Company: BXSL
Filing Date: 2025-07-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-154956
Chunk: 11

Company: Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Filing Date: 2025-07-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 11
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; his or her service as a member of other boards of trustees/directors; his or her willingness to serve and willingness and ability to commit the time necessary to perform the duties of a Trustee; in respect of Mr. Sawhney, his roles with Blackstone Inc. (“Blackstone”); and, in respect of Mr. Clark and Ms. Fuller, each not being an “interested person” of the Company, as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 Act, as amended (the “1940 Act”). No factor, by itself, was controlling. In addition to the information provided in the table below, each Trustee possesses the following attributes: Robert Bass, experience as an executive and service as a board member; Tracy Collins, experience as an executive and service as a board member of another registered management investment company; Ms. Fuller, experience as an executive and service as a board member of other registered management investment companies; Mr. Clark, experience as an investment professional; Brad Marshall, experience as an executive and investment professional and leadership roles with Blackstone Credit & Insurance; Mr. Sawhney, experience as an executive and leadership roles with Blackstone; and Michelle Greene, experience as an executive and service as a board member of a national market system exchange. References to the qualifications, attributes and skills of the Trustees are pursuant to requirements of the SEC, do not constitute holding out the Board of Trustees or any Trustees as having any special expertise or experience, and shall not impose any greater responsibility or liability on any such person or on the Board of Trustees by reason thereof. 5

Biographical Information Nominees The Trustees have been divided into two groups: interested Trustees (each, an “Interested Trustee,” and collectively, the “Interested Trustees”) and independent Trustees (each, an “Independent Trustee,” and collectively, the “Independent Trustees”). An Interested Trustee is an “interested person” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. An Independent Trustee is a person that is not an “interested person” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act and is “independent” under the NYSE Listing Standards. Interested Trustee

| Vikrant Sawhney               |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Age: 54   Trustee Since: 2021 |     | Biographical Information: Mr. Sawhney is Blackstone’s Chief Administrative Officer, Global