Company: BXSL
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001736035-25-000008
Chunk: 684

Company: Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1B
Chunk 684
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Our independent registered public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, has issued an attestation report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting which is included herein. 

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(d) Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information.

Section 13(r) Disclosure

Pursuant to Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, which added Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act, we hereby incorporate by reference herein Exhibit 99.1 of this report, which includes disclosures regarding activities at Mundys S.p.A., which may be, or may have been at the time considered to be, an affiliate of Blackstone and, therefore, our affiliate.

Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.

None.

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PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

Management

Our business and affairs are managed under the direction of the Board. Our Board elects the Company’s executive officers, who serve at the discretion of the Board. The responsibilities of the Board include, among other things, the oversight of our investment activities, the quarterly and non-quarterly valuation of our assets, oversight of our financing arrangements and corporate governance activities. Our Board consists of seven-members, five of whom are not “interested persons” of the Company or of the Adviser as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act and are “independent,” as determined by the Board. These individuals are referred to as independent trustees. In addition to the information provided below, each trustee possesses the following attributes, which the Board believes has prepared them to be effective trustees: Mr. Bass, experience as an executive and service as a board member; Ms. 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; Ms. Greene, experience as an executive and service as a board member of a national market system exchange; Mr. Marshall, experience as an executive, investment professional and leadership roles with Blackstone Credit & Insurance and Blackstone; and Mr. Sawhney,