UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): January 14, 2026

Monroe Capital Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(312) 258-8300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Agreements of Certain Officers.

On January 14, 2026, the Board of Directors of Monroe Capital Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Ronald A. Holinsky as the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary effective as of January 14, 2026. Mr. Holinsky will replace Kristan Gregory, who previously served as Chief Compliance Officer of the Company, and Lewis W. Solimene, Jr., who previously served as the Company’s Corporate Secretary. Mr. Solimene will remain in his position as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer.

Mr. Holinsky (i) was not appointed to any of the above-referenced offices pursuant to any arrangement or understanding with any other person; (ii) does not have a family relationship with any of the Company’s directors or other executive officers; (iii) has not engaged, since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, nor proposes to engage, in any transaction in which the Company was or is a participant; and (iv) has not entered into, nor expects to enter into, any material plan, contract, arrangement, grant or award in connection with his appointment to any of the above-referenced offices.

Mr. Holinsky, 55, joined Monroe Capital, LLC (“Monroe Capital”) in 2025. In addition to serving as the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary, Mr. Holinsky serves as Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary for each of Monroe Capital Income Plus Corporation, a perpetual life, privately offered business development company, and Monroe Capital Enhanced Corporate Lending Fund, a perpetual-life, continuously offered, non-traded business development company, both of which are affiliated with the Company. Before joining Monroe Capital, from 2018 to 2025 Mr. Holinsky was a Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel for Lincoln National Corporation (d/b/a Lincoln Financial) (“Lincoln Financial”) and, from 2016 to 2025 served as the Chief Legal Officer for SEC-registered open-end and closed-end investment companies sponsored by Lincoln Financial. From 2010 to 2013, Mr. Holinsky served as a Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. Mr. Holinsky graduated from West Virginia University with a BS in Business Administration / Finance and received his JD from the University of Baltimore School of Law.

SIGNATURES

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.

Dated: January 14, 2026