Company: BXSL
Filing Date: 2025-07-11
Form Type: N-2ASR
Source: 0001213900-25-063269
Chunk: 71

Company: Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Filing Date: 2025-07-11
Form: N-2ASR
Chunk 71
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 upon the Board to bring the subject action unless an effort to cause the Board to bring such an action is not likely to succeed; and a demand on the Board will only be deemed not likely to succeed and therefore excused if a majority of the Board, or a majority of any committee established to consider the merits of such action, is composed of Board who are not “independent trustees” (as that term is defined in the Delaware Statutory Trust Statute); and (ii) unless a demand is not required under clause (i) above, the Board must be afforded a reasonable amount of time to consider such Shareholder request and to investigate the basis of such claim; and the Board will be entitled to retain counsel or other advisors in considering the merits of the request and may require an undertaking by the Shareholders making such request to reimburse the Company for the expense of any such advisors in the event that the Board determine not to bring such action. For purposes of this paragraph, the Board may designate a committee of one or more trustees to consider a Shareholder demand. Unless an effort to cause the Board to bring such an action is not likely to succeed; and a demand on the Board will only be deemed not likely to succeed and therefore excused if a majority of the Board, or a majority of any committee established to consider the merits of such action, is composed of Board who are not “independent trustees” (as that term is defined in the Delaware Statutory Trust Statute); and (ii) unless a demand is not required under clause (i) above, the Board must be afforded a reasonable amount of time to consider such Shareholder request and to investigate the basis of such claim; and the Board will be entitled to retain counsel or other advisors in considering the merits of the request and may require an undertaking by the Shareholders making such request to reimburse the Company for the expense of any such advisors in the event that the Board determine not to bring such action. For purposes of this paragraph, the Board may designate a committee of one or more trustees to consider a Shareholder demand. For the avoidance of doubt, Section 6.10 of the Company’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust, which prohibits derivative actions as set forth above, shall not apply to any claims asserted under the U.S. federal securities laws, including, without limitation, the 1940 Act. 132 Exclusive Delaware Jurisdiction Each Trustee, each officer and each person legally or beneficially owning a Share or an interest in a Share of the Company (whether through a