---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-059242"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OCSL"
cik: "0001414932"
company_name: "Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp"
filed_at: "2024-03-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T03:40:32.576485+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Oaktree Specialty Lending shareholders authorize below-NAV share issuance up to 25% of outstanding

## Summary
- Deborah Gero and Craig Jacobson elected to board until 2027 annual meeting; 28.8M and 28.9M votes for, respectively.
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2024 with 55.9M votes for, 587K against.
- Proposal to sell shares below net asset value approved: 33.7M votes for, 8.9M against (including affiliates).
- Key condition: shares issued cannot exceed 25% of then-outstanding common stock.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-059242
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OCSL
- cik: 0001414932
- company_name: Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp
- filed_at: 2024-03-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1414932/000119312524059242/0001193125-24-059242-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1414932/000119312524059242/d809717d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp shareholders approved Election of Deborah Gero and Craig Jacobson to the Board of Directors at the 2024-03-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-04
  source text: Proposal 1. The Company’s stockholders elected the following nominees to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company, each of whom will serve until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies: Deborah Gero and Craig Jacobson. The tabulation of votes was: Name Votes For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Deborah Gero 28,830,120 1,751,859 26,267,440 Craig Jacobson 28,882,453 1,699,526 26,267,440
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1414932/000119312524059242/0001193125-24-059242-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp shareholders approved Authorize sale or issuance of common stock below net asset value per share, up to 25% of outstanding common stock at the 2024-03-04 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-04
  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 33,667,680 8,880,237 1,159,653 Without Affiliates 31,582,993 8,880,237 1,159,653
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1414932/000119312524059242/0001193125-24-059242-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 at the 2024-03-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-04
  source text: 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, 2024, as set forth below. Votes For Votes Against Abstain 55,866,454 587,164 395,801
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1414932/000119312524059242/0001193125-24-059242-index.htm

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