Blackstone Secured Lending Fund Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results
NEW YORK — February 27, 2023 — Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (NYSE: BXSL, or the “Company”) today reported its fourth quarter and full year 2022 results.
Brad Marshall, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund, said, “BXSL reported record quarterly results including strong credit performance, growth in net asset value, and rising investment income. In response to its outstanding performance, the Company announced a 17% increase to its quarterly dividend to $0.70 per share, which represents an annualized yield of 10.8% on fourth quarter net asset value. This is the third time in the last year and a half that BXSL has raised its regular dividend, due to material growth in investment income and solid credit performance from its portfolio of predominantly first lien senior secured loans.”
In keeping with its focus on shareholder alignment, the BXSL board of trustees has approved a discretionary share repurchase plan, under which BXSL may repurchase up to $250 million in the aggregate of its outstanding common shares in the open market at below its net asset value per share.
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund issued a full detailed presentation of its fourth quarter and full year 2022 results, which can be viewed at www.bxsl.com.
Dividend Declaration
The Company’s Board of Trustees has declared a first quarter 2023 dividend of $0.70 per share to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2023, payable on or around April 27, 2023.
Quarterly Investor Call Details
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund will host its conference call today at 9:30 a.m. ET to discuss results. To register for the webcast, please use the following link: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1595470&tp_key=3dbe885469
For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, there will be a webcast replay on the Shareholders section of BXSL’s website at https://ir.bxsl.com.
About Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (NYSE:BXSL) is a specialty finance company that invests primarily in the debt of private US companies. As of December 31, 2022, BXSL’s fair value of investments was $9.6 billion. BXSL has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. BXSL is externally managed by Blackstone Credit BDC Advisors LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser that is an affiliate of Blackstone Inc. Blackstone Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is the world’s largest alternative investment firm with $975 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2022.
Forward-Looking Statements and Other Matters
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