---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-074816"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OCSL"
cik: "0001414932"
company_name: "Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp"
filed_at: "2023-03-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T22:55:02.845428+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# OCSL stockholders approve below-NAV share issuance up to 25% of outstanding

## Summary
- Proposal passed with 82.98M votes for, 19.84M against, 1.55M abstain.
- Excluding affiliates, 66.10M for, 19.84M against, 1.55M abstain.
- Authorizes board to sell or issue shares below net asset value per share.
- Issue limit set at 25% of then-outstanding common stock.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-074816
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OCSL
- cik: 0001414932
- company_name: Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp
- filed_at: 2023-03-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1414932/000119312523074816/0001193125-23-074816-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1414932/000119312523074816/d436081d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp shareholders approved Authorization to sell or issue shares of common stock below net asset value per share, up to 25% of outstanding common stock at the 2023-03-17 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-17
  source text: Proposal 1. The Company’s stockholders approved a proposal to authorize the Company, with the approval of the Board of Directors, to sell or otherwise issue shares of its common stock at a price below its then current net asset value per share, provided that the number of shares issued does not exceed 25% of its then outstanding common stock, as set forth below. Votes For Votes Against Abstain With Affiliates 82,982,728 19,835,168 1,550,474 Without Affiliates 66,095,840 19,835,168 1,550,474
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1414932/000119312523074816/0001193125-23-074816-index.htm

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