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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): September 15, 2023

 

 

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   814-01299   82-7020632

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

345 Park Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, New York 10154
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 503-2100

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

☐

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

☐

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

☐

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

☐

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

 

Title of each class

  

Trading

Symbol(s)

  

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, $0.001 par value per share   BXSL   New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter):

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On September 15, 2023, Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). Because 105,963,925 shares of the Company’s common shares of beneficial interest, or approximately 64.05% of the 165,417,398 total shares of the Company’s common shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, were present in person or by proxy, a quorum was present at the meeting, as required by the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws. The immediately following charts set forth the number of votes cast for and against, and the number of abstention votes and broker non-votes, with respect to each matter voted upon by the stockholders.

Proposal 1 – Election of Trustees

The following two individuals were elected to the Company’s Board of Trustees to serve as trustees until the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, or if later, until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.

 

     Votes For      Votes Withheld  

Robert Bass

      18,318,432        16,961,952  

Michelle Greene

      22,258,803        13,021,581  

Proposal 2 – Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2023

The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified.

 

Votes

For

  

Votes

Against

  

Votes

Abstained

104,019,207   1,654,421   290,297

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.

 

    BLACKSTONE SECURED LENDING FUND
Date: September 18, 2023      
    By:  

/s/ Oran Ebel

    Name:   Oran Ebel
    Title:   Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
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