Company: BXSL
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001736035-25-000008
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Company: Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1B
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 restrictions on sales. The total par amount (in thousands) is presented for debt investments, while the number of shares or units (in whole amounts) owned is presented for equity investments. Each of the Company’s investments is pledged as collateral, under one or more of its credit facilities unless otherwise indicated.

(2)Variable rate loans to the portfolio companies bear interest at a rate that is determined by reference to either Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (“CDOR” or “C”), Sterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate (“SONIA” or “S”), Euro Interbank Offer Rate (“Euribor” or “E”), Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), Stockholm Interbank Offered Rate (“STIBOR” or “ST”), Copenhagen Interbank Offered Rate (“CIBOR” or “CI”), Norwegian Interbank Offered Rate (“NIBOR” or “N”), or an alternate base rate (commonly based on the Federal Funds Rate (“F”) or the U.S. Prime Rate (“P”)), which generally resets periodically. For each loan, the Company has indicated the reference rate used and provided the spread and the interest rate in effect as of December 31, 2023. Variable rate loans typically include an interest reference rate floor feature. As of December 31, 2023, 93.7% of the debt portfolio at fair value had an interest rate floor above zero. Rates on equity instruments represents contractual dividend rates on certain preferred equity positions. 

(3)The cost represents the original cost adjusted for the amortization of discounts and premiums, as applicable, on debt investments using the effective interest method in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

(4)These investments were valued using unobservable inputs and are considered Level 3 investments. Fair value was determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Board of Trustees (see Note 2), pursuant to the Company’s valuation policy.

(5)These investments are not pledged as collateral under any of the Company's credit facilities. For other debt investments that are pledged to the Company's credit facilities, a single investment may be divided into parts that are individually pledged as collateral to separate credit facilities. Any other debt investments listed above are pledged to financing facilities and are not available to satisfy the creditors of the Company.

(6)The investment is not a qualifying asset under Section 55(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (together with the rules and regulations promulgated