---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-024208"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001834543"
company_name: "BlackRock Direct Lending Corp."
filed_at: "2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T23:18:30.321758+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO and director Nik Singhal resigns from BlackRock Direct Lending Corp. effective May 2, 2024

## Summary
- Nik Singhal resigned as CEO and board member to pursue opportunities outside BlackRock, effective May 2.
- Resignation not the result of any disagreement with the company or BlackRock, Inc.
- Singhal will remain a BlackRock employee for a transition period; no successor announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-024208
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001834543
- company_name: BlackRock Direct Lending Corp.
- filed_at: 2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834543/000114036124024208/0001140361-24-024208-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834543/000114036124024208/ef20028434_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-024208
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-024208.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-024208.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nik Singhal resigned as Director at BlackRock Direct Lending Corp..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Resignation of Nik Singhal as Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834543/000114036124024208/0001140361-24-024208-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nik Singhal resigned as Chief Executive Officer at BlackRock Direct Lending Corp..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Resignation of Nik Singhal as Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834543/000114036124024208/0001140361-24-024208-index.htm

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