Blackstone Secured Lending Fund

Our Company

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), is a Delaware statutory trust formed on March 26, 2018, and structured as an externally managed, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. On October 26, 2018, the Company elected to be regulated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the “1940 Act”). In addition, the Company has elected to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and intends to qualify annually, as a regulated investment company (a“RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the“Code”).

We are externally managed by Blackstone Private Credit Strategies LLC (the“Adviser”) and Blackstone Credit BDC Advisors LLC (the“Sub-Adviser”and, together with the Adviser, the“Advisers”). The Advisers are affiliates of Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP (the“Sub-Administrator” and, collectively with its affiliates in the credit, asset based finance and insurance asset management business unit of Blackstone Inc. (“Blackstone”),“Blackstone Credit & Insurance” or“BXCI”). Additionally, Blackstone Private Credit Strategies LLC, in its capacity as the administrator to the Company (in such capacity, the“Administrator” and, together with the Sub-Administrator, the“Administrators”), and the Sub-Administrator provide certain administrative and other services necessary for the Company to operate pursuant to an administration agreement between the Administrator and the Company (the“Administration Agreement”)and a sub-administration agreement between the Administrator and the Sub-Administrator (the“Sub-Administration Agreement” and, together with the Administration Agreement, the“Administration Agreements”), respectively. From commencement through December 31, 2024, Blackstone Credit BDC Advisors LLC served as the Company’s investment adviser (in such capacity, the“Prior Adviser”) and Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP served as the Company’s administrator (in such capacity, the“Prior Administrator”).

Our investment objectives are to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation. We believe that Blackstone’s investment platform provides us with a competitive advantage in selecting investments, and to achieve our investment objectives, we will leverage the Advisers’ investment team’s and Blackstone’s extensive network of relationships with other sophisticated institutions to source, evaluate and, as appropriate, partner with on transactions. There are no assurances that we will achieve our investment objectives.

Under normal market conditions, we generally invest at least 80% of our total assets (net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes) in secured debt investments and our portfolio is composed primarily of first lien senior secured and unitranche loans. To a lesser extent, we have and may continue to also invest in second lien, third lien, unsecured or subordinated loans and other debt and equity securities. In limited instances we may retain the “last out” portion of a first-lien loan. In such cases, the “first out” portion of the first lien loan would receive priority with respect to payment over our “last out” position. In exchange for the higher risk of loss associated with such “last out” portion, we would earn a higher rate of interest than the “first out” position. We do not currently focus on investments in issuers that are distressed or in need of rescue financing. Subject to the limitations of the 1940 Act, we may invest in loans or other securities, the proceeds of which may refinance or otherwise repay debt or securities of companies whose debt is owned by other Blackstone Credit & Insurance funds.

BDCs are subject to certain restrictions applicable to investment companies under the 1940 Act. As a BDC, at least 70% of our assets must be the type of “qualifying” assets listed in Section 55(a) of the 1940 Act, as described herein, which are generally privately-offered securities issued by U.S. private or thinly-traded companies. We may also invest up to 30% of our portfolio opportunistically in “non-qualifying” portfolio investments, such as investments in non-U.S. companies. We generally intend to distribute substantially all of our available earnings annually by making quarterly cash distributions. We use leverage and intend to continue to use leverage for our investment activities. We use and intend to continue to use leverage, which is permitted up to the maximum amount allowed by the 1940 Act (currently limited to a debt-to-equity ratio of 2:1), to enhance potential returns. See “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources—Borrowings.”

On October 28, 2021, the Company priced its initial public offering (“IPO”), and the Company’s common shares of beneficial interest (“Common Shares”) began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). See “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 9. Net Assets” for further details.

Our Advisers

Our investment activities are managed by our Advisers. The principal executive offices of our Advisers are located at 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10154. Our Advisers are responsible for originating prospective investments, conducting research and due diligence investigations on potential investments, analyzing investment opportunities, negotiating and structuring our investments and monitoring our investments and portfolio companies on an ongoing basis.

In conducting our investment activities, we believe that we benefit from the significant scale and resources of Blackstone Credit & Insurance, including our Advisers and their affiliates, subject to the policies and procedures of Blackstone regarding the management of conflicts of interest. In order to source transactions, the Advisers utilize their significant access to transaction flow, along with their liquid credit platform. The Advisers seek to generate investment opportunities through direct origination channels as well as through syndicate and club deals. With respect to Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s origination channel, the global presence of Blackstone Credit & Insurance generates access to a substantial amount of directly originated transactions with what we believe to be attractive investment characteristics. With respect to syndicate and club deals (i.e., where a limited number of investors participate in a loan transaction), Blackstone Credit & Insurance has built a network of relationships with commercial and investment banks, finance companies and other investment funds as a result of the long track record of its investment professionals in the leveraged finance marketplace. Blackstone Credit & Insurance also has a significant liquid credit platform, which, we believe, allows us access to the secondary market for investment opportunities. Blackstone Credit & Insurance employs a rigorous investment process and defensive investment approach to evaluate all potential opportunities with a focus on long-term credit performance and principal protection. The investment professionals employed by Blackstone Credit & Insurance have spent their careers developing the resources necessary to invest in private companies. Before undertaking an investment, the Advisers’ transaction team conducts a thorough and rigorous due diligence review of the opportunity to ensure the portfolio company fits our investment strategy.

Our Advisers’ investment committee (the“Investment Committee”) is responsible for reviewing and approving our investment opportunities. The Investment Committee review process is consensus-driven, multi-step and iterative, and occurs in parallel with the diligence and structuring of investments. Others who participate in the Investment Committee process include the team responsible for conducting due diligence, others on the investing team and other senior members of Blackstone and Blackstone Credit & Insurance.

We have agreed to pay our Adviser a management fee at an annual rate of 1.0% of the average value of our gross assets at the end of the two most recently completed calendar quarters. We also pay the Adviser an income based incentive fee based on our aggregate pre-incentive fee net investment income from the calendar quarter then ending and the eleven preceding calendar quarters. See “Advisory Agreements” for more information.

The members of the senior management and investment team of the Advisers serve or may serve as officers, directors or principals of entities that operate in the same or a related line of business as we do, or of investment funds managed by the same personnel. As a result, the Advisers, their officers and employees and certain of their affiliates will have conflicts of interest in allocating their time between us and other activities in which they are or may become involved, including the management of their affiliated equipment funds. See“Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Advisers and Their Affiliates”and “—Allocation of Investment Opportunities and Potential Conflicts of Interest”for more information.

Our Administrators

Blackstone Private Credit Strategies LLC and Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP serve as our Administrator and Sub-Administrator, respectively. The principal executive offices of our Administrators are located at 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154. We reimburse the Administrator for the Administrators’ costs, expenses and allocable overhead (including rent, office equipment and utilities) in performing their administrative obligations under the Administration Agreement and the Sub-Administration Agreement, as applicable. See “Administration Agreements” for more information.

Blackstone Credit & Insurance

Blackstone Credit & Insurance is the credit, asset based finance and insurance asset management business unit of Blackstone, which is the largest alternative asset manager in the world with leading investment businesses across asset classes. Blackstone’s platform provides competitive advantages including scale, expertise across industries and capital structures, and deep relationships with companies and financial sponsors.

Blackstone’s four business segments are real estate, private equity, credit and insurance, and multi-asset investing. Blackstone Credit & Insurance is an expansive, fully integrated credit platform, that includes private and liquid credit, infrastructure and asset based credit and insurance businesses. As of December 31, 2025, Blackstone had total assets under management (“AUM”)of approximately $1.3 trillion and Blackstone Credit & Insurance had total AUM of $443 billion.

Blackstone Credit & Insurance, through its affiliates, employed 730 people headquartered in New York and in offices globally as of December 31, 2025. Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s 439 person investment team also includes a 127 person Office of the Chief Investment Officer (“CIO”) team, which consists of individuals focused on Underwriting & Execution, Capital Formation, Asset Allocation, Structuring, Asset Management, Portfolio Insights, and Portfolio Analytics.

Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s Senior Managing Directors have on average 24 years of industry experience. The Company brings Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s preeminent credit-focused investment platform to the exchange traded BDC industry.

Market Opportunity

We believe that there are and will continue to be significant investment opportunities in the targeted asset classes discussed below.

Attractive Opportunities in Floating Rate, Senior Secured Loans

We believe that opportunities in senior secured loans are significant because of the strong defensive characteristics of this asset class. While there is inherent risk in investing in any securities, senior secured debt is on the top of the capital structure and thus has priority in payment among an issuer’s security holders (i.e., senior secured debt holders are due to receive payment before junior creditors and equity holders). Further, these investments are secured by the issuer’s assets, which may be collateralized in the event of a default, if necessary. Senior secured debt often has restrictive covenants for the purpose of additional principal protection and ensuring repayment before junior creditors (i.e., most types of unsecured bondholders, and other security holders) and preserving collateral to protect against credit deterioration. The senior secured loans we invest in will generally pay floating interest rates based on a variable base rate, such as the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). By originating predominantly floating rate assets, the majority of which have a reference rate floor, and utilizing predominantly floating rate leverage, we aim to provide attractive yields even as the interest rate environment changes over time. We will seek to identify what we believe are compelling investment opportunities in floating rate, senior secured loans based on prevailing market conditions and continue to focus on current income and capital appreciation in an effort to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for investors across various market environments.

