NEW YORK, April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- GSO /
Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC, an affiliate of GSO Capital
Partners LP ("GSO"), announced that the date and location have been
changed for the 2020 Joint Annual
Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") of the three listed
closed-end funds it advises, Blackstone / GSO Senior Floating Rate
Term Fund (NYSE: BSL), Blackstone / GSO Long-Short Credit Income
Fund (NYSE: BGX), and Blackstone / GSO Strategic Credit Fund (NYSE:
BGB) (each, a "Fund" and together, the "Funds"). Due to public
health concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic, the Meeting
will be held in a telephonic meeting format only. Shareholders will
not be able to attend the Meeting in person. The Meeting is being
postponed from the previously scheduled date of Wednesday, April 15, 2020 and will now be held on
Thursday, April 23, 2020, at
10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
As described in the previously distributed proxy materials for
the Meeting, any shareholder of record of BSL, BGX, or BGB as of
the close of business on February 18,
2020 is entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting
or any postponement or adjournment thereof. To participate in the
Meeting, shareholders must go to proxy-direct.com and use
information from the shareholder's proxy card to access
instructions on how to attend the Meeting. Shareholders may vote
during the Meeting by following the instructions that will be
provided during the Meeting.
If a shareholder holds shares through an intermediary, such as a
bank or broker, the shareholder must register in advance to attend
the Meeting. To register, the shareholder must submit proof of
proxy power (legal proxy) reflecting the shareholder's Fund
holdings along with his or her name and email address to
Computershare Fund Services, the Funds' tabulator. Shareholders may
forward an email from the shareholder's intermediary or attach an
image of the shareholder's legal proxy to
legalproxy@computershare.com. Requests for registration must be
received no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on Monday, April 20, 2020. Shareholders will receive a
confirmation email from Computershare of the shareholder's
registration and a control number that will allow the shareholder
to vote at the Meeting.
Whether or not a shareholder plans to attend the Meeting, the
Funds urge shareholders to vote and authorize the shareholder's
proxy in advance of the Meeting by one of the methods described in
the proxy materials for the Meeting. The proxy statement is
available online at
https://www.blackstone.com/docs/default-source/fund-documents/gso-funds/proxy-statement-2020.
The proxy card included with the proxy materials previously
distributed will not be updated to reflect the change in date and
location and may continue to be exercised to vote a shareholder's
shares in connection with the Meeting.
About Blackstone and GSO Capital Partners
Blackstone is one of the world's leading investment firms. We
seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our
investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which
we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible
capital to help companies solve problems. Our asset management
businesses, with $571 billion in
assets under management, include investment vehicles focused on
private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, growth equity,
opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and
secondary funds, all on a global basis.
GSO Capital Partners LP is the global credit investment platform
of Blackstone. Blackstone's credit segment, which consists
principally of GSO, has approximately $144
billion of assets under management. GSO is one of the
largest alternative managers in the world focused on the
leveraged-finance, or non-investment grade related, marketplace.
GSO seeks to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns in its
business by investing in a broad array of strategies including
mezzanine debt, distressed investing, leveraged loans and other
special-situation strategies. Its funds are major providers of
credit for small and middle-market companies and they also advance
rescue financing to help distressed companies.
Investors wishing to buy or sell shares need to place orders
through an intermediary or broker.
Contact the Funds at 1 (877) 299-1588 or visit the Funds'
website at www.blackstone-gso.com for additional
information.
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