Company: BXSL
Filing Date: 2025-10-08
Form Type: 424B2
Source: 0001213900-25-097397
Chunk: 48

Company: Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Filing Date: 2025-10-08
Form: 424B2
Chunk 48
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 the Code, and such withholding agent has received from you the required certification that you are a non -U.S. holder described above in the fifth bullet point under “ — Certain Tax Considerations for Non -U .S. Holders — United States Federal Withholding Tax.” Information reporting and, depending on the circumstances, backup withholding will apply to the proceeds of a sale or other taxable disposition (including a retirement or redemption) of Notes within the United States or conducted through certain United States -relatedfinancial intermediaries, unless you certify to the payor under penalties of perjury that you are a non -U.S. holder (and the payor does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that you are a United States person as defined under the Code), or you otherwise establish an exemption. Backup withholding is not an additional tax and any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be allowed as a refund or a credit against your United States federal income tax liability provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act Under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (such Sections commonly referred to as “FATCA”), a 30% United States federal withholding tax may apply to any interest paid on the Notes to (i) a “foreign financial institution” (as specifically defined in the Code and whether such foreign financial institution is the beneficial owner or an intermediary) which does not provide sufficient documentation, typically on IRS Form W -8BEN-E, evidencing either (x) an exemption from FATCA, or (y) its compliance (or deemed compliance) with FATCA (which may alternatively be in the form of compliance with an intergovernmental agreement with the United States) in a manner which avoids withholding, or (ii) a “non -financialforeign entity” (as specifically defined in the Code and whether such non -financialforeign entity is the beneficial owner or an intermediary) which does not provide sufficient documentation, typically on IRS Form W -8BEN-E, evidencing either (x) an exemption from FATCA, or (y) adequate information regarding certain substantial United States beneficial owners of such entity (if any). If an interest payment is both subject to withholding under FATCA and subject to the withholding tax discussed above under “ — Certain Tax Considerations for Non -U .S. Holders — United States Federal Withholding Tax,” an applicable withholding agent may credit the withholding under FATCA against, and therefore reduce, such other withholding tax. While withholding under FATCA would also have