Opportunity in U.S. Private Companies

In addition to investing in senior secured loans generally, we believe that the market for lending to private companies within the United States is underserved and presents a compelling investment opportunity. We believe that the following characteristics support our belief:

Secular Tailwinds in the Private Market, Including Private Credit. One of the important drivers of growth in the strategy is the increasing secular tailwinds in the private markets (i.e., social or economic trends positively impacting private markets), including growing demand for private credit. Private equity funds with strategies focused on North America had over $1.5 trillion of “dry powder” (i.e., uncalled capital commitments) (as published by Preqin as of December 31, 2025), which should similarly drive demand for private capital. Further, financial sponsors and companies are becoming increasingly interested in working directly with private lenders as they are seeing the tremendous benefits versus accessing the public credit markets. The Company believes some of these benefits include faster execution and greater certainty, ability to partner with sophisticated lenders, a more efficient process, and in some instances fewer regulatory requirements. As a result, Blackstone Credit & Insurance benefits from greater flow of larger scale transactions that have become increasingly available to the direct lending universe over traditional banks and other financing institutions.

Attractive Market Segment. We believe that the underserved nature of such a large segment of the market can at times create a significant opportunity for investment. In many environments, we believe that private companies are more likely to offer attractive economics in terms of transaction pricing, up-front and ongoing fees, prepayment penalties and security features in the form of stricter covenants and quality collateral than loans to public companies.

Limited Investment Competition. Despite the size of the market, we believe that regulatory changes and other factors have diminished the role of traditional financial institutions and certain other capital providers in providing financing to companies. As tracked by Leverage Commentary & Data (LCD), as of December 31, 2025 private credit markets financed 214 leveraged buyouts (“LBOs”) (84% of total LBOs in 2025) compared to the publicly syndicated markets, which financed only 42 (16% of total LBOs in 2025). In addition, due to bank consolidation, the number of banks has also declined during the past several decades, furthering the lack of supply in financing to private companies.

We also believe that lending and originating new loans to private companies generally requires a greater dedication of the lender’s time and resources compared to lending to public companies, due in part to the size of each investment and the often fragmented nature of information available from these companies. Further, we believe that many investment firms lack the breadth and scale necessary to identify investment opportunities, particularly in regards to directly originated investments in private companies, and thus attractive investment opportunities are often overlooked.

Blackstone Credit & Insurance Strengths

Blackstone Credit & Insurance is the world’s largest third-party private credit manager and a key player in the direct lending space. Blackstone Credit & Insurance has experience scaling funds across its platform that invest in all parts of the capital structure. Blackstone Credit & Insurance focuses on transactions where it can differentiate itself from other providers of capital, targeting sponsor-backed transactions and those where Blackstone Credit & Insurance can bring its expertise and experience in negotiating and structuring. We believe that Blackstone Credit & Insurance has the scale and platform to effectively manage a North American private credit investment strategy, offering investors the following potential strengths:

Ability to Provide Scaled, Differentiated Capital Solutions. We believe that the breadth and scale of Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s platform, with $443 billion of AUM as of December 31, 2025, and affiliation with Blackstone provide a distinct advantage in sourcing and deploying capital toward proprietary investment opportunities and provide a differentiated capability to invest in large, complex opportunities. Scale allows for more resources to source, diligence and monitor investments, and may enable us to move up market where there is often less competition and may allow us to negotiate more favorable terms for investments. As of December 31, 2025, Blackstone Credit & Insurance is invested in over 5,100 issuers 1 across portfolios globally and has over 575 sponsor and advisor relationships, which we believe provides invaluable insight and access to a broad and diverse set of investment opportunities. Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s focus on larger transactions and larger issuers is often associated with more established management teams and higher quality assets, which, in our experience, tend to better maintain their value through cycles and can serve to reduce investment risk. Blackstone Credit & Insurance offers its clients and borrowers a comprehensive solution across corporate and asset based, as well as investment grade and non-

1 Reflects issuers across all asset types within Private Corporate Credit, Liquid Corporate Credit, and Infrastructure & Asset Based Credit.

investment grade credit. Blackstone Credit & Insurance expects that in the current environment, where borrowers increasingly value the benefits of private credit, the ability to provide flexible, well-structured capital commitments in appropriate sizes will enable Blackstone Credit & Insurance to command more favorable terms for its investments.

Established Origination Platform with Strong Credit Expertise. The global presence of Blackstone Credit & Insurance generates access to a substantial amount of directly originated transactions with what Blackstone Credit & Insurance believes to be attractive investment characteristics. Over the last several years, Blackstone Credit & Insurance has expanded its origination and sponsor coverage footprint with regional offices in select markets. We anticipate capitalizing on Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s global footprint and broad and diverse origination platform to provide, primarily, senior secured financings.

We believe that Blackstone Credit & Insurance can provide a significant pipeline of investment opportunities for us. Blackstone Credit & Insurance has a strong trading presence and actively monitors thousands of companies across the public and private markets through its $123 billion Liquid Corporate Credit platform, and as a result has deep insight across sectors and industries. Furthermore, we believe that Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s strong reputation and longstanding relationships with corporate boards, management teams, leveraged buyout sponsors, financial advisors, and intermediaries position Blackstone Credit & Insurance as a partner and counterparty of choice, providing us with attractive sourcing capabilities. In Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s experience, these relationships help drive substantial proprietary deal flow and insight into investment opportunities.

The Blackstone Credit & Insurance team has dedicated sector coverage across technology, healthcare and business services and is focused on making investments in what we characterize as “good neighborhoods,” which are industries we believe are experiencing favorable tailwinds. In addition, the Blackstone Credit & Insurance team is able to leverage the expertise of other parts of Blackstone’s business that specialize in these fields.

Over the last several years, Blackstone Credit & Insurance has expanded its North American origination and sponsor coverage footprint by opening regional offices in select markets. Blackstone Credit & Insurance has investment professionals across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and has developed a reputation for being a valued partner with the ability to provide speed, creativity, and assurance of transaction execution. We believe Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s global presence may help Blackstone Credit & Insurance to more effectively source investment opportunities from private equity sponsors as well as directly from companies.

Value-Added Capital Provider and Partner Leveraging the Blackstone Credit & Insurance Value Creation Program. Blackstone Credit & Insurance has established a reputation for providing creative, value-added solutions to address a company’s financing requirements and we believe our ability to solve a need for a company can lead to attractive investment opportunities. In addition, Blackstone Credit & Insurance has access to the significant resources of the Blackstone platform, including the Blackstone Credit & Insurance Value Creation Program (the“Value Creation Program”), a global platform that intends to help Blackstone Credit & Insurance investments create meaningful value by leveraging the scale, network and expertise within the Blackstone platform. Specifically, the Value Creation Program focuses on three areas of improvement: (i) reducing costs by leveraging the scale and purchasing power of Blackstone through the Group Purchasing Organization (GPO), preferred partnerships and the Blackstone Sourcing Center; (ii) helping to create revenue generating opportunities from Value Creation Program introductions, which includes a network of over 400 Blackstone portfolio companies as of December 31, 2025; and (iii) providing valuable access to industry and functional experts within the Blackstone organization (including the Blackstone Portfolio Operations team which consists of over 100 internal resources as of December 31, 2025) who are focused on areas such as cybersecurity, sustainability, quant solutions, data science, healthcare, human resources, information technology, among others, and the network among portfolio companies.

Through the Value Creation Program, which the Company’s portfolio companies can fully access, Blackstone has created $5 billion in implied value across Blackstone Credit & Insurance portfolio companies.2

Flexible Investment Approach. Blackstone Credit & Insurance believes that the ability to invest opportunistically throughout a capital structure is a meaningful strength when sourcing transactions and enables the Company to seek investments that provide the best risk/return proposition in any given transaction. Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s creativity and flexibility with regard to deal-structuring distinguishes it from other financing sources, including traditional mezzanine providers, whose investment mandates are typically more restrictive. Over time, Blackstone Credit & Insurance has demonstrated the ability to negotiate favorable terms for its investments by providing creative structures that add value for an issuer. Blackstone Credit & Insurance will continue to seek to use this flexible investment approach to focus on principal preservation, while generating attractive returns throughout different economic and market cycles.

Long-Term Investment Horizon. Our long-term investment horizon gives us great flexibility, which we believe allows us to maximize returns on our investments. Unlike most private equity and venture capital funds, as well as many private debt funds, we will not be required to return capital to our shareholders once we exit a portfolio investment. We believe that freedom from such capital return requirements, which allows us to invest using a long-term focus, provides us with an attractive opportunity to increase total returns on invested capital.

Disciplined Investment Process and Income-Oriented Investment Philosophy. Blackstone Credit & Insurance employs a rigorous investment process and defensive investment approach to evaluate all potential opportunities with a focus on long-term credit performance and principal protection. We believe Blackstone Credit & Insurance has generated attractive risk-adjusted returns in its investing activities throughout many economic and credit cycles by (i) maintaining its investment discipline; (ii) performing intensive credit work; (iii) carefully structuring transactions; and (iv) actively managing its portfolios. Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s investment approach involves a multi-stage selection process for each investment opportunity, as well as ongoing monitoring of each investment made, with particular emphasis on early detection of deteriorating credit conditions at portfolio companies, which would result in adverse portfolio developments. This strategy is designed to maximize current income and minimize the risk of capital loss while maintaining the potential for long-term capital appreciation. Additionally, Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s senior investment professionals have dedicated their careers to the leveraged finance and private equity sectors, and we believe that their experience in due diligence, credit analysis and ongoing management of investments is invaluable to the success of the North America direct lending investment strategy. Blackstone Credit & Insurance generally targets businesses with leading market share positions, sustainable barriers to entry, high free cash flow generation, strong asset values, liquidity to withstand market cycles, favorable underlying industry trends, strong internal controls and high-quality management teams.

