Markets – Equities of Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC (prior to its rebranding under the Barings name) (“Cornerstone”)
from January 2013 to September 2016 and as Vice President Special Servicing from January 2010 to January 2013. Prior to joining Cornerstone, Mr. Woolridge served as a Managing Director of Babson Capital Management LLC (“Babson”) from
January 2000 to January 2010. Prior to joining Babson, Mr. Woolridge served as Director of Loan Originations and Assistant Regional Director of MassMutual Financial Group from September 1982 to January 2000. Since 2009, Mr. Woolridge has
served on the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Board of Trustees and has previously served as Chairman of the Board and as Chairman of the Board’s Committee on Administration and Finance. Since 2019, Mr. Woolridge has served as Chairman
of UMass Building Authority. Mr. Woolridge has also served on the UMass Foundation’s investment committee since 2021. Mr. Woolridge previously served on the Board of Trustees of Baystate Health from 2005 to 2016, which included
service as Chairman of the Board and on the Board’s compensation, finance, governance and strategy committees. Mr. Woolridge holds a B.S. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and is a Certified Commercial Investment Member.
Mr. Woolridge concurrently joined the boards of Owl Rock Capital Corporation II, Owl Rock Capital Corporation III, Owl Rock Technology Finance Corp., Owl Rock Core Income Corp., and Owl Rock Technology Income Corp. The Company believes
Mr. Woolridge’s numerous management positions and broad experiences in the asset management and financial services sectors provide him with skills and valuable insight in handling complex financial transactions and issues, all of which
make him well qualified to serve on the Board.
Mr. Woolridge will be entitled to applicable retainer and meeting fees pursuant to
the Company’s director compensation arrangements, under terms consistent with those previously disclosed by the Company. Mr. Woolridge entered into the Company’s standard indemnification agreement, the form of which was previously
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2016 as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10.
There is no other arrangement or understanding between Mr. Woolridge and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as a
Class I director of the Board, member of the Nominating Committee, a member of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee, nor is there any family relationship between Mr. Woolridge and any other director of the Company
or executive officers of the Company. There are no transactions since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, or any currently proposed transaction, in which the Company is a participant, the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and in
which Mr. Woolridge had, or will have, a direct or indirect material interest.