---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-188221"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "TSLX"
cik: "0001508655"
company_name: "Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T07:38:14.652049+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sixth Street Specialty Lending appoints P. Emery Covington to board, expands to 10 directors

## Summary
- Board increased from 9 to 10 directors; Ms. Covington appointed as Class II independent director effective July 10, 2023.
- Ms. Covington retired EVP, Head of Commercial Credit Risk at Truist; previous roles at SunTrust, NewStar, Fleet Boston.
- She will serve on Audit, Compensation, and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committees.
- She receives standard compensation for non-interested directors; executed indemnification agreement.
- Bylaws amended to increase maximum board size from 9 to 10 directors effective July 10, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-188221
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: TSLX
- cik: 0001508655
- company_name: Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1508655/000119312523188221/0001193125-23-188221-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1508655/000119312523188221/d534568d8ka.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  P. Emery Covington was appointed as Director at Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 10, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from nine (9) to ten (10) directors, and appointed P. Emery Covington as a director to fill the vacancy.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1508655/000119312523188221/0001193125-23-188221-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc.: Amended bylaws to increase the maximum number of directors from nine to ten and to increase the number of directors serving from nine to ten (effective 2023-07-10).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-07-10
  source text: On July 10. 2023, the Board of Directors approved amendments to the Company’s Bylaws effective as of that date to increase the maximum number of members of the Board of Directors from nine (9) to ten (10) and to increase the number of directors serving on the Board of Directors from nine (9) to ten (10).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1508655/000119312523188221/0001193125-23-188221-index.htm

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