Strong Investment Track Record. Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s track record in private debt lending and investing in below investment grade credit dates back to the inception of Blackstone Credit & Insurance. Since 2005 through December 31, 2025, Blackstone Credit & Insurance has invested nearly $285 billion in capital in privately-originated transactions.3 Blackstone Credit & Insurance believes that the depth and breadth of its team provides it with a competitive advantage in sourcing product on a global basis, structuring transactions and actively managing investments in the portfolio.

Efficient Cost Structure. We believe that we have an efficient cost structure, as compared to other publicly traded BDCs, with low operating expenses and financing costs. We believe our operating efficiency and senior investment strategy enable us to generate greater risk-adjusted investment returns for our investors relative to other publicly traded BDCs.

2 As of December 31, 2025. Numbers presented are calculated since inception of the Value Creation Program in 2016. Figures presented are based on data reported by portfolio companies and assets and not from financial statements of portfolio companies. While the data reported by portfolio companies and assets is believed to be reliable for purposes used herein, it is subject to change, and Blackstone has not fully verified, and does not assume responsibility for, the accuracy or completeness of this information. Represents the sum of (a) estimated identified annualized cost reduction opportunities multiplied by the Lincoln Observed New Third-Party M&A Buyouts Transaction Multiple, averaged over past 5 years and (b) annualized revenue from introductions across Blackstone portfolio companies multiplied by earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) margin and multiple at the time of investment of the portfolio company. Estimates assume revenue enhancements and costs savings directly improve enterprise value or EBITDA margins and that such revenue gains or cost savings will endure for the period of time implied by multiples.

3 Includes invested and committed capital for privately originated and anchor investments across private credit strategies and vehicles since 2005, including Direct Lending, Sustainable Resources, Mezzanine, and Opportunistic. Excludes liquid credit strategy investments.

Investment Strategy

Our investment objectives are to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation. We will seek to meet our investment objectives by:

•utilizing the experience and expertise of the management team of the Advisers, along with the broader resources of Blackstone Credit & Insurance and Blackstone, in sourcing, evaluating and structuring transactions, subject to Blackstone’s policies and procedures regarding the management of conflicts of interest;

•employing a defensive investment approach focused on long-term credit performance and principal protection, generally investing in loans with asset coverage ratios and interest coverage ratios that the Advisers believe provide substantial credit protection, and also seeking favorable financial protections, including, where the Advisers believe necessary, one or more financial maintenance and incurrence covenants (i.e., covenants that are tested when affirmative action is taken, such as the incurrence of additional debt and/or making dividend payments);

•focusing primarily on loans and securities of private U.S. companies, including syndicated loans, specifically larger and middle market companies. In many market environments, we believe such a focus offers an opportunity for superior risk-adjusted returns;

•maintaining rigorous portfolio monitoring in an attempt to anticipate and pre-empt negative credit events within our portfolio; and

•utilizing the power and scale of Blackstone and the Blackstone Credit & Insurance platform to offer operational expertise to portfolio companies through the Value Creation Program.

Under normal market conditions, we generally invest at least 80% of our total assets (net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes) in secured debt investments and our portfolio is composed primarily of first lien senior secured and unitranche loans. To a lesser extent, we have and may continue to also invest in second lien, third lien, unsecured or subordinated loans and other debt and equity securities. In limited instances we may retain the “last out” portion of a first-lien loan. In such cases, the “first out” portion of the first lien loan would receive priority with respect to payment over our “last out” position. In exchange for the higher risk of loss associated with such “last out” portion, we would earn a higher rate of interest than the “first out” position. We do not currently focus on investments in issuers that are distressed or in need of rescue financing. Subject to the limitations of the 1940 Act, we may invest in loans or other securities the proceeds of which may refinance or otherwise repay debt or securities of companies whose debt is owned by other Blackstone Credit & Insurance funds.

Although we do not expect a significant portion of our portfolio to be composed of second lien, third lien, unsecured or subordinated loans, there is no limit on the amount of such loans in which we may invest, subject to compliance with our 80% policy. We may purchase interests in loans or make other debt investments, including investments in senior secured bonds, through secondary market transactions in the “over-the-counter” market or directly from our target companies as primary market, directly originated or syndicated investments. In connection with our debt investments, we may on occasion receive equity interests such as warrants or options as additional consideration. We have and may continue to also purchase or otherwise acquire minority interests in the form of common or preferred equity or equity-related securities, such as rights and warrants that may be converted into or exchanged for our Common Shares or other equity or the cash value of shares or other equity, in our target companies, generally in conjunction with one of our debt investments or through a co-investment with a financial sponsor, such as an institutional investor or private equity firm, or a finance company transaction (such as a joint venture). In addition, a portion of our portfolio may be composed of unsecured bonds, collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”), other debt securities and derivatives, including total return swaps and credit default swaps. Depending on market conditions, we may increase or decrease our exposure to less senior portions of the capital structure or otherwise make opportunistic investments.

Our investment strategy is expected to capitalize on Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s scale and reputation in the market as an attractive financing partner to acquire our target investments at attractive pricing. We also expect to benefit from Blackstone’s reputation and ability to transact in scale with speed and certainty, and its long-standing and extensive relationships with private equity firms that require financing for their transactions.

Investment Selection

When identifying prospective investment opportunities, the Advisers currently intend to rely on fundamental credit analysis in order to minimize the loss of the Company’s capital. The Advisers expect to invest in companies generally possessing the following attributes, which they believe will help achieve our investment objectives:

Leading, Defensible Market Positions. The Advisers intend to invest in companies that they believe have developed strong positions within their respective markets and exhibit the potential to maintain sufficient cash flows and profitability to service their obligations in a range of economic environments. The Advisers will seek companies that they believe possess advantages in scale, scope, customer loyalty, product pricing, or product quality versus their competitors, thereby minimizing business risk and protecting profitability.

Proven Management Teams. The Advisers focus on investments in which the target company has an experienced and high-quality management team with an established track record of success. The Advisers typically require companies to have in place proper incentives to align management’s goals with the Company’s goals.

Private Equity Sponsorship. Often the Advisers seek to participate in transactions sponsored by what they believe to be high-quality private equity firms. The Advisers believe that a private equity sponsor’s willingness to invest significant sums of equity capital into a company is an implicit endorsement of the quality of the investment. Further, private equity sponsors of companies with significant investments at risk generally have the ability and a strong incentive to contribute additional capital in difficult economic times should operational issues arise, which could provide additional protections for our investments.

Broad Exposure. The Advisers seek to invest broadly among industries and issuers, thereby potentially reducing the risk of a downturn in any one company or industry having a disproportionate impact on the value of the Company’s portfolio.

Viable Exit Strategy. In addition to payments of principal and interest, we expect the primary methods for the strategy to realize returns on our investments include refinancings, sales of portfolio companies, and in some cases initial public offerings and secondary offerings. While many debt instruments in which we will invest have stated maturities of five to eight years, we expect the majority to be redeemed or sold prior to maturity. These instruments often have call protection that requires an issuer to pay a premium if it redeems in the early years of an investment. The investment team regularly reviews investments and related market conditions in order to determine if an opportunity exists to realize returns on a particular investment. We believe the ability to utilize the entire resources of Blackstone Credit & Insurance, including the public market traders and research analysts, allows the Advisers to gain access to current market information where the opportunity may exist to sell positions into the market at attractive prices.

Investment Process Overview

Our investment activities are managed by our Advisers. The Advisers are responsible for originating prospective investments, conducting research and due diligence investigations on potential investments, analyzing investment opportunities, negotiating and structuring our investments and monitoring our investments and portfolio companies on an ongoing basis.

The investment professionals employed by Blackstone Credit & Insurance have spent their careers developing the resources necessary to invest in private companies. Our transaction process is highlighted below.

Sourcing and Origination

The private credit investment team, comprised of 114 dedicated investment professionals as of December 31, 2025, is responsible for establishing regular dialogue with, and coverage of, the financial advisory, corporate issuer, financial sponsor, legal and restructuring communities. The team also has regular contact with Wall Street firms, business brokers, industry executives and others who help identify direct origination investment opportunities. Blackstone Credit & Insurance seeks to be a value-added partner to its counterparties in connection with their capital needs, and believes that these relationships have driven, and will continue to drive, substantial proprietary deal flow and insight into investment opportunities.

The Company seeks to generate investment opportunities primarily through direct origination channels. The global presence of Blackstone Credit & Insurance generates access to a substantial amount of directly originated transactions with what it believes to be attractive investment characteristics. Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s team has over 575 sponsor and advisor relationships with a primary focus on what it believes are the largest, highest quality, and most well-capitalized sponsors and advisors, leading to substantial repeat counterparties and making Blackstone Credit & Insurance a partner of choice to these sponsors. In addition to the depth and breadth of Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s relationships, sponsor and advisor partners also seek to transact with Blackstone Credit & Insurance due to its value-add through the Value Creation Program by not only helping companies with operational support, but also potentially enhancing revenue generation and cost savings opportunities for Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s portfolio companies, all of which further contribute to its origination efforts. With respect to syndicate and club deals, Blackstone Credit & Insurance has built a network of relationships with commercial and investment banks, finance companies and other investment funds as a result of the long track record of its investment professionals in the leveraged finance marketplace. Blackstone Credit & Insurance also has a $123 billion Liquid Corporate Credit platform, which, we believe, allows us access to the secondary market for investment opportunities. Blackstone Credit & Insurance is invested in over 5,100 issuers 4 across its $443 billion platform which we believe offers us deep insight across all sectors and industries in our market.

