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Frank and Bruce Zimmerman. The tabulation of votes was: Name Votes For Withheld Broker Non-Votes John B. Frank 93,716,999 3,475,554 47,557,422 Bruce Zimmerman 93,783,773 3,408,780 47,557,422","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1414932/000119312523012152/0001193125-23-012152-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"director election"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-01-20"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"597587e063d2fca8c7aad1d223efcd818e489908","claim":"Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-01-20 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal 2. The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, as set forth below. Votes For Votes Against Abstain 142,412,414 1,396,584 940,977","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1414932/000119312523012152/0001193125-23-012152-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"auditor ratification"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-01-20"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"c4a14e743ac19defcef4e07328bcf893faa8b6c5","claim":"Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp shareholders approved Approval of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation to Effect Reverse Stock Split at the 2023-01-20 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal 4. The Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s restated certificate of incorporation, as amended and corrected, to effect a 1-for-3 reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock, as set forth below. Votes For Votes Against Abstain 134,470,442 7,405,166 2,874,367","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1414932/000119312523012152/0001193125-23-012152-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"charter amendment"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-01-20"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"d33e450f4e190e7cd22c35fd41e915d559e1fc84","claim":"Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp shareholders approved Approval of Issuance of Shares Pursuant to Agreement and Plan of Merger at the 2023-01-20 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal 3. The Company’s stockholders approved the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 14, 2022, among Oaktree Strategic Income II, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“OSI2”), the Company, Project Superior Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and, for the limited purposes set forth therein, Oaktree Fund Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and investment adviser to each of the Company and OSI2, as set forth below. 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