---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-106435"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001501729"
company_name: "FS Specialty Lending Fund"
filed_at: "2023-10-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T05:28:08.538460+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FS Specialty Lending Fund (formerly FS Energy and Power Fund) shifts investment policy to credit, President resigns

## Summary
- Company renamed to FS Specialty Lending Fund effective Sept 29, 2023; new investment policy requires at least 80% of assets in credit instruments.
- Investment objective changed to generating current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation.
- President Eric Long resigned effective Sept 29, 2023, due to the policy change; no disagreement with company.
- Declaration of Trust and Bylaws amended to reflect new name and investment objectives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-106435
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001501729
- company_name: FS Specialty Lending Fund
- filed_at: 2023-10-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501729/000110465923106435/0001104659-23-106435-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501729/000110465923106435/tm2327432d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-106435
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-106435.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-106435.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eric Long resigned as President at FS Specialty Lending Fund.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President
  source text: On September 29, 2023, Eric Long notified the Board that he is resigning as President of the Company, effective as of September 29, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501729/000110465923106435/0001104659-23-106435-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  FS Specialty Lending Fund: Amended Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust to change company name and replace investment objectives (effective 2023-09-29).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-09-29
  source text: On September 29, 2023, the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust was amended in order to reflect the change of the Company’s name from “FS Energy and Power Fund” to “FS Specialty Lending Fund” and to replace the Company’s prior investment objectives with the Company’s new investment objectives of generating current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501729/000110465923106435/0001104659-23-106435-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  FS Specialty Lending Fund: Amended and restated bylaws to reflect new company name (effective 2023-09-29).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-09-29
  source text: On September 29, 2023, the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws were amended and restated to reflect the new name of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501729/000110465923106435/0001104659-23-106435-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.