Blackstone Credit & Insurance aims to leverage the broader Blackstone network to generate additional deal flow. Blackstone’s Private Equity platform has been built over the past 35 years and invests globally across industries in both established and growth-oriented structures. Blackstone’s Real Estate group is the world’s largest owner of commercial real estate. Blackstone’s General Partnership Stakes group seeks to serve as a strategic partner to talented managers at all stages of their life cycles and help them build enduring franchises. Through such other business units of Blackstone, Blackstone Credit & Insurance aims to increase its connectivity and deepen sponsor relationships.

We believe that Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s strong reputation and longstanding relationships with its broad network will help drive substantial proprietary deal flow and provide a significant pipeline of investment opportunities for us.

Evaluation and Due Diligence

The hallmark of Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s approach to investing will continue to be defined by a rigorous due diligence process focused on downside protection and capital preservation. This process includes a thorough business review of the industry, competitive landscape, products, customers, returns on capital, strength of management team and consultation with outside advisors and industry experts, and benefits from Blackstone’s global platform, offering broad access and insight. When a new investment opportunity is sourced, the Blackstone Credit & Insurance team spends time with management, analyzing the company’s assets and its financial position. This initial assessment is then followed by extensive credit analysis, including asset valuation work; financial modeling and scenario analysis; cash flow and liquidity analyses; and legal, tax and accounting review. Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s diligence process will also include a detailed review of key qualitative factors, including the strength of management, quality / strategic value of the company’s assets, and potential operational risks. Further detail on this process is outlined below.

Initial Review. The investment team examines information furnished by the target company and external sources, including financial sponsors, banks, advisors and rating agencies, if applicable, to determine whether the investment meets our basic investment criteria within the context of proper allocation of our portfolio among various issuers and industries, and offers an acceptable probability of attractive returns with identifiable downside risk. Blackstone Credit & Insurance conducts detailed due diligence investigations. Given its incumbent positions, for the majority of securities available on the secondary market, a comprehensive analysis is conducted and continuously maintained by a dedicated Blackstone Credit & Insurance research analyst, the results of which are available for the transaction team to review.

Credit Analysis/Due Diligence. Before undertaking an investment, the investment team conducts a thorough and rigorous due diligence review of the opportunity to ensure the company fits our investment strategy for originated investments, which may include:

•a full operational analysis to identify the key risks and opportunities of the target’s business, including a detailed review of historical and estimated financial results;

•a detailed analysis of industry and customer dynamics, competitive position, regulatory, tax, legal, environmental, social and governance matters;

•a detailed financial modeling and scenario analysis;

4 As of December 31, 2025. Reflects issuers across all asset types within Private Corporate Credit, Liquid Corporate Credit, and Infrastructure & Asset Based Credit.

•reference calls within the Blackstone network on the company and relevant industry outlook;

•on-site visits and customer and supplier reference calls, if deemed necessary;

•background checks to further evaluate management and other key personnel;

•a review by legal and accounting professionals, environmental or other industry consultants, if necessary;

•a review of financial sponsor due diligence, including portfolio company and lender reference checks, if necessary; and

•a review of management’s experience and track record.

Third parties are often involved in the Advisers’ due diligence process, whether they are hired by the Advisers or by the lead sponsor in a transaction. Utilizing consultants to help evaluate a business and test an investment thesis is typically very beneficial. When possible, the Advisers seek to structure transactions in such a way that our target companies are required to bear the costs of due diligence, including those costs related to any outside consulting work we may require.

The foregoing initial assessment is then followed by extensive credit analysis, including asset valuation, financial analysis, cash flow analysis and scenario analysis, legal and accounting review, and comparable credit and equity analyses. A thorough assessment of structure and leverage of a transaction and how the particular investment fits into the overall investment strategy of the portfolio is conducted. Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s typical investment process (including diligence) for an originated investment opportunity typically spans two to six months, from the initial screen through final approval and funding. Depending on the deal, each investment team typically consists of four to five investment professionals, consisting of a senior managing director, managing director, principal or vice president and associate and/or analyst.

The Investment Committee utilizes a consensus-driven approach and includes long-tenured professionals that have been with Blackstone Credit & Insurance on average of approximately 16 years and have approximately 24 years of industry experience: Brad Marshall, Michael Zawadzki, Michael Carruthers, Brad Colman, Justin Hall, Robert Horn, Valerie Kritsberg, Daniel Leiter, Ferdinand Niederhofer, Daniel Oneglia, Robert Petrini and Louis Salvatore. For transactions above certain size parameters, others who participate in the Investment Committee process include members of Blackstone senior leadership, Jonathan Gray, Michael Chae, Vikrant Sawhney, and Kenneth Caplan, as well as others on the investment team responsible for conducting due diligence, and other senior members of Blackstone Credit & Insurance and broader Blackstone. For certain investments, generally smaller investments where the Company is participating alongside other lenders in a “club” deal, providing an anchor order or purchasing broadly syndicated loans, the Investment Committee has delegated the authority to make an investment decision to the CIO or Portfolio Manager of a strategy or fund.

The Investment Committee review process is multi-step and iterative and occurs in parallel with the diligence and structuring of investments. The initial investment screening process involves an Investment Committee “Heads-Up” review presentation by the senior managing director leading a given transaction and members of the investment team. The Heads-Up review involves the production of a short memorandum with a focus on the following diligence items: an early diligence review of the underlying business fundamentals; expected return potential; expected investment size; assessment of key risks; and an appropriate initial diligence plan. At this point in the decision-making process, the Investment Committee will decide whether or not the investment team should proceed with deeper diligence on the investment opportunity.

Once in-depth diligence has commenced, the investment team compiles its findings, credit risks and mitigants, and preliminary transaction recommendation into a memorandum that is presented to a select group of senior managing directors in a weekly forum referred to as “Office Hours.” Office Hours provides a subset of the Investment Committee the opportunity to review the investment team’s detailed diligence findings in advance of presenting to the full Investment Committee, and to pose questions and recommendations to the investment team regarding its credit evaluation.

The ultimate results and findings of the investment analysis, including any follow up diligence items identified at Office Hours, are compiled in comprehensive investment memoranda that are used as the basis to support the investment thesis and are utilized by the Investment Committee (or delegate, if applicable) for final investment review and approval.

Portfolio Monitoring

Active management of our investments is performed by the team responsible for making the initial investment as well as by members of the Office of the CIO. Blackstone Credit & Insurance believes that actively managing an investment allows it to identify problems early and work with companies to develop constructive solutions when necessary. Blackstone Credit & Insurance will monitor our portfolio with a focus toward anticipating negative credit events. In seeking to maintain portfolio company performance and help to ensure a successful exit, Blackstone Credit & Insurance will work closely with, as applicable, the lead equity sponsor, loan syndicator, portfolio company management, consultants, advisers and other security holders to discuss financial position, compliance with covenants, financial requirements and execution of the company’s business plan. In addition, depending on the size, nature and performance of the transaction, we may occupy a seat or serve as an observer on a portfolio company’s board of directors or similar governing body.

Typically, Blackstone Credit & Insurance will receive financial reports detailing operating performance, sales volumes, margins, cash flows, financial position and other key operating metrics on a monthly or quarterly basis from portfolio companies. Blackstone Credit & Insurance will use this data, combined with due diligence gained through contact with the company’s customers, suppliers, competitors, market research and other methods, to conduct an ongoing rigorous assessment of the company’s operating performance and prospects.

While the initial investment team remains primarily responsible for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of financial information received from portfolio companies, the portfolio managers and members of the Office of the CIO, which consisted of 127 professionals as of December 31, 2025, also review portfolio reporting on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis to identify early signs of outperformance or underperformance.

Blackstone Credit & Insurance maintains several formal forums to review and monitor the portfolio. Quarterly portfolio reviews are conducted to identify broad trends across the portfolio and assess recent performance. Blackstone Credit & Insurance conducts industry-specific reviews across both our private and liquids businesses to provide in-depth insights into particular sectors, bringing together comprehensive insights across our platform. In addition, bi-weekly portfolio screening committees and monthly Watch List Committee meetings are used for in-depth reviews of credits.

In instances of weaker than expected performance, members of the Office of the CIO, including over 20 professionals dedicated to asset management as of December 31, 2025, may work closely with deal teams to review and diligence the source of underperformance, re-underwrite the business, and develop a comprehensive strategy for go-forward management of the position. Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s Asset Management Group, housed within the Office of the CIO, comprises a team of functionally-oriented professionals focused on three verticals: Financial Solutions, Operational Asset Management, and Legal / Restructuring. Financial Solutions provides detailed financial analysis, re-underwriting capabilities, and support for portfolio companies such as cash flow estimates or other financial management tools, as needed. Operational Asset Management assesses portfolio company processes, management, and operational capabilities to support and drive operational improvements. Operational Asset Management also is responsible for our Value Creation Program, which leverages the scale of the broader Blackstone platform in order to improve operations and profitability at Blackstone Credit & Insurance portfolio companies.

Financial reporting for portfolio companies is reviewed on a daily, weekly and monthly basis by deal teams and members of the Office of the CIO, including the Asset Management and Portfolio Insights teams. Blackstone Credit & Insurance utilizes a series of proprietary portfolio dashboards and automated reports to ensure responsible parties receive detailed information on a timely basis. Each week, all financial reporting results across the portfolio are aggregated and distributed to the portfolio management team for review. Portfolio company performance updates, including recent developments and go-forward action plans for underperforming assets, are reviewed at bi-weekly portfolio screening committee and monthly Watch List Committee meetings, which include members of the Investment Committee. Our formal Watch List, which is managed by the Office of the CIO, is reviewed at monthly Watch List Committee meetings, with interim updates as needed. The Watch List Committee is comprised of members of the Investment Committee and includes investment professionals from both our Liquid Credit and Private Credit businesses. On a quarterly basis, the watch list is also reviewed in depth with Blackstone senior management including President and Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Gray, Chief Financial Officer Michael Chae, and Global Co-Chief Investment Officer Kenneth Caplan.

