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Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On November 15, 2023, Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (the “Company”) and BGSL Jackson Hole Funding LLC (“Jackson Hole Funding”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into the Second Amendment (the “Second Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the “Revolving Credit Agreement”), dated December 16, 2021, by and among Jackson Hole Funding, as borrower, the Company, as portfolio manager, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, Citibank, N.A., as collateral agent and securities intermediary, Virtus Group, LP, as collateral administrator, and each of the lenders from time to time party thereto. The Second Amendment provides for an extension of the period during which Jackson Hole Funding may make borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement to December 18, 2023.
The description above is only a summary of the material provisions of the Second Amendment and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the Second Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference thereto.
Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
The information provided in Item 1.01 of this current report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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Exhibit Index
10.1 | Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement among Jackson Hole Funding, the Company, the lenders party thereto, Citibank, N.A., Virtus Group, LP and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, dated November 15, 2023. | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: November 17, 2023 |
BLACKSTONE SECURED LENDING FUND | |||||
By: | /s/ Oran Ebel | |||||
Name: | Oran Ebel | |||||
Title: | Chief Legal Officer and Secretary |
Exhibit 10.1
SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (this Amendment), dated as of November 15, 2023, is entered into among BGSL JACKSON HOLE FUNDING LLC (the Company), a Delaware limited liability company, as borrower; the Lenders party hereto; BLACKSTONE SECURED LENDING FUND, in its capacity as portfolio manager (in such capacity, the Portfolio Manager); CITIBANK, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent (in such capacity, the Collateral Agent); CITIBANK, N.A., in its capacity as securities intermediary (in such capacity, the Securities Intermediary); VIRTUS GROUP, LP, in its capacity as collateral administrator (in such capacity, the Collateral Administrator); and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent). Reference is hereby made to the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2021 (as amended by the First Amendment, dated as of October 19, 2022, the Loan and Security Agreement), among parties hereto. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Loan and Security Agreement.
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are parties to the Loan and Security Agreement;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the terms of the Loan and Security Agreement in accordance with Section 10.05 thereof as provided for herein; and
ACCORDINGLY, the Loan and Security Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
The section Certain Defined Terms of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the term Reinvestment Period in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
Reinvestment Period means the period beginning on, and including, the Effective Date and ending on, but excluding, the earliest of (i) December 18, 2023, (ii) the date on which a Market Value Event occurs (unless waived by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) and (iii) the date on which an Event of Default occurs; provided that, in the case of this clause (iii), with the written consent of the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent (which consent may be granted or withheld in their respective sole discretion), at the request of the Portfolio Manager, the Reinvestment Period may be reinstated if such Event of Default is waived or is cured prior to any declaration of the Secured Obligations as due and payable pursuant to Article VII as a result of such Event of Default.
SECTION 2. CONDITION PRECEDENT. It shall be a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the amendments set forth in Section 1 of this Amendment that each of the following conditions is satisfied:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received executed counterparts of this Amendment from each party hereto.
(b) The Company hereby certifies that (i) all of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.01 of the Loan and Security Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (or with respect to such representations and warranties which by their terms contain materiality qualifiers,
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shall be true and correct), in each case on and as of the date of this Amendment, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (or with respect to such representations and warranties which by their terms contain materiality qualifiers, shall be true and correct) as of such earlier date, (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (iii) no Market Value Event has occurred.
SECTION 3. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) The Required Lenders execution of this Amendment shall constitute the written consent required under Section 10.05 of the Loan and Security Agreement.
(b) The parties hereto hereby agree that, except as specifically amended herein, the Loan and Security Agreement is and shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. Except as specifically provided herein, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any party hereto under the Loan and Security Agreement, or constitute a waiver of any provision of any other agreement.
(c) THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(d) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts by facsimile or other written form of communication, each of which shall be deemed to be an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
(e) Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 2 above, this Amendment shall be effective as of the date of this Amendment first written above.
(f) The Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator and the Securities Intermediary assume no responsibility for the correctness of the recitals contained herein, and the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator and the Securities Intermediary shall not be responsible or accountable in any way whatsoever for or with respect to the validity, execution or sufficiency of this Amendment and makes no representation with respect thereto. In entering into this Amendment, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator and the Securities Intermediary shall be entitled to the benefit of every provision of the Loan and Security Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator and the Securities Intermediary, including their right to be compensated, reimbursed and indemnified in accordance with the terms thereof. The Administrative Agent, by its signature hereto, authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator and the Securities Intermediary to execute this Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the day and year first above written.
BGSL JACKSON HOLE FUNDING LLC, as Company | ||
By: Blackstone Secured Lending Fund, its sole member | ||
By: | /s/ Oran Ebel | |
Name: | Oran Ebel | |
Title: | Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | |
BLACKSTONE SECURED LENDING FUND, as Portfolio Manager | ||
By: | /s/ Oran Ebel | |
Name: | Oran Ebel | |
Title: | Chief Legal Officer and Secretary |
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent | ||
By: | /s/ James Greenfield | |
Name: | James Greenfield | |
Title: | Executive Director | |
The Lenders | ||
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Lender | ||
By: | /s/ James Greenfield | |
Name: | James Greenfield | |
Title: | Executive Director |
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CITIBANK, N.A., as Collateral Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Veronica Rayo | |
Name: | Veronica Rayo | |
Title: | Senior Trust Officer | |
CITIBANK, N.A., as Securities Intermediary | ||
By: | /s/ Veronica Rayo | |
Name: | Veronica Rayo | |
Title: | Senior Trust Officer | |
VIRTUS GROUP, LP, as Collateral Administrator | ||
By: Rocket Partners Holdings, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: | /s/ Lisa Baltagi | |
Name: | Lisa Baltagi | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
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Document and Entity Information |
Nov. 15, 2023 |
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Cover [Abstract] | |
Entity Address, State or Province | NY |
Amendment Flag | false |
Entity Central Index Key | 0001736035 |
Document Type | 8-K |
Document Period End Date | Nov. 15, 2023 |
Entity Registrant Name | Blackstone Secured Lending Fund |
Entity Incorporation State Country Code | DE |
Entity File Number | 814-01299 |
Entity Tax Identification Number | 82-7020632 |
Entity Address, Address Line One | 345 Park Avenue |
Entity Address, Address Line Two | 31st Floor |
Entity Address, City or Town | New York |
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 10154 |
City Area Code | (212) |
Local Phone Number | 503-2100 |
Written Communications | false |
Soliciting Material | false |
Pre Commencement Tender Offer | false |
Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
Security 12b Title | Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, $0.001 par value per share |
Trading Symbol | BXSL |
Security Exchange Name | NYSE |
Entity Emerging Growth Company | false |
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