Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (NYSE:BXSL) (“BXSL” or the
“Company”) announced today that it has priced an underwritten
public offering of $300.0 million in aggregate principal amount of
5.350% notes due 2028 (the “notes”). The notes will mature on April
13, 2028 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at BXSL’s option
at the applicable redemption price.
The notes will be a further issuance of the Company’s 5.350%
notes due 2028 that the Company issued on October 15, 2024 in an
aggregate principal amount of $400.0 million (the “existing
notes”). The notes will be treated as a single series with the
existing notes and will have the same terms as the existing notes
(except the issue date and offering price). The notes will have the
same CUSIP number and will be fungible and rank equally with the
existing notes. Upon the issuance of the notes, the Company will
have $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.350% notes due
2028 outstanding.
The Company expects to use the net proceeds from this offering
for general corporate purposes, which may include, among other
things, investing in accordance with our investment objectives and
strategies described in the prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus in greater detail and repaying indebtedness
(which will be subject to reborrowing).
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC,
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.
and Truist Securities, Inc. are acting as joint book-running
managers for this offering. The offering is expected to close on
December 16, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.
Investors are advised to carefully consider the investment
objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Company before
investing. The pricing term sheet dated December 11, 2024, the
preliminary prospectus supplement dated December 11, 2024 and the
accompanying prospectus dated July 26, 2022, each of which have
been or will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”), contain this and other information about the Company
and should be read carefully before investing.
The information in the pricing term sheet, the preliminary
prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and this press
release is not complete and may be changed. The pricing term sheet,
the preliminary prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus
and this press release are not offers to sell any securities of
BXSL and are not soliciting an offer to buy such securities in any
state or jurisdiction where such offer and sale is not
permitted.
An effective shelf registration statement relating to these
securities is on file with the SEC and is effective. The offering
may be made only by means of a preliminary prospectus supplement
and an accompanying prospectus, copies of which may be obtained
from the website of the SEC at www.sec.gov or from
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at c/o Broadridge Financial
Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717 or
toll-free at 1-800-831-9146 or by e-mail at prospectus@citi.com;
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New
York 10179, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk, 3rd Floor
or by calling collect at 1-212-834-4533; Morgan Stanley & Co.
LLC at 180 Varick St., 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10014, Attn:
Prospectus Department or toll-free at 1-800-584-6837; SMBC Nikko
Securities America, Inc. at 277 Park Avenue, New York, New York
10172, Attn: Debt Capital Markets, collect at +1-212-224-5135 or
Truist Securities, Inc. at 50 Hudson Yards, 70th Floor, New York,
NY 10001, Attn: Prospectus Dept or toll-free at 1-800-685-4786 or
TruistSecurities.prospectus@Truist.com.
About Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (NYSE:BXSL) is a specialty
finance company that invests primarily in the debt of private U.S.
companies. As of September 30, 2024, BXSL’s fair value of
investments was approximately $12.0 billion. BXSL has elected to be
regulated as a business development company under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended. BXSL is externally managed by
Blackstone Credit BDC Advisors LLC, an SEC-registered investment
adviser that is an affiliate of Blackstone Inc. Blackstone Inc.,
together with its subsidiaries, is the world’s largest alternative
investment firm with over $1.1 trillion of assets under management
as of September 30, 2024.
Forward-Looking Statements and Other Matters
Certain information contained in this communication constitutes
“forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements can
be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as
“outlook,” “indicator,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,”
“continues,” “may,” “can,” “could,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,”
“approximately,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,”
“anticipates”, “confident,” “conviction,” “identified” or the
negative versions of these words or other comparable words thereof.
These may include BXSL’s financial estimates and their underlying
assumptions, statements about plans, statements regarding pending
transactions, objectives and expectations with respect to future
operations, statements regarding future performance, statements
regarding economic and market trends and statements regarding
identified but not yet closed investments. Such forward‐looking
statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties.
Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could
cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those
indicated in such statements. BXSL believes these factors include
but are not limited to those described under the section entitled
“Risk Factors” in its prospectus and annual report for the most
recent fiscal year, and any such updated factors included in its
periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”), which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be
read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are
included in this document (or BXSL’s prospectus and other filings).
Except as otherwise required by federal securities laws, BXSL
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future developments or otherwise.
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