Valuation Process. Each quarter, we will value investments in our portfolio, and such values will be disclosed each quarter in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the“SEC”). With respect to investments for which market quotations are not readily available, the Board reviews the valuation recommendations of the Audit Committee of the Board (the“Audit Committee”) and determines the fair value of each investment in the portfolio in good faith, based on the input of the Audit Committee, the Advisers’ valuation committee and where applicable, the independent valuation firms and other external service providers, based on procedures adopted by, and subject to the supervision of, the Board.

Managerial Assistance. As a BDC, we must offer, and provide upon request, significant managerial assistance to certain of our portfolio companies except where the Company purchases securities of an issuer in conjunction with one or more other persons acting together, one of the other persons in the group makes available such managerial assistance. This assistance could involve, among other things, monitoring the operations of our portfolio companies, participating in board and management meetings, consulting with and advising officers of portfolio companies and providing other organizational and financial guidance, including through the Value Creation Program. The Advisers and the Administrators will provide such managerial assistance on our behalf to portfolio companies that request this assistance. To the extent fees are paid for these services, we, rather than the Advisers, will retain any fees paid for such assistance.

Exit

In addition to payments of principal and interest, we expect the primary methods for the strategy to realize returns on its investments to include refinancings, sales of portfolio companies, and in some cases initial public offerings and secondary offerings. While many debt securities in which we will invest have stated maturities of five to eight years, based on Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s past experience, we believe most of these securities will be redeemed or sold prior to maturity. These securities often have call protection that requires an issuer to pay a premium if it redeems in the early years of an investment. However, there is no assurance that our investments will achieve realization events as a result of refinancings, sales of portfolio companies or public offerings and these realization events will become more unlikely when conditions in the credit and capital markets have deteriorated.

The investment team regularly reviews investments and related market conditions in order to determine if an opportunity exists to realize returns on a particular investment. We believe the Advisers’ ability to utilize the entire resources of Blackstone Credit & Insurance, including the public market traders, research analysts and capital markets functions, allows the Advisers to gain access to current market information where the opportunity may exist to sell positions into the market at attractive prices.

As of December 31, 2025, the fair value of our investments was $14.2 billion in 316 portfolio companies.

As of December 31, 2025, the Company had unfunded delayed draw term loans and revolvers in the aggregate principal amount of $1.8 billion.

See the Consolidated Schedule of Investments as of December 31, 2025 in our consolidated financial statements in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Consolidated Schedule of Investments” for more information on these investments.

Allocation of Investment Opportunities and Potential Conflicts of Interest

General

Blackstone Credit & Insurance, including the Advisers, provides investment management services to other registered investment companies, investment funds, client accounts and proprietary accounts that Blackstone Credit & Insurance may establish (other than the Company) (collectively, the “Other Blackstone Credit & Insurance Clients”). In addition, Blackstone provides investment management services to Blackstone Clients (as defined below). See “Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Advisers and Their Affiliates—There may be conflicts of interest related to obligations that the Advisers’ senior management and investment team have to Other Clients.”

Blackstone and Blackstone Credit & Insurance will share appropriate investment and sale opportunities with Other Clients (as defined below) and the Company in accordance with the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”) and Blackstone or Blackstone Credit & Insurance allocation policies, as applicable, which generally provide for sharing pro rata based on targeted acquisition size or targeted sale size. Subject to the Advisers Act and as further set forth in this annual report, certain Other Clients may receive certain priority or other allocation rights with respect to certain investments, subject to various conditions set forth in such Other Clients’ respective governing agreements.

In addition, as a BDC regulated under the 1940 Act, the Company is subject to certain limitations relating to co-investments and joint transactions with affiliates, which likely in certain circumstances limit the Company’s ability to make investments or enter into other transactions alongside Other Clients.

Co-Investment Relief

We have in the past co-invested, and in the future will co-invest, with certain affiliates of Blackstone and the Advisers. We have received an exemptive order from the SEC that permits us and other Regulated Funds (as defined below), among other things, to co-invest with certain other persons, including other Regulated Funds, certain affiliates of Blackstone, Blackstone and certain funds managed and controlled by Blackstone and its affiliates, subject to certain terms and conditions. See“Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence—Transactions with Related Persons—Co-Investment Relief.”

Capital Resources and Borrowings

As a RIC, we intend to distribute substantially all of our investment company taxable income (as that term is defined in the Code, determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid) to our shareholders. We anticipate generating cash in the future from the issuance of shares and cash flows from operations, including interest received on our debt investments.

Additionally, we are permitted, under specified conditions, to issue multiple classes of indebtedness and one class of shares senior to our Common Shares if our asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, is at least equal to 150% immediately after each such issuance. As of December 31, 2025, the Company’s asset coverage was 177.1%.

Furthermore, while any indebtedness and senior securities remain outstanding, we must take provisions to prohibit any distribution to our shareholders (which may cause us to fail to distribute amounts necessary to avoid entity-level taxation under the Code), or the repurchase of such securities or shares unless we meet the applicable asset coverage ratios at the time of the distribution or repurchase. In addition, we must also comply with positive and negative covenants customary for these types of facilities. See “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

Advisory Agreements

The Advisers provide management services to us pursuant to the investment advisory agreement between us and the Adviser (the“Investment Advisory Agreement”) and the sub-advisory agreement among us, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser (the“Sub-Advisory Agreement”and, together with the Investment Advisory Agreement, the“Advisory Agreements”). The Advisory Agreements have been approved by the Board. Under the terms of the Advisory Agreements, the Advisers are responsible for the following:

•determining the composition of our portfolio, the nature and timing of the changes to our portfolio and the manner of implementing such changes in accordance with our investment objectives, policies and restrictions;

•identifying investment opportunities and making investment decisions for us, including negotiating the terms of investments in, and dispositions of, portfolio securities and other instruments on our behalf;

•monitoring our investments;

•performing due diligence on prospective portfolio companies;

•exercising voting rights in respect of portfolio securities and other investments for us;

•serving on, and exercising observer rights for, boards of directors and similar committees of our portfolio companies;

•negotiating, obtaining and managing financing facilities and other forms of leverage; and

•providing us with such other investment advisory and related services as we may, from time to time, reasonably require for the investment of capital.

The Advisers’ services under the Advisory Agreements are not exclusive, and they are free to furnish similar services to other entities, and they intend to do so, so long as their services to us are not impaired.

Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement, we pay our Adviser a fee for investment advisory and management services consisting of two components: a management fee and an incentive fee. The cost of both the management fee and the incentive fee will ultimately be borne by the shareholders. The sub-advisory fees payable to the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement will be paid by the Adviser out of its own advisory fees rather than paid separately by us. For additional information, see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Results of Operations—Expenses” and“Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 3. Agreements and Related Party Transactions.”

Management Fees

The management fee is payable quarterly in arrears at an annual rate 1.0% of the average value of our gross assets at the end of the two most recently completed calendar quarters. For purposes of the Investment Advisory Agreement, “gross assets” means our total assets determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”), excluding undrawn commitments but including assets purchased with borrowed amounts.

Incentive Fees

The incentive fees consist of two components that are determined independently of each other, with the result that one component may be payable even if the other is not. One component of the incentive fee is based on our income and the other component is based on of our capital gains, each as described below.

(i) Income Based Incentive Fee

The first part of the incentive fee, an income based incentive fee, is based on the Company’s Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income Returns.“Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income Returns” means, as the context requires, either the dollar value of, or percentage rate of return on the value of the Company’s net assets at the end of the immediately preceding quarter from, interest income, dividend income and any other income (including any other fees (other than fees for providing managerial assistance), such as commitment, origination, structuring, diligence and consulting fees or other fees that the Company receives from portfolio companies) accrued during the calendar quarter, minus the Company’s operating expenses accrued for the quarter (including the management fee, expenses payable under the Administration Agreement, and any interest expense or fees on any credit facilities or outstanding debt and dividends paid on any issued and outstanding preferred shares, but excluding the incentive fee).

Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income Returns include, in the case of investments with a deferred interest feature (such as original issue discount, debt instruments with payment-in-kind (“PIK”) interest and zero coupon securities), accrued income that the Company has not yet received in cash. Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income Returns excludes any realized capital gains, realized capital losses or unrealized capital appreciation or depreciation. The Company excludes the impact of expense support payments and recoupments from pre-incentive fee net investment income.

Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income Returns, expressed as a rate of return on the value of the Company’s net assets at the end of the immediately preceding quarter, is compared to a“hurdle rate” of return of 1.5% per quarter (6.0% annualized).

Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Company is required to pay an income based incentive fee of 17.5%, with a 1.5% hurdle and 100% catch-up.

The Company pays its Adviser an income based incentive fee based on its aggregate pre-incentive fee net investment income, as adjusted as described above, from the calendar quarter then ending and the eleven preceding calendar quarters (such period, the“Trailing Twelve Quarters”).

