Company: BXSL
Filing Date: 2025-07-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-154956
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Company: Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Filing Date: 2025-07-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 19
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 the entire Board and are composed solely of Independent Trustees, and (ii) active monitoring of our Chief Compliance Officer and our compliance policies and procedures. Oversight of other risks is delegated to the committees. Oversight of our investment activities extends to oversight of the risk management processes employed by the Advisers as part of their day-to-daymanagement of our investment activities. The Board anticipates reviewing risk management processes at both regular and special board meetings throughout the year, consulting with appropriate representatives of the Advisers as necessary and periodically requesting the production of risk management reports or presentations. In addition to such periodic reports, the Board, or a committee thereof, may receive updates from management as to the Company’s and the Advisers’ 17

cybersecurity risks and Blackstone cybersecurity program developments. The goal of the Board’s risk oversight function is to ensure that the risks associated with our investment activities are accurately identified, thoroughly investigated and responsibly addressed. Investors should note, however, that the Board’s oversight function cannot eliminate all risks or ensure that particular events do not adversely affect the value of investments.

We believe that the role of our Board in risk oversight is effective and appropriate given the extensive regulation to which we are already subject as a BDC. As a BDC, we are required to comply with certain regulatory requirements that control the levels of risk in our business and operations. For example, we are limited in our ability to enter into transactions with our affiliates, including investing in any portfolio company in which one of our affiliates currently has an investment.

Audit Committee

The Board of Trustees has an audit committee (the “Audit Committee”) that is responsible for (a) assisting the Board’s oversight of the integrity of the Company’s financial statements, the independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications and independence, the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and the performance of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm; (b) preparing an Audit Committee report, if required by the SEC, which is included in this proxy statement; (c) overseeing the scope of the annual audit of the Company’s financial statements, the quality and objectivity of the Company’s financial statements, accounting and financial reporting policies and internal controls; (d) determining the selection, appointment, retention and termination of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, as well as approving the compensation thereof; (e) pre-approving all audit and non-audit services provided to us and certain other persons by such independent registered public accounting firm; and (f) acting as a liaison between the Company’s independent registered public