09/26/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/26/2025 14:07
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On September 25, 2025, Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (the "Company") held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"). Because 164,302,491 shares of the Company's common shares of beneficial interest, or approximately 71.53% of the 229,680,609 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 Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust. Below are the final voting results for the following two proposals submitted to the Company's shareholders, each of which is described in more detail in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, dated July 2, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Proposal 1 - Election of Trustees
The following three individuals were elected as Class I trustees for the Company's Board of Trustees to serve as trustees until the Company's 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, or if later, until such trustee's successor is duly elected and qualified.
Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes |
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Vikrant Sawhney |
69,529,301 |
1,006,856 |
93,766,334 |
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James F. Clark |
37,645,106 |
32,891,051 |
93,766,334 |
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Vicki L. Fuller |
37,930,661 |
32,605,496 |
93,766,334 |
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, 2025
The Company's shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Abstained |
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163,010,124 |
875,779 |
416,588 |