The hurdle amount for the income based incentive fee will be determined on a quarterly basis and is equal to 1.5% multiplied by the Company’s net asset value (“NAV”) at the beginning of each applicable calendar quarter comprising the relevant Trailing Twelve Quarters. The hurdle amount is calculated after making appropriate adjustments for issuances by the Company of Common Shares, including issuances pursuant to its dividend reinvestment plan and distributions that occurred during the relevant Trailing Twelve Quarters. The income based incentive fee for any partial period will be appropriately prorated.

For the income based incentive fee, the Company will pay the Adviser a quarterly incentive fee based on the amount by which (A) aggregate pre-incentive fee net investment income in respect of the relevant Trailing Twelve Quarters exceeds (B) the hurdle amount for such Trailing Twelve Quarters. The amount of the excess of (A) over (B) described in this paragraph for such Trailing Twelve Quarters is referred to as the“Excess Income Amount.”

The income based incentive fee for each quarter will be determined as follows:

•No income based incentive fee is payable to the Adviser for any calendar quarter for which there is no Excess Income Amount.

•The Adviser will be paid 100% of the pre-incentive fee net investment income in respect of the Trailing Twelve Quarters, if any, that exceeds the hurdle amount for such Trailing Twelve Quarters, but is less than or equal to an amount, which the Company refers to as the“Catch-up Amount,” determined as the sum of 1.82% (7.27% annualized), multiplied by the Company’s NAV at the beginning of each applicable calendar quarter comprising the relevant Trailing Twelve Quarters that is included in the calculation of the incentive fee based on income.

•The Adviser will be paid 17.5%, of the pre-incentive fee net investment income in respect of the Trailing Twelve Quarters that exceeds the Catch-up Amount.

The amount of the income based incentive fee that will be paid to the Adviser for a particular quarter will equal the excess of (a) the income based incentive fee so calculated over (b) the aggregate income based incentive fee that was paid in respect of the first eleven calendar quarters included in the relevant Trailing Twelve Quarters subject to the Incentive Fee Cap as described below.

The income based incentive fee that will be paid to the Adviser for a particular quarter is subject to a cap (the“Incentive Fee Cap”). The Incentive Fee Cap for any quarter is an amount equal to (a) 17.5% of the Cumulative Net Return (as defined below) during the relevant Trailing Twelve Quarters minus (b) the aggregate income based incentive fee that was paid in respect of the first eleven calendar quarters (or the portion thereof) included in the relevant Trailing Twelve Quarters.

“Cumulative Net Return”means (x) the pre-incentive fee net investment income in respect of the relevant Trailing Twelve Quarters minus (y) any Net Capital Loss (as defined below), if any, in respect of the relevant Trailing Twelve Quarters. If, in any quarter, the Incentive Fee Cap is zero or a negative value, the Company will pay no income based incentive fee to the Adviser for such quarter. If, in any quarter, the Incentive Fee Cap for such quarter is a positive value but is less than the income based incentive fee that is payable to the Adviser for such quarter (before giving effect to the Incentive Fee Cap) calculated as described above, the Company will pay an income based incentive fee to the Adviser equal to the Incentive Fee Cap for such quarter. If, in any quarter, the Incentive Fee Cap for such quarter is equal to or greater than the income based incentive fee that is payable to the Adviser for such quarter (before giving effect to the Incentive Fee Cap) calculated as described above, the Company will pay an income based incentive fee to the Adviser equal to the incentive fee calculated as described above for such quarter without regard to the Incentive Fee Cap.

“Net Capital Loss” in respect of a particular period means the difference, if positive, between (i) aggregate capital losses, whether realized or unrealized, in such period and (ii) aggregate capital gains, whether realized or unrealized, in such period.

These calculations are prorated for any period of less than three months and adjusted for any share issuances or repurchases during the relevant quarter. A rise in the general level of interest rates can be expected to lead to higher interest rates applicable to our debt investments. Accordingly, an increase in interest rates would make it easier for us to meet or exceed the incentive fee hurdle rate and may result in a substantial increase of the amount of incentive fees payable to the Adviser with respect to Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income Returns. Because of the structure of the incentive fee, it is possible that we may pay an incentive fee in a calendar quarter in which we incur an overall loss taking into account capital account losses. For example, if we receive Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income Returns in excess of the quarterly hurdle rate, we will pay the applicable incentive fee even if we have incurred a loss in that calendar quarter due to realized and unrealized capital losses. In no event will the amendments to the income based incentive fee to include the three year income and total return lookback features allow the Adviser to receive greater cumulative income based incentive fees under the Investment Advisory Agreement than it would have under the prior investment advisory agreement.

The following is a graphical representation of the calculation of the Incentive Fee based on income:

Incentive Fee Based on Income

Percentage of pre-incentive fee net income comprising the Incentive Fee based on Income

(expressed as an annualized rate(1)of return on the value of net assets as of the beginning of each of the quarters included in the Trailing Twelve Quarters)

(1)The income based incentive fee is determined on a quarterly basis but has been annualized for purposes of the above diagram. The diagram also does not reflect the Incentive Fee Cap.

(ii) Capital Gains Based Incentive Fee

Since the consummation of the IPO, the second part of the incentive fee, a capital gains based incentive fee, has been determined and payable in arrears as of the end of each calendar year in an amount equal to 17.5% of realized capital gains, if any, on a cumulative basis from inception through the end of each calendar year, computed net of all realized capital losses and unrealized capital depreciation on a cumulative basis, less the aggregate amount of any previously paid capital gain incentive fees as calculated in accordance with GAAP.

The Company will accrue, but will not pay, a capital gains based incentive fee with respect to unrealized appreciation because a capital gains based incentive fee would be owed to the Adviser if the Company were to sell the relevant investment and realize a capital gain.

The fees that are payable under the Investment Advisory Agreement for any partial period are appropriately prorated.

Administration Agreements

Under the terms of the Administration Agreements, the Administrators provides, or oversee the performance of, administrative and compliance services, including, but not limited to, maintaining financial records, overseeing the calculation of NAV, compliance monitoring (including diligence and oversight of our other service providers), preparing reports to shareholders and reports filed with the SEC, preparing materials and coordinating meetings of our Board, managing the payment of expenses and the performance of administrative and professional services rendered by others and providing office space, equipment and office services. We will reimburse the Administrators for their costs, expenses and allocable portion of overhead (including rent, office equipment and utilities) in connection with the services performed for us pursuant to the terms of the Administration Agreements. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Administration Agreements, the Administrators may delegate their obligations under the Administration Agreements to an affiliate or to a third party and we will reimburse the Administrator, and the Administrator will reimburse the Sub-Administrator, for any services performed for us by such affiliate or third party. Under the Sub-Administration Agreement, the Administrator will reimburse the Sub-Administrator for certain costs and expenses incurred by the Sub-Administrator in performing its obligations under the Sub-Administration Agreement. The costs and expenses of the Sub-Administrator that are eligible for reimbursement by the Administrator will be reasonably allocated to the Company on the basis of time spent, assets under management, usage rates, proportionate holdings, a combination thereof or other reasonable methods determined by the Administrator. The Administrator has outsourced, and may continue to outsource, certain administrative duties provided to the Company to third parties, and the Administrator will pay the third parties accordingly. State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street Sub-Administrator”) serves as our third-party sub-administrator. The Administrator has utilized, and in the future will continue to utilize, the State Street Sub-Administrator to assist in the provision of administrative services. The State Street Sub-Administrator receives compensation from the Administrator for its provision of sub-administrative services under the sub-administration agreement between the Administrator and the State Street Sub-Administrator.

Certain Terms of the Advisory Agreements and Administration Agreements

Each of the Advisory Agreements and the Administration Agreements has been approved by the Board. Unless earlier terminated as described below, each of the Advisory Agreements and the Administration Agreements will remain in effect from year-to-year if approved annually by a majority of the Board or by the holders of a majority of our outstanding voting securities and, in each case, a majority of the trustees who are not parties to the Advisory Agreements or “interested persons” (as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) (the“Independent Trustees”). We may terminate the Advisory Agreements or the Administration Agreements, without payment of any penalty, upon 60 days’ written notice. The decision to terminate any agreement may be made by a majority of the Board or the shareholders holding a majority outstanding voting securities, which means the lesser of (1) 67% or more of such company’s voting securities present at a meeting if more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of such company are present or represented by proxy, or (b) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of such company. In addition, the Adviser may terminate the Investment Advisory Agreement or the Sub-Advisory Agreement upon 60 days’ written notice, the Sub-Adviser may terminate the Sub-Advisory Agreement upon 90 days’ written notice and the Administrator and Sub-Administrator may terminate the Administration Agreement and the Sub-Administration Agreement, respectively, upon 60 days’ written notice, without payment of any penalty. The Advisory Agreements will automatically terminate within the meaning of the 1940 Act and related SEC guidance and interpretations in the event of their assignment.

The Advisers and the Administrators shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any act or omission or any loss suffered by the Company in connection with the matters to which the Advisory Agreements and Administration Agreements, respectively, relate, provided that the Advisers and the Administrators shall not be protected against any liability to the Company or its shareholders to which the Advisers or Administrators would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on its part in the performance of its duties or by reason of the reckless disregard of its duties and obligations (“disabling conduct”). Each of the Advisory Agreements and the Administration Agreements provides that, absent disabling conduct, each of our Advisers and our Administrators, as applicable, and its officers, managers, partners, agents, employees, controlling persons, members and any other person or entity affiliated with it are entitled to indemnification from us for any damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and amounts reasonably paid in settlement) arising from the rendering of our Advisers’ services under the Advisory Agreements and our Administrators’ services under the Administration Agreements or otherwise as advisers or administrators for us. The Advisers and the Administrators shall not be liable under their respective agreements with us or otherwise for any loss due to the mistake, action, inaction, negligence, dishonesty, fraud or bad faith of any broker or other agent; provided, that such broker or other agent shall have been selected, engaged or retained and monitored by the Advisers or the Administrators in good faith, unless such action or inaction was made by reason of disabling conduct, or in the case of a criminal action or proceeding, where the Advisers or Administrators had reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful.

