Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. Prices Public Offering of $300.0 million 6.950% Unsecured Notes due 2028
08 August 2023 - 12:20PM
Business Wire
Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE:TSLX) (“TSLX” or the
“Company”) announced today that it has priced an underwritten
public offering of $300.0 million in aggregate principal amount of
6.950% notes due 2028. The notes will mature on August 14, 2028 and
may be redeemed in whole or in part at TSLX’s option at any time at
par plus a “make-whole” premium, if applicable.
TSLX expects to use the net proceeds of the offering to pay down
outstanding debt under its revolving credit facility. However,
through re-borrowing under the revolving credit facility, TSLX
intends to make new investments in accordance with its investment
objectives and strategies outlined in the preliminary prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus described below in
greater detail.
In connection with the offering, TSLX intends to enter into an
interest rate swap to better align the interest rates of its
liabilities with its investment portfolio, which consists of
predominately floating rate loans.
BofA Securities, J.P. Morgan and SMBC Nikko are acting as joint
book-running managers for this offering. Goldman Sachs & Co.
LLC, Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets, Citigroup, HSBC, Mizuho,
MUFG, Truist Securities and Wells Fargo Securities are also acting
as book-running managers for this offering. Keefe, Bruyette &
Woods, A Stifel Company, Oppenheimer & Co., B. Riley
Securities, Hovde Group, LLC, ICBC Standard Bank, Citizens Capital
Markets, Ladenburg Thalmann and Raymond James are acting as
co-managers for this offering. The offering is expected to close on
August 14, 2023, 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 August 7, 2023, the
preliminary prospectus supplement dated August 7, 2023 and the
accompanying prospectus dated January 13, 2023, each of which have
been or will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“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
TSLX and are not soliciting an offer to buy such securities in any
state or jurisdiction where such offer and sale is not
permitted.
A 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 BofA
Securities, Inc., NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd
floor Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, attn: Prospectus Department,
email: dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com, telephone:
1-800-294-1322.
About Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc.
TSLX is a specialty finance company focused on lending to
middle-market companies. The Company seeks to generate current
income primarily in U.S.-domiciled middle-market companies through
direct originations of senior secured loans and, to a lesser
extent, originations of mezzanine loans and investments in
corporate bonds and equity securities. The Company has elected to
be regulated as a business development company, or BDC, under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder. TSLX is externally managed by Sixth Street
Specialty Lending Advisers, LLC, an SEC registered investment
adviser. TSLX leverages the deep investment, sector, and operating
resources of Sixth Street Partners, LLC, a global investment firm
with over $65 billion of assets under management and committed
capital.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements included herein may constitute “forward-looking
statements,” which relate to future events or the Company’s future
performance or financial condition. These forward-looking
statements are not historical facts, but rather are based on
current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company,
its current and prospective portfolio investments, its industry,
its beliefs and opinions, and its assumptions. Words such as
“anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “will,” “may,”
“continue,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “would,” “could,”
“should,” “targets,” “projects,” “outlook,” “potential,” “predicts”
and variations of these words and similar expressions are intended
to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not
guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks,
uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond the
Company’s control and difficult to predict and could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in
the forward-looking statements including, without limitation, the
risks, uncertainties and other factors identified in the Company’s
filings with the SEC. Investors should not place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date
on which the Company makes them. The Company does not undertake any
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements or
any other information contained herein, except as required by
applicable law.
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