Company: BXSL
Filing Date: 2025-01-21
Form Type: 424B2
Source: 0001193125-25-008530
Chunk: 97

Company: Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Filing Date: 2025-01-21
Form: 424B2
Chunk 97
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 year. However, distributions in excess of the Company’s current and accumulated earnings and profits, if any, would not be allocated proportionately between the common shares and preferred shares. Since the Company’s current and accumulated earnings and profits would first be used to pay dividends on the preferred shares, distributions in excess of such earnings and profits, if any, would be made disproportionately to holders of common shares. Shareholders will be notified annually as to the U.S. federal tax status of distributions.

#### Sale or Exchange of Shares
Upon the sale, exchange or other disposition of our shares, a shareholder will generally realize a capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized and the shareholder’s adjusted tax basis in the shares sold. Such gain or loss will be long-term or short-term, depending upon the shareholder’s holding period for the shares. Generally, a shareholder’s gain or loss will be a long-term gain or loss if the shares have been held for more than one year. For non-corporate taxpayers, long-term capital gains are currently eligible for reduced rates of taxation.

No loss will be allowed on the sale or other disposition of shares if the owner acquires (including pursuant to the dividend reinvestment plan) or enters into a contract or option to acquire securities that are substantially identical to such shares within 30 days before or after the disposition. In such a case, the basis of the securities acquired will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed loss. Losses realized by a shareholder on the sale or exchange of shares held for six months or less are treated as long-term capital losses to the extent of any distribution of long-term capital gain received (or amounts designated as undistributed capital gains) with respect to such shares.

Under U.S. Treasury regulations, if a shareholder recognizes a loss with respect to shares of $2 million or more for an individual shareholder or $10 million or more for a corporate shareholder, the shareholder must file with the IRS a disclosure statement on IRS Form 8886. Direct shareholders of portfolio securities are in many cases excepted from this reporting requirement, but under current guidance, shareholders of a RIC are not excepted. Future guidance may extend the current exception from this reporting requirement to shareholders of most or all RICs. The fact that a loss is reportable under these regulations does not affect the legal determination of whether the taxpayer’s treatment of the loss is proper. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors to determine the applicability of these regulations in light of their individual circumstances.

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