We generally intend to distribute substantially all of our available earnings annually by paying distributions on a quarterly basis, as determined by the Board in its discretion. We cannot assure investors that we will achieve investment results that will allow us to make a specified level of cash distributions or year-to-year increases in cash distributions. Our distributions will generally be paid from current and/or accumulated tax earnings and profits, which includes interest income and capital gains generated by our investment portfolio, and any other income, including any other fees (other than fees for providing managerial assistance), such as commitment, origination, structuring, diligence and consulting fees or other fees, that we receive from portfolio companies, if any. However, if we do not have sufficient current and/or accumulated tax earnings and profits to support our distributions, all or a part of such a distribution may be characterized as a return of capital for U.S. tax purposes. The specific tax characteristics of our dividends and other distributions are reported to shareholders after the end of each calendar year. See “Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities—Distributions and Dividend Reinvestment” and“Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 9. Net Assets”for additional information on our distributions and dividend reinvestment plan.

In February 2026, the Board authorized a share repurchase plan, under which we may repurchase up to $250 million in the aggregate of our outstanding Common Shares in the open market at prices below our NAV per share for a one-year term, in accordance with the guidelines specified in Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act (the“2026 10b-18 Plan”). The timing, manner, price and amount of any share repurchases will be determined by us, in our sole discretion, based upon the evaluation of economic and market conditions, stock price, applicable legal and regulatory requirements and other factors. The 2026 10b-18 Plan does not require us to repurchase any specific number of Common Shares or any Common Shares at all. Consequently, we cannot assure shareholders that any specific number of Common Shares, if any, will be repurchased under the 2026 10b-18 Plan. The 2026 10b-18 Plan may be suspended, extended, modified or discontinued at any time.

Competition

We compete for investments with other BDCs, investment funds and a variety of other investors (including private credit funds, mezzanine funds, performing and other credit funds, and funds that invest in CLOs, structured notes, derivatives and other types of collateralized securities and structured products, specialty finance companies), as well as traditional financial services companies such as commercial banks and other sources of funding (including other investment vehicles managed by affiliates of Blackstone). These other BDCs and investment funds and other investors might be reasonable investment alternatives to us and may be less costly or complex with fewer and/or different risks than we have. Moreover, alternative investment vehicles, such as hedge funds, have begun to invest in areas in which they have not traditionally invested, including making investments in middle market private U.S. companies. As a result of these new entrants, competition for investment opportunities in middle market private U.S. companies may intensify. Many of our competitors are substantially larger and have considerably greater financial, technical and marketing resources than we do. For example, some competitors may have a lower cost of capital and access to funding sources that are not available to us. In addition, some of our competitors may have higher risk tolerances or different risk assessments than we have. These characteristics could allow our competitors to consider a wider variety of investments, establish more relationships and offer better pricing and more flexible structuring than we are able to do. We may lose investment opportunities if we do not match our competitors’ pricing, terms or structure. If we are forced to match our competitors’ pricing, terms or structure, we may not be able to achieve acceptable returns on our investments or may bear substantial risk of capital loss. A significant part of our competitive advantage stems from the fact that the market for investments in middle market private U.S. companies is underserved by traditional commercial banks and other financial sources. A significant increase in the number and/or the size of our competitors in this target market could force us to accept less attractive investment terms. Furthermore, many of our competitors have greater experience operating under, or are not subject to the regulatory restrictions that the 1940 Act imposes on us as a BDC.

For additional information concerning the competitive risks we face, see “Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Structure.”

Human Resource Capital

We do not currently have any employees and do not expect to have any employees. Services necessary for our business are provided by individuals who are employees of the Advisers or their affiliates pursuant to the terms of the Advisory Agreements and the Administrators or their affiliates pursuant to the Administration Agreements. Each of our executive officers described herein is employed by the Advisers or their affiliates. Our day-to-day investment operations are managed by the Advisers. The services necessary for the sourcing and administration of our investment portfolio will be provided by investment professionals employed by the Advisers or their affiliates. The investment team will focus on origination, non-originated investments and transaction development and the ongoing monitoring of our investments.

Regulation as a Business Development Company

The following discussion is a general summary of the material prohibitions and descriptions governing BDCs generally. It does not purport to be a complete description of all of the laws and regulations affecting BDCs.

Qualifying Assets. Under the 1940 Act, a BDC may not acquire any asset other than assets of the type listed in Section 55(a) of the 1940 Act, which are referred to as“Qualifying Assets” unless, at the time the acquisition is made, Qualifying Assets represent at least 70% of the company’s total assets. The principal categories of Qualifying Assets relevant to our business are any of the following:

(1)Securities purchased in transactions not involving any public offering from the issuer of such securities, which issuer (subject to certain limited exceptions) is an Eligible Portfolio Company (as defined below), or from any person who is, or has been during the preceding 13 months, an affiliated person of an Eligible Portfolio Company, or from any other person, subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the SEC. An“Eligible Portfolio Company” is defined in the 1940 Act as any issuer which:

(a)is organized under the laws of, and has its principal place of business in, the United States;

(b)is not an investment company (other than a small business investment company wholly-owned by the BDC) or a company that would be an investment company but for certain exclusions under the 1940 Act; and

(c)satisfies any of the following:

(i)does not have any class of securities that is traded on a national securities exchange;

(ii)has a class of securities listed on a national securities exchange, but has an aggregate market value of outstanding voting and non-voting common equity of less than $250 million;

(iii)is controlled by a BDC or a group of companies including a BDC and the BDC has an affiliated person who is a director of the Eligible Portfolio Company; or

(iv)is a small and solvent company having total assets of not more than $4 million and capital and surplus of not less than $2 million.

(2)Securities of any Eligible Portfolio Company controlled by the BDC.

(3)Securities purchased in a private transaction from a U.S. issuer that is not an investment company or from an affiliated person of the issuer, or in transactions incident thereto, if the issuer is in bankruptcy and subject to reorganization or if the issuer, immediately prior to the purchase of its securities was unable to meet its obligations as they came due without material assistance other than conventional lending or financing arrangements.

(4)Securities of an Eligible Portfolio Company purchased from any person in a private transaction if there is no ready market for such securities and the BDC already owns 60% of the outstanding equity of the Eligible Portfolio Company.

(5)Securities received in exchange for or distributed on or with respect to securities described in (1) through (4) above, or pursuant to the exercise of warrants or rights relating to such securities.

(6)Cash, cash equivalents, U.S. government securities or high-quality debt securities maturing in one year or less from the time of investment.

In addition, a BDC must be operated for the purpose of making investments in the types of securities described in (1), (2) or (3) above.

Significant Managerial Assistance. A BDC must have been organized and have its principal place of business in the United States and must be operated for the purpose of making investments in the types of securities described above. However, in order to count portfolio securities as Qualifying Assets for the purpose of the 70% test, the BDC must either control the issuer of the securities or must offer to make available to the issuer of the securities (other than small and solvent companies described above) significant managerial assistance; except that, where the BDC purchases such securities in conjunction with one or more other persons acting together, one of the other persons in the group may make available such managerial assistance. Making available significant managerial assistance means, among other things, any arrangement whereby the BDC, through its trustees, officers or employees, offers to provide and, if accepted, does so provide, significant guidance and counsel concerning the management, operations or business objectives and policies of a portfolio company through monitoring of portfolio company operations, selective participation in board and management meetings, consulting with and advising a portfolio company’s officers or other organizational or financial guidance.

Temporary Investments. Pending investment in other types of Qualifying Assets, as described above, our investments can consist of cash, cash equivalents, U.S. government securities or high-quality debt securities maturing in one year or less from the time of investment, which are referred to herein, collectively, as temporary investments, so that 70% of our assets would be Qualifying Assets.

Warrants. Under the 1940 Act, a BDC is subject to restrictions on the issuance, terms and amount of warrants, options or rights to purchase shares that it may have outstanding at any time. In particular, the amount of shares that would result from the conversion or exercise of all outstanding warrants, options or rights to purchase shares cannot exceed 25% of the BDC’s total outstanding shares.

Leverage and Senior Securities; Coverage Ratio. We are permitted, under specified conditions, to issue multiple classes of indebtedness and one class of shares senior to our Common Shares if our asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, would equal at least 150% immediately after each such issuance. On September 25, 2018, our sole shareholder approved the adoption of this 150% threshold pursuant to Section 61(a)(2) of the 1940 Act and such election became effective the following day. In addition, while any senior securities remain outstanding, we are required to make provisions to prohibit any dividend distribution to our shareholders or the repurchase of such securities or shares unless we meet the applicable asset coverage ratios at the time of the dividend distribution or repurchase. We are also permitted to borrow amounts up to 5% of the value of our total assets for temporary or emergency purposes, which borrowings would not be considered senior securities.

We have established asset based credit facilities and may establish future facilities or enter into other financing arrangements to facilitate investments and the timely payment of our expenses. Our existing financing facilities bear, and it is anticipated that any future credit facilities will bear interest at floating rates at to be determined spreads over SOFR or another reference rate. Shareholders indirectly bear the costs associated with any borrowings under a credit facility or otherwise, including increased management fees payable to the Adviser as a result of such borrowings. Our current credit facilities require us, and future lenders may require us to pledge assets, commitments and/or drawdowns (and the ability to enforce the payment thereof) and to comply with positive or negative covenants that could have an effect on our operations. In addition, from time to time, our losses on leveraged investments may result in the liquidation of other investments held by us and may result in additional drawdowns to repay such amounts.

We also issued unsecured bonds and may have additional bond offerings in the future.

We may enter into a total return swap (“TRS”) agreement. A TRS is a contract in which one party agrees to make periodic payments to another party based on the change in the market value of the assets underlying the TRS, which may include a specified security, basket of securities or securities indices during a specified period, in return for periodic payments based on a fixed or variable interest rate. A TRS effectively adds leverage to a portfolio by providing investment exposure to a security or market without owning or taking physical custody of such security or investing directly in such market. Because of the unique structure of a TRS, a TRS often offers lower financing costs than are offered through more traditional borrowing arrangements. The Company would typically have to post collateral to cover this potential obligation. To the extent the Company complies with the applicable requirements of Rule 18f-4, the leverage incurred through TRS will not be considered a borrowing for purposes of the Company’s overall leverage limitation.

We have also created leverage by securitizing our assets (including in CLOs) and retaining the equity portion of the securitized vehicle and may enter into other debt securitizations in the future. Debt securitizations (including in CLOs) are a form of secured financing, which would generally be consolidated on our financial statements and subject to our overall asset coverage requirement. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain a CLO debt securitization on favorable terms or at all or that any such financing will benefit our investment performance. We may also from time to time make secured loans of our marginable securities to brokers, dealers and other financial institutions.

Code of Ethics. We and the Advisers have adopted a code of ethics pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act and Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act, respectively, that establishes procedures for personal investments and restricts certain personal securities transactions. Personnel subject to the code are permitted to invest in securities for their personal investment accounts, including securities that may be purchased or held by us, so long as such investments are made in accordance with the code’s requirements. You may obtain copies of the codes of ethics, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following email address: publicinfo@sec.gov.

Affiliated Transactions. We may be prohibited under the 1940 Act from conducting certain transactions with our affiliates without the prior approval of our trustees who are not interested persons and, in some cases, the prior approval of the SEC. We have received an exemptive order from the SEC that permits us and other Regulated Funds to, among other things, co-invest with certain other persons, including other Regulated Funds, certain affiliates of Blackstone, Blackstone and certain funds managed and controlled by Blackstone and its affiliates, subject to certain terms and conditions.

Other. We will be periodically examined by the SEC for compliance with the 1940 Act, and be subject to the periodic reporting and related requirements of the Exchange Act.

We are also required to provide and maintain a bond issued by a reputable fidelity insurance company to protect against larceny and embezzlement. Furthermore, as a BDC, we are prohibited from protecting any trustee or officer against any liability to our shareholders arising from willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of such person’s office.

We are also required to designate a chief compliance officer and to adopt and implement written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent violation of the federal securities laws and to review these policies and procedures annually for their adequacy and the effectiveness of their implementation.

We are not permitted to change the nature of our business so as to cease to be, or to withdraw our election as, a BDC unless approved by a majority of our outstanding voting securities. A majority of the outstanding voting securities of a company is defined under the 1940 Act as the lesser of: (i) 67% or more of such company’s shares present at a meeting if more than 50% of the outstanding shares of such company are present or represented by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of such company.

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

We have delegated our proxy voting responsibility to the Advisers. The Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures of the Advisers are set forth below. The guidelines are reviewed periodically by the Advisers, and, accordingly, are subject to change.

As investment advisers registered under the Advisers Act, the Advisers have a duty to monitor corporate events and to vote proxies, as well as a duty to cast votes in the best interest of clients and not subrogate client interests to their own interests. Rule 206(4)-6 under the Advisers Act places specific requirements on registered investment advisers with proxy voting authority.

Proxy Policies

The Advisers’ policies and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that the Advisers vote proxies in the best interest of the Company and addresses how they will resolve any conflict of interest that may arise when voting proxies and, in so doing, to maximize the value of the investments made by the Company, taking into consideration the Company’s investment horizons and other relevant factors. The Advisers will review on a case-by-case basis each proposal submitted for a shareholder vote to determine its impact on the portfolio securities held by their clients. Although the Advisers will generally vote against proposals that may have a negative impact on their clients’ portfolio securities, they may vote for such a proposal if there exists compelling long-term reasons to do so.

Decisions on how to vote a proxy generally are made by the Advisers. The Investment Committee and the members of the investment team covering the applicable security often have the most intimate knowledge of both a company’s operations and the potential impact of a proxy vote’s outcome. Decisions are based on a number of factors which may vary depending on a proxy’s subject matter, but are guided by the general policies described in the proxy policy. In addition, the Advisers may determine not to vote a proxy after consideration of the vote’s expected benefit to clients and the cost of voting the proxy. To ensure that a vote is not the product of a conflict of interest, the Advisers will require the members of the Investment Committee to disclose any personal conflicts of interest they may have with respect to overseeing a Company’s investment in a particular company.

Proxy Voting Records

You may obtain information, without charge, regarding how we voted proxies with respect to our portfolio securities by making a written request for proxy voting information to: Chief Compliance Officer, Blackstone Private Credit Strategies LLC and Blackstone Credit BDC Advisors LLC, 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10154.

Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations

The following discussion is a general summary of certain U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the Company. This discussion is based upon present provisions of the Code, the regulations promulgated thereunder, and judicial and administrative ruling authorities, all of which are subject to change, or differing interpretations (possibly with retroactive effect). Prospective investors should consult their tax advisors with regard to the U.S. federal tax consequences of the purchase, ownership, or disposition of our Common Shares, as well as the tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, foreign country or other taxing jurisdiction.

The Company has elected to be treated, and intends to qualify each taxable year, as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code.

To qualify for the favorable tax treatment accorded to RICs under Subchapter M of the Code, the Company must, among other things: (1) have an election in effect to be treated as a BDC under the 1940 Act at all times during each taxable year; (2) have filed with its return for the taxable year an election to be a RIC or have made such election for a previous taxable year; (3) derive in each taxable year at least 90% of its gross income from (a) dividends, interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans, and gains from the sale or other disposition of stock or securities or foreign currencies, or other income (including but not limited to gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities, or currencies; and (b) net income derived from an interest in certain publicly traded partnerships that are treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes and that derive less than 90% of their gross income from the items described in (a) above (each, a“Qualified Publicly Traded Partnership”); and (4) diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each quarter of each taxable year of the Company (a) at least 50% of the value of the Company’s total assets is represented by cash and cash items (including receivables), U.S. government securities and securities of other RICs, and other securities for purposes of this calculation limited, in respect of any one issuer to an amount not greater in value than 5% of the value of the Company’s total assets and to not more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer, and (b) not more than 25% of the value of the Company’s total assets is invested in the securities (other than U.S. government securities or securities of other RICs) of (I) any one issuer, (II) any two or more issuers which the Company controls and which are determined to be engaged in the same or similar trades or businesses or related trades or businesses or (III) any one or more Qualified Publicly Traded Partnerships (described in clause 3(b) above).

As a RIC, the Company generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on its investment company taxable income (as that term is defined in the Code, determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid) and net capital gain (the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss), if any, that it distributes in each taxable year to its shareholders, provided that it distributes at least 90% of the sum of its investment company taxable income and its net tax-exempt income for such taxable year. The Company intends to distribute to its shareholders, at least annually, substantially all of its investment company taxable income and net capital gain.

Amounts not distributed on a timely basis in accordance with a calendar year distribution requirement are subject to a nondeductible 4% U.S. federal excise tax. To prevent imposition of the excise tax, the Company must distribute during each calendar year an amount at least equal to the sum of (i) 98% of its ordinary income for the calendar year, (ii) 98.2% of its capital gains in excess of its capital losses (adjusted for certain ordinary losses) for the one-year period ending October 31 of the calendar year, and (iii) any ordinary income and capital gains for previous years that were not distributed during those years.

For these purposes, the Company will be deemed to have distributed any income or gains on which it paid U.S. federal income tax.

A distribution will be treated as paid on December 31 of any calendar year if it is declared by the Company in October, November, or December with a record date in such a month and paid by the Company during January of the following calendar year. Such distributions will be taxable to shareholders in the calendar year in which the distributions are declared, rather than the calendar year in which the distributions are received.

If the Company fails to qualify as a RIC or fails to satisfy the 90% distribution requirement in any taxable year, the Company would be subject to U.S. federal income tax at regular corporate rates on its taxable income (including distributions of net capital gain), even if such income were distributed to its shareholders, and all distributions out of earnings and profits would be taxed to shareholders as ordinary dividend income. Such distributions generally would be eligible (i) to be treated as “qualified dividend income” in the case of individual and other non-corporate shareholders and (ii) for the dividends received deduction in the case of corporate shareholders. In addition, the Company could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay taxes and make distributions (which could be subject to interest charges) before requalifying for taxation as a RIC.

Reporting Obligations and Available Information

We furnish our shareholders with annual reports containing audited financial statements, quarterly reports, and such other periodic reports as we determine to be appropriate or as may be required by law. We are required to comply with all periodic reporting, proxy solicitation and other applicable requirements under the Exchange Act.

We file annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, Definitive Proxy Statements on Schedule 14A, and our trustees, officers and 10% beneficial owners file reports on Forms 3, 4 and 5 pursuant to section 16(a) of the Exchange Act. The SEC maintains a website (www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information. We have made available free of charge on our website (www.bxsl.com) our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, our current reports on Form 8-K and